History VideoGame / Dungeonmans

* ShoutOut: Trainees at the academy will occasionally almost-quote lines from "[[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} Make a Man Out of You]]" -- "I am too suited for the rage of war!" and "We must be swift as a coursing river!" and the like.

* ShoutOut: Trainees at the academy will occasionally protest that "I am too [[WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} suited for the rage of war]]!!"

What are the {{Macrogame}} elements? Between character deaths, there exists an amount of progression that allows the player to make headway. Each Dungeonmans starts at the Academy, which can be upgraded with stat points, equipment, pets, and other amenities. All Dungeonmans created benefit from the Academy's upgrades.

->''"Use your consuables. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Use. Your. Consumables!]] If you die with a backpack full of healing potions and scrolls of protection, you bring great dishonor to the Academy!"''
-->-- '''The Wall of Text'''

->''“use your consuables. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Use. Your. Consumables!]] If you die with a backpack full of healing potions and scrolls of protection, you bring great dishonor to the Academy!"''

Dungeonmans is a traditional {{Roguelike}} with meta-progression elements.

What are meta-progression elements? Between character deaths, there exists an amount of progression that allows the player to make headway. Each Dungeonmans starts at the Academy, which can be upgraded with stat points, equipment, pets, and other amenities. All Dungeonmans created benefit from the Academy's upgrades.

For those who prefer the old-school roguelike approach without the meta-progression, [[NintendoHard Dungeonmans has that too with Ironmans mode]].

** The game can be hard enough with the help provided from previous Dungeonmans. If it isn't, the difficulty can be increased with Ironmans mode, which removes meta-progression and completely destroys the world after the Dungeonman's death.

* EldritchAbomination: Everything the Purple infects.

->''“These instances of survival like that aren’t incredibly rare but they happen just enough that you scream out in exaultation like I did and are renewed to continue. This is honestly one of the funnest roguelikes on the market. It’s probably one of the most welcoming. You will die, I won’t lie about that, but you’ll have fun while doing it and want more!”''
-->-- '''Indie Gems''', ''[[https://indie-gems.com/Hidden-gem-spotlight-dungeonmans/]]''

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* BlackSpeech: The player can invoke this trope with one of the final skills of the Southern Gentleman's skill tree. They shout insults in the purple language, heavily damaging everything around them. As soon as you do it, you get the Purple's attention. [[OneHitKill Just don't use the skill too often]]

* BlackSpeech: The player can invoke this trope with final skill of a SouthernGentlemans skill tree. They shout insults in the purple language, heavily damaging everything around them. As soon as you do it, you get the Purple's attention. [[OneHitKill Just don't use the skill too often]]

* SouthernGentlemans: An class and skill tree.

** The Scroll of Bees Please! Fires a wave of bees in a cone shape and is effective in the early game.

* CutAndPasteEnvironment: Although most areas (and the world as a whole) are randomly generated, the Towers in the game all have the same layout. They consist of 2 floors filled with bandits and wizards, a treasure floor, then the boss at the top of the tower.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: One quest has the player ascend a tower that initially appears to be empty instead of being filled with bandits. A few floors in, they discover the bandits are fighting off the purplonians who are in the process of taking over the tower. The bandits offer to side with the player. The player can side with the bandits, leave, or take out everything that moves.

* YetAnotherStupidDeath: The player can die ''very'' quickly if they aren't paying attention. There are also several [[OneHitKill one-hit kills]] in the game which are telegraphed. Trying to tank the telegraphed hits is generally not a good idea...

* {{An Adventurer Is You}}: The Dungeonmans!

* {{Bare Fisted Monk}}: One of the character classes / skill trees: Psychomanser. Acrobatic jumps, kicks, and barefisted punching are the rule of the day

* {{Bee Afraid}}:

** The Scroll of Bees Please! Fires a wave of bees in a cone shape and is effective in the early game

* {{Hero Killer}}: If a standard mook kills you while in a dungeon, they'll be promoted to the leader of that dungeon and will be much more powerful if they're encountered by the next dungeonmans.

* {{Nintendo Hard}}:

* {{One Hit Kill}}: Few Normal Attacks in the game will kill a properly prepared player in one shot. There are, however, telegraphed attacks that highlight certain tiles red, indicating they'll be damaging in the near future. These are much more likely to kill players in single hit.

* {{Turns Red}}: A red aura surrounds powerful champion monsters. If you drink a champion potion you can turn red yourself, complete with harder hits, taking less damage, and gradual healing.

* {{Yet Another Stupid Death}}: The player can die *very* quickly if they aren't paying attention. There are also several [[OneHitKill one-hit kills]] in the game which are telegraphed. Trying to tank the telegraphed hits is [[ThisIsGonnaSuck generally not a good idea...]]

What are meta-progression elements? Between character deaths, there exists an amount of progression that allows the player to make headway. Each Dungeonmans starts at the Academy, which can be upgraded with stat points, equipment, pets (as of June 2021), and other amenities. All Dungeonmans created benefit from the Academy's upgrades.

* {{Yet Another Stupid Death}}: The player can die *very* quickly if they aren't paying attention. There are also several one-hit kills in the game which are telegraphed. Trying to tank the telegraphed hits is [[ThisIsGonnaSuck generally not a good idea...]]