In FORGE WARRIOR, you play as the titular Forge Warrior, a warrior trained to fight expertly with weapons and armor of their own creation. You must fight your way through BAYGARAD, in order to slay the LICH and take his SOUL, defeat the DRAGON and steal his HEART, and banish the DEMON KING and reap his HORNS. All this to forge the legendary LIFEBRINGER, a weapon said to give life instead of taking it. You must take this blade to the surface, where you will use it to save your village of a terrible disease.

Smith swiftly, Forge Warrior...

Controls

1. Use the numpad to move the character around. 5 waits for a turn. Walk into an enemy to attack them.
2. Press ">" to go down a downward staircase, or to move to a different branch of the dungeon.  Press "<" to go up an upward staircase.
3. "g" will pick up an item off the ground. If there are multiple items on the ground, it will instead open up a menu where you can select which items you want to pick up. To pick up everything, just press g again.
4. "i" will open up the players inventory. You can equip items from here, drop them, or read a recipe you have found.
5. "c" will open up the crafting menu. You craft an item by taking 1-6 different materials, applying 1-3 different forging techniques on 3 of those materials, selectable below the forging technique. Recipes are unique, but different combinations of materials and forging techniques can make the same item. So experiment!
6. "r" will open up a simple recipe book, showing you how to make a shortsword, a buckler, and giving you a general guide on how to make the LIFEBRINGER.

This game was made as part of the 2026 7DRL Game Jam.