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Our first game · In development

Cinderdeep

Coming to Steam PC Keyboard & mouse Controller supported

A cozy village above. A dungeon below that keeps going down, floor after floor. Somewhere in the deep is the one behind all of it, and he looks a lot like you.

Above

Life in the village

  • Shops and traders. Potions, weapons and armor, with Brann the blacksmith to forge and upgrade.
  • Side quests. Villagers who need things found, up to five quests at a time.
  • Fishing and cooking. Better rods catch better fish. Better fish make better meals.
  • A home of your own. Brew potions and craft at your own workbench.
  • Companions. Pets with their own abilities, including Grimm, a black cat with opinions. A horse carriage takes you between towns.
Below

The descent

  • A leveled dungeon. Every floor deeper is harder than the last.
  • A boss every tenth floor. They hit hard and don't go down in a few swings.
  • Loot that means something. A higher rarity always beats a lower one. Legendary gear comes from bosses.
  • Spells. Learn them from boss drops and legendary gear, bind them to 1 to 4.
  • Puzzles and achievements. Secrets to find for the people who look closely.
How far down?

Every tenth floor, something waits.

The stairs under the village lead to floors of slimes, skeletons, orcs and fallen knights. Every tenth floor is a boss room, and what you find there is worth the trip back up to heal.

Common Rare Epic Legendary
F01Village stairs
F05Slimes, skeletons
F10The Minotaur
F15Orcs, fallen knights
F20Boss
F30Boss
F40Boss
F??Further than that
Bestiary

What lives down there

Slime

Upper floors

The first thing that greets you on the stairs. Slow, soft, and never alone.

Skeleton

Upper floors

Former adventurers who went down and stayed. Some still carry their gear.

Orc

Middle floors

Big, loud and organized. Where you start to need real armor.

Fallen knight

Middle floors

Sworn to something in the deep. They block, they parry, they wait for you to miss.

Minotaur

Boss · F10

Guardian of the tenth floor and the first real test. Drops epic and legendary gear.

Phoenix

Boss

Burns brighter the more you hurt it. When it's enraged, the fire comes with it.

The one behind it all

Main villain

A red and black reflection of the hero. You'll meet him halfway through the story.

Devlog

Recently added to Cinderdeep

What's gone into the game lately. Cinderdeep is still in development, so things will change.

  • New
    FishingRods of different quality. Better rods catch rarer fish.
  • New
    CookingTurn what you catch and find into meals with real effects.
  • New
    PetsCompanions with abilities. Grimm the black cat is one of them.
  • New
    AchievementsA full list to chase, plus puzzles hidden around the world.
  • New
    Controller supportPlay the whole game on an Xbox controller.
  • New
    Carriage travelFast travel between towns by horse carriage.
  • Tweak
    Harder bosses, rarer dropsBosses take real effort now, and loot rarity always means what it says.
  • Tweak
    Livelier townsVillagers walk around, and shops show up exactly where they are on the map.
The studio

Vonleck is a one-person independent studio making games that are comfortable to live in and hard to put down.

Every Vonleck game is built around a small, warm place you come back to and a dark one you keep going deeper into. Cinderdeep is the first. Code, art direction, design and the bugs are all made in the same room.

Cozy firstA world you want to walk around in, even when you're not fighting.
Earned lootRare things are rare. When something legendary drops, it means it.
Made to lastGames that keep growing through updates, shaped by the people who play them.
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