Yokai Dungeon
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Yokai Dungeon is a randomly generated puzzle arcade game. It was released on August 8, 2019 on the Apple App Store and Google Play store. The game takes inspiration from Japanese folklore for its setting and characters.
On October 19, 2019, Yokai Dungeon received a Halloween-themed update featuring five new characters and an added bestiary.
Controls[edit]
- Tap the arrow buttons - Move in the respective direction
- Tap the circle button - Push a movable block
Gameplay[edit]
Yokai Dungeon contains six different worlds, which are laid out in a series of connected and randomly selected rooms. The goal of each room is to defeat all enemies by pushing blocks into them. Once cleared, the player will be able to proceed to a connecting room. Re-entering the room after clearing an adjacent room allows the player to enter the inside arena again for the chance to earn some extra coins.
A world is cleared once the player defeats the boss in the marked boss room, which can be done without having to clear all the other rooms. After defeating the boss, coins will spawn around all free tiles within the arena and the player will have a short window of time to collect coins until they are taken to the next world.
In addition, each area contains a market, where the player can choose from a selection of three random items to equip. The location of the market is not revealed until the player enters the room for the first time. The middle slot always holds a rare item in a chest which can be unlocked by watching an advertisement or for free if the player has purchased the premium upgrade.
Characters[edit]
While the player starts the game controlling Tanuki, an additional nineteen characters can be unlocked using coins. Each character has a different combination of three stats, determined by an illustrative points counter.
Health - Determines the player's maximum amount of hits they can take before they get a game over. Each heart represents two hits, with the maximum health being 8 HP. The higher the points, the more health the character has. The first three points represent 2 HP each, with the fourth and fifth point representing 1 HP each.
Speed - Determines how fast the player moves. The higher the points, the faster the character can move.
Luck - Determines the amount of coins that spawn in the arena when an enemy is defeated. Higher points mean that more coins are spawned.
Players can beat the game with different characters to get distinct endings and earn achievements for beating the game with that particular character.
Stats[edit]
| Character | Price | Stats | Yokaipedia description |
|---|---|---|---|
 Tanuki
|
N/A |    (6 HP)
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Guardian of the village's shrine. Tanuki sometimes wears a straw hat. |
 Ninja
|
100 | (6 HP)
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Specializes in espionage and deception, deemed dishonorable by the samurai. |
 Kitsune
|
100 | (4 HP)
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Magic fox respected by all villagers. Their favorite food is fried tofu. |
 Mia
|
200 | (4 HP)
|
Respected teacher of magic arts. She came to the island on holiday. |
 Panda
|
200 | (6 HP)
|
Big and peaceful creature. Panda is often seen nearby rivers of the Bamboo Forest. |
 Bear
|
400 | (7 HP)
|
Powerful creature with strong brute force. Bear is known to protect the forest. |
 Sumo
|
400 | (8 HP)
|
Sumo master, owner of the gym of the village. Known to love sushi. |
 Cactus
|
400 | (4 HP)
|
Plant born in Nugget Canyon. No one knows what’s the purpose of his journey. |
 Samurai
|
400 | (7 HP)
|
Powerful warrior belonging to an aristocratic family trying to take control over the region. |
 Skull-Boi
|
800 | (2 HP)
|
Peaceful undead skeleton known to love music and big metropolis. |
 Kappa
|
800 | (6 HP)
|
This kappa grew up alongside a human family, in a pond nearby their house. |
 Fox Lady
|
800 | (6 HP)
|
Fox Lady is not seen very often and many mysteries surround her. She lives in the Bamboo Forest. |
 Baburu
|
800 | (7 HP)
|
Enjoys sleeping at the bottom of the sea, doesn't like to be woken up. |
 Gionathan
|
800 | (4 HP)
|
Human game developer, spends most of his time programming and creating pixel art. |
 Pinguino
|
1600 | (8 HP)
|
Accountant at a popsicle factory. Never missed a day of work. |
 Pinguina
|
1600 | (8 HP)
|
Activist doing her best to save the planet and the environment. |
 Alex
|
1600 | (6 HP)
|
Lives inside the Neko House. Always willing to help others and on the look for bells. |
 Laal
|
1600 | (6 HP)
|
Wizard from Ramal Town. Laal can control the fire element and loves spicy food. |
 Firo
|
1600 | (2 HP)
|
Firo loves to melt ice blocks. Rather dangerous when goes berserk. |
 Ico
|
1600 | (2 HP)
|
Playful dragon often shooting huge snowballs that inflict damages to the target. |
Halloween characters[edit]
The following characters were added in the October 19, 2019 Halloween update.
