VELSCOUR
A world built upon something that should have stayed dead.
An isometric, retro-pixel action RPG in the spirit of Diablo II that runs in the browser on PC and mobile. Choose one of sixteen classes, gear up in the town of Herrington Hollow, then descend 500 procedurally generated depths to slay Demon Lord Velscour.
Status: rough draft. Everything is playable end to end. Live placeholder sprites have painted replacements (see Art); full animation and broader effect art remain future work, and balance is a first pass.
Play it
On GitHub Pages (PC and phone)
- In the GitHub repo go to Settings → Pages.
- Under Build and deployment pick Deploy from a branch, choose the branch (
main once this is merged, or claude/amazing-rubin-kguehz to try it now) and the / (root) folder, then Save.
- After a minute the game is live at
https://<your-user>.github.io/velscour/.
On a phone, play in landscape. "Add to Home Screen" launches it fullscreen, without the browser bars.
Locally
The game is plain HTML and JavaScript modules, so there is no build step. It does have to be served over http, because browsers block modules on file://:
cd velscour
python3 -m http.server 8000 # or: npx serve .
# open http://localhost:8000
Progress saves automatically in the browser (localStorage), and you can keep up to six heroes in separate save slots.
Controls
| PC | |
|---|
| Left click | Move / attack / pick up / talk (hold to keep moving or attacking) |
| Shift + left click | Attack in place |
| W A S D / arrows | Move directly |
| Right click | Right-click skill at the cursor |
| ` 1 – 9 0 - = | Cast that slot's skill at the cursor (hold to repeat): 13 keys plus both mouse buttons, 15 skills in all |
| Z X C V | Healing, mana, rejuvenation and fury potions |
| I / K / B / Q | Inventory & character · Skill tree · Skill book · Quest log |
| Tab / M | Map overlay |
| Esc | Close windows / pause menu |
| P / Auto button | Auto-play on or off |
| Mouse wheel | Zoom |
| Mobile | |
|---|
| Left thumb | Floating virtual joystick |
| Tap the world | Move / attack / talk / pick up |
| Right-hand button cluster | ATK (left-click skill), then RMB and 1–8 on page one and 9 0 - = ` on page two (the ⇄ button flips pages). Tap to cast with auto-aim, hold to repeat, long-press to change the skill |
| Potions on the bar | Tap to drink |
| Auto button (top right) | Auto-play on or off |
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