Eldritch (video game)

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Eldritch is a 2013 rst person shooter video game developed by David Pittman and published by Minor Key
Games. It was inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft
and gameplay elements of roguelike games. The expansion Eldritch: Mountains of Madness was released in
December 2013. The games source code was released
in 2014, though the content itself remains proprietary.
Metacritic rated the game 77/100, and GameRankings
rated it 75.27%.

In April 2014, the games source code was released to the

public under a permissive zlib license, though the content
remains proprietary. While still being sold, the game became open source software.[7][8]

3 Reception
Metacritic, a review aggregator, rated it 77/100 based
on 14 reviews.[9] GameRankings rated it 75.27% based
on 11 reviews.[10] Chris Thursten of PC Gamer rated it
72/100. He wrote that the games initial run-through is
fun but too short and easy. Thursten concludes that the
unlocked diculty, New Game Plus, solves the diculty issue but leaves nothing new to explore.[1] Rowan
Kaiser of IGN rated it 7.7/10 and wrote, "Eldritch is
cruel and unpredictable, but this rst-person Roguelike
is cleverly designed.[2] Alec Meer of Rock Paper Shotgun called it a combination of Minecraft and Spelunky that
has too little content.[11] Christian Donlan of Eurogamer
rated it 8/10 and wrote that it has a creeping dread that
Lovecraft would enjoy.[3]

Gameplay

Players take the role of a 1920s-era investigator in a

Cthulhu Mythos-inspired storyline. Players can wield
both pistols and spells.[1] The world is procedurally generated, which means that it is dierent every time the game
is played.[2] The game features a form of permanent death
in which all items are lost upon death. Money that has
been stored in the bank is retained.[3] After the player
wins the game, a new diculty mode is unlocked, "New
Game Plus". Enemies become stronger, helpful items become rarer, and gameplay shifts to a more stealth gameinspired mechanic.[1]

4 References
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History

[1] Thurston, Chris (2013-10-22). Eldritch. PC Gamer.

Retrieved 2015-01-18.

Development

[2] Kaiser, Rowan (2013-11-01). The Elder Gods are

against us.. IGN. Retrieved 2015-01-18.

David Pittman wrote and published the game independently after he quit 2K Marin. After his wife, Kim
Pittman, helped to nance the games development, he
budgeted for a December 2013 release. He began publicizing the game in September, and unforeseen circumstances pushed the release date forward to October.[4]

[3] Donlan, Christian (2013-11-18).

Eurogamer. Retrieved 2015-01-18.

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[6] Savage, Phil (2013-12-05). Eldritch to get free Mountains of Madness expansion later this month. PC Gamer.
Retrieved 2015-01-18.

Eldritch review.

[4] Pittman, David (2014-01-03). Eldritch: Mountains of

Post-Mortem-ness. Gamasutra. Retrieved 2015-01-18.
[5] Savage, Phil (2013-09-08). Eldritch combines roguelike
and immersive sim in a rst-person Lovecraftian adventure. PC Gamer. Retrieved 2015-01-18.

Release

Eldritch was released October 21, 2013.[5] When there

were complaints about the shortness of the game, Pittman
created a free expansion based on At the Mountains of
Madness, a story he had wanted to include more of.[4] Eldritch: Mountains of Madness was released in December
2013.[6]

[7] Owen, Dave (2014-04-16). Eldritch developer releases

source code for free. VG247. Retrieved 2015-01-18.
[8] Eldritch-Source-2014-04-14.zip
[9] Eldritch. Metacritic. Retrieved 2015-01-18.

[10] Eldritch. GameRankings. Retrieved 2015-01-19.

[11] Meer, Alex (2013-10-25). Wot I Think: Eldritch. Rock
Paper Shotgun. Retrieved 2015-01-18.

External links
Ocial website
Eldritch at Metacritic

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