Stygian Abyss

Produced by: Slashing Dragon and Exodus Destiny
Website – Original Version: Stygian Abyss – 7DRL15
Website – Current Version: Stygian Abyss

Stygian Abyss began as a 7DRL 2015 challenge put together by Slashing Dragon and Exodus Destiny Dragon. A first-person, action-driven dungeon crawler that plays not unlike Ultima Underworld, it presents players with a challenge that should be familiar to all Ultima fans: brave the depths and perils of the Stygian Abyss, and retrieve the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom from its depths.

Graphics for the game were taken directly from the Ultima 4 and Ultima 5 tilesets, with some minor adjustments; several original tiles were also created. The music for the game should be easily recognizable as Ken Arnold’s Dungeon track, and was taken from the soundtrack of the Commodore 64 version of Ultima 4.

Since its creation, Slashing Dragon has made intermittent updates to the game, the most recent of which added an automap feature to the game.

Stygian Abyss can be played on Slashing Dragon’s itch.io profile. You can also find StygianGen, a standalone version of the game’s map generator, online at Slashing’s website.