Dark Scrolls is a «fantasy-themed action platformer that fuses the chaos of shoot ‘em up with the progression roguelite and it is full of charm, challenges and secrets,» says the development team. In the trailer with which the release date of the title was announced, we can see and hear developers Cullen Dwyer and Britt Brady playing the title with different characters. This variety is one of the great attractions of Dark Scrolls, which has a lineup of nine playable characters.
Each character has unique abilities, secondary objectives, and a collection of customizable charms with which to experiment and fine-tune their gameplay mechanics. Available heroes include classics like an axe-throwing berserker, a knife-wielding thief, and a spell-wielding wizard, as well as more original options including a saxophone-playing rat, an alien, and a dog. Dark Scrolls has a cooperative mode, so games can be played by two players.
As the official description advances and can be seen in the trailer, Dark Scrolls is a game in which there are many elements on the screen. It’s not that there are a large number of enemies at once, but rather that all characters have the ability to launch a generous amount of projectiles. Additionally, in the levels there are elements such as a cannon that increases the level of chaos. If a character dies in the midst of the maelstrom of projectiles, he turns into a cloud and keeps the crystals that are used to spend in Tame the Goose and Gus’ store. There they dispatch powers, attacks and allies that can be summoned on the screen.