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Rune Hunter
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About the game
Rune Hunter is a game that fits in a coffee break. You are a treasure hunter in a dark dungeon, with a simple goal: bring three runes out alive, as fast as you can. A rune is paid for at an altar, and every altar asks for a different price in treasure: so many skulls, so many coins, maybe a gem. The side panel tells you what the current altar wants and how much of it you hold.
The catch is that treasure is heavy. The more you carry, the more turns each step costs you, and a ghost is looking for you. After a message that warns you that something bad is going to happen, the ghost appears from nowhere and comes after you. You can bribe it: drop some treasure and it vanishes, angrily if what you gave was a skull and with satisfaction if it was a gem, and a satisfied ghost needs more time to come back. The runes, in exchange, cannot be dropped.
So every few turns you decide between going for the next skull, putting down what you have to buy some time, and running straight for the altar. If the ghost catches you, the game ends; if you leave with three runes, the game tells you the turn in which you did it, and that number is your score.
Playing it here
Click Play and the game loads in the page (about 0.7 MB, downloaded only when you press the button). There is no save and no restart key: when the game ends, reload the page to hunt again. The page makes no requests outside this site. A keyboard is needed.
Controls
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
| Arrow keys or hjkl | move; walking into the altar makes the sacrifice if you carry enough |
| Space | pick up the treasure under your feet |
| s, c, g (or 1, 2, 3) | drop a skull, a coin or a gem |
Tips
Read the panel. The altar line tells which god it is and how many skulls, coins and gems you need; the numbers next to them show what you carry.
Do not carry more than you need. Every extra item slows you down.
Drop treasure to shake off the ghost. It is a cost, but it buys you the turns that you need to reach the altar.
Walk over the question marks. They are treasure that you have not identified yet; stepping on one tells you what it is.
FAQ
Is it hard? The game is short and the first runs end quickly. The rules are simple, but the margins are not.
Does it work on a phone? No: it needs a keyboard.
How do I restart? Reload the page.
Credits and licence
Rune Hunter was made by Bozar (Red Tabby Studio) and is free software under the MIT licence. The game includes the rot.js library by Ondrej Zara (BSD 3-Clause). The licence texts are in the licence file linked from this page, and the game is exactly the one the author publishes.