Slashing Dragon has decided to give crowdfunding the further development of Ananias Roguelike another try, and to that effect has launched a new Indiegogo campaign for it. The goal of the campaign would seem to be to finance development of three key feature areas of Ananias 2.0:

Powerful Magic Spells

Magic has always been a key feature of fantasy worlds, and while Ananias supports two magic user classes and a number of spells, there is plenty of room to mage magic more diverse and fun.

We will add magic spellbooks; casters will be able to use them multiple times to cast different spells. These ancient tomes are heavy and must be taken care of since they can be destroyed by all dangers presents in the dungeon. Unlike scrolls, most of which can be used by people with only slight knowledge of the arcane, spellbooks are dangerous and cryptic, and as such only experienced magicians can use them.

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New types of items

Part of a complete roguelike experience is handling a large set of artifacts and gear and taking important choices on what to wear to survive longer in the dungeon. We will craft, forge and imbue with magic a large collection of new different item types.

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Monster Manipulation Magic

The spells of Deko Ben Morono (Transform into magic figurine) and Mani Morono (Bring life into figurine) will allow the player to keep monsters in his backpack and bring them to life when needed.

Additionally, new spells and items will allow teaching skills to monsters, allowing the adventurer to adapt a monster to his needs to survive.

Nice use of the term Mani there.

Here’s Slash’s summary of the crowdfunding effort and its goals:

In order to create these new features for Ananias, a lot of development time should be invested and payment for the artists for pixel art, illustrations, sound effects and music should be done. Processing fees for contributions on the crowdfunding platform and international bank transfers are also part of the cost of making this a reality.

Even with us assuming most of the development time, we need 2,000 USD to make Ananias 2.0 an outstanding roguelike available in multiple platforms.

So, if you’re keen on supporting Slash and the ongoing development of Ananias, head on over to Indiegogo and pledge your support. The minimum spend is $1, which will get you the Fellowship Edition of the game (that’s the one with the online social features). Which is not a bad deal, if I do say so myself; that edition of the game usually retails for $1.99 USD if memory serves.