A Third Dungelot Is Coming, and We’re Excited

Minesweeper is one of those games that has followed every PC gamer throughout their lives. It’s been a staple of the Windows Accessories/Games tab for as long as I can remember. But it’s mostly remained untouched. In fact, checking for …

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Minesweeper is one of those games that has followed every PC gamer throughout their lives. It’s been a staple of the Windows Accessories/Games tab for as long as I can remember. But it’s mostly remained untouched. In fact, checking for it just now may have been the first time I actually looked into seeing if it was on this PC …which I have had for four years.

It’s just nice to know that it’s there, I suppose.

The reason why I just dusted away four years of neglect is because Minesweeper is hardly a fun game, especially in comparison to basically every game available on my own phone. However, the developers at Red Winter recognized the gameplay potential within Minesweeper, and gave it a modernized twist in Dungelot, which originally released in 2012 for iOS devices and we happened to really enjoy. Dungelot was received positively and a sequel, Dungelot 2, released last June.

Dungelot Shattered Lands

Now, Red Winter is back with a new Dungelot game, Dungelot: Shattered Lands.

The origin of Shattered Lands is a telling one: Red Winter was initially driven to produce Dungelot 2 after the success of Dungelot 1. Due to, basically, peer pressure, they made the decision to release Dungelot 2 as a free-to-play game where the original was a premium game, a decision which they believe ultimately hampered the game’s success. With renewed dedication to developing a premium game, Red Winter is gearing up to release Dungelot: Shattered Lands.

Red Winter was actually at E3 with tinyBuild Games, with a playable demo of Shattered Lands on hand. I played around with the PC build of the game for a bit, and I’m happy to say that Dungelot: Shattered Lands was really fun, even with my limited time with the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwAvSsriqn0

If you’re new to the series, like I was, the Minesweeper-ish aspects come into play as you tap around a dark dungeon, exposing tiles, collecting loot, and battling monsters by simply tapping them. As a roguelike dungeon crawler, you’re going to die a lot, but with each run you’ll pick up a bit of gold, which can go towards developing your chosen hero with each run.

I enjoyed my brief time with Dungelot: Shattered Lands, and am eagerly looking forward to its release, later this year.

Former Good Morning America child star, Tom spends his time these days writing lots of things for people to read. He's a fan of independently developed video games, and always roots for the underdog. Send him animated .gifs on Twitter: @tomscott90. He likes those things