| Character | Price | Stats | Yokaipedia description |
|---|---|---|---|
 Franco
|
1600 | (6 HP)
|
The result of an experiment. Despite his appearance Franco is a kind soul. [sic] |
 Mummy
|
1600 | (4 HP)
|
This mummy was discovered inside the giant pyramid next to Ramal Town. |
 Werewolf
|
1600 | (4 HP)
|
Human with the ability to shapeshift into a wolf. Loves hiking during nights of a full moon. |
 Succubus
|
800 | (7 HP)
|
Human-like demon appearing in dreams of her victims, seducing them. |
 Vampire
|
400 | (6 HP)
|
Often seen nearby the castle of Guldburg, this vampire is known to oversleep and don't [sic] wake up at midnight. |
Bosses[edit]
Boss rooms are indicated with a demon icon on the map. Once entered, the player will fight the boss and immediately proceed to the next dungeon upon defeating them. The player must push blocks into the boss in order to defeat one. Generally, bosses require three hits to be defeated, although some items from the market can reduce the number of hits to two. Each boss's health is indicated with blue fireballs revolving around their head that disappear when the boss takes damage.
When the player defeats the boss, coins will fill every available space in the room with the occasional Yokaipedia page. If no blocks are present, a block will randomly spawn into the room, allowing the player to collect additional coins without having to move their character all over the room. After a brief amount of time, the player will be transitioned into the next dungeon or shown the particular character's ending if the final boss is defeated.
There are six bosses in Yokai Dungeon, with one boss per dungeon:
| Name | Dungeon | Behaviour | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Village | Jumps to the player's position at the time of leaving the floor. | ||
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Forest | Moves in a straight line horizontally or vertically towards the player, destroying any blocks in its path. It will pause briefly after moving five spaces or upon reaching a wall, whichever occurs sooner, before moving in the same pattern again. | ||
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Swamp | Rams into the side wall, causing rocks to fall from above. The positions of the landing rocks are indicated to the player with a shadow just before they fall. | ||
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Cemetery | Shoots a set of fireballs in the player's direction. The last of each set spawns a block in the player's last position at the time of firing. | ||
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Mountain | Fires two snowflake projectiles, which bounce off the walls and turn into snowball blocks on their fourth time hitting a wall. The projectiles will not turn into snowball blocks if the player or the projectiles are outside of the room at the time of their fourth rebound. Yuki-Onna will then teleport to a different position within the room, thus repeating the pattern. | ||
|
Volcano | Constantly moves in any direction towards the player. As the boss moves, a block will spawn into the room, and the player must position themselves and the boss in line with each other so that they can push the block into the boss. |
Cultural references[edit]
Many aspects of Yokai Dungeon are based around Japanese culture and folklore. Most of the bosses and enemies and bosses are based on yōkai, for example: rokurokubi (ろくろくび), kappa (かっぱ) and Yuki-Onna (ゆきおんな). Many items found in the market share the same internal name and appearance as Japanese food, clothing and weapons.
Trivia[edit]
- Gionathan's achievement description is "Hello there, this is Gionathan from Neutronized!", a reference to a common greeting from Neutronized's devlogs.