Warlord's Penance
Warlord's Penance is a fast-paced, short-form dungeon crawler that demands skill (get gud or perish). Battle a variety of foes in an unconventional combat system. Locate and rescue your two evil allies from their prison to form a deadly, ability-combining party. Fight, explore, and brutally secure your escape.
Imprisoned deep within the shifting, suffocating cells of the dungeon, you must choose your starting champion: a Corrupted Paladin, an Evil Ranger, or a Powerful Wizard.
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Controls
- WASD - Walk
- Mouse - Look around
- Combat
- 🖱️left-click - Sword attack
- 🖱️right-click - Shield
- 1 - Dodge
- 2 - Fireball
- 3 - Freeze spell
- 4 - HP Potion
- P - Pause
Features
- Party-based dungeon crawler
- Simple yet challenging mechanics
- Free 3D movement
- Minimap with auto mapping
- An unconventional real-time combat system
- Carefully crafted sound effects
- Adaptative soundtrack
- Save/Load system
- Hand-draw graphics
- 1-bit Graphics
- Skill-based
ℹ️ Comfort Mode is available in the settings. It's an anti-alias that emulates how old screens blend "pixel dithering".
Awards
Credits
Made by Zizaco and oGnomo for the 1-BIT JAM 7 from November 18th to November 25th, 2025 (7 days). Theme: "You’re the enemy."
- Game Design, Code, Art - Zizaco
- Sound Design, Music, SFX - oGnomo
- Pixel fonts
- Monogram font - datagoblin
- RaccoonSerif - emhuo
- PixNull - NullOffset
- additional Art
- 1-BitIcons - Kacper Wozniak
- 1bit_UI - piiixl
- additional SFX
- Essentials Series - Nox Sound
Download
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Development log
- Warlord's Penance OST35 days ago
- Improved tutorial / hints and bugfixes (v1.0.3)40 days ago
- Upcoming: Inventory, Skill Tree, and more (v2)45 days ago
- Warlord's Penance is now available for download (v1.0.2)98 days ago
- Warlord's Penance won 1st place in Gameplay 🏆98 days ago
Comments
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Absolutely stunning visuals and nail-biting combat. This is a top-tier short-form dungeon crawl experience. A huge thank you to the developer for making this gem! Here is my Japanese gameplay:
Thank you for playing!
Your gameplay was very entertaining
This is a really cool dungeon crawler. The whole time it felt like I was inches from death but always managed to pull through. I really liked the fighting concept - it was like a music-less rhythm game of sorts. The music is fantastic, too. Def recommend giving it a go!
Just a heads-up, the Linux package may have some stuff that wasn’t meant to be bundled. Nothing bad, but looks like screenshots from some other games, and a cool hand-drawn pic? shared-1-sheet0.png and shared-1-sheet1.png, specifically ;)
Thank you for playing and for the kind words. We spent a lot of time balancing the game. Feeling "inches from death" was kind of our goal, tbh :D
Indeed, oGnomo did a fantastic job with the music & sound design!
Thanks for the heads up! I just updated the linux package. We used those images to test our shaders at the beginning of the development.
Make for android
this is supper amazing !
Good game!
I love, love, love this game. Great work.
This was very entertaining xD! I'm really impressed that you finished the game without using any of your team's extra abilities. I should create an achievement in your honor... for those who want an extra challenge! Thank you so much for playing!
I need a drink
Very fun! The vitality thing is interesting-I thought it would be annoying, but it added a fun challenge! Spoilers below.
This was kind of hinted at, but I like that you eventually realize at the end that we're the bad guys in this scenario.
Thanks for playing! I spotted a few bugs during your playthrough... I gotta fix them for the next update.
Lovely stuff!
It is a good idea and concept.
This game caught me off guard, it plays smoothly and the fighting loop is very enjoyable. Absolutely loved it.
Amazing game!
Fantastic game; stunning visuals and delightful combat.
Thank you!
I'm glad you enjoyed the combat system!
Well done! Cool mechanics and graphics. I had some tiny bugs at the start with camera movement I believe, but soon it stabilized
Quality game, mate!
This is straight up fire
This is one of the best looking 1-bit color 3D games I’ve ever seen! The audio is top notch too, the mechanics are fairly intuitive and fun, congrats!
Thanks! I was not so sure about the original combat mechanics... I'm glad you liked it.
Awesome
I can easily see this game on steam! Super quality! You did an amazing work for a game jam, ongrats :)
Thanks! : )
Fire