How to Play
Eternal Heart is played from the perspective of an adventurer searching the dungeon for treasure. Along the way, you'll encounter loot containers, traps, puzzles and monsters that you will need to defeat. As your adventure proceeds, you will amass gold which can be used in shops to heal your wounds, buy potions for later use and level up your character.
Your Character
The player character has multiple different status elements that impact your gameplay.
- Level: Whenever you level up, you will gain a bonus to your maximum health and your other stats. Leveling up makes you more powerful!
- Health: When your health reaches zero, your character will die. Loot pots and chests, drink potions and level up to increase your maximum health.
- Gold: You will find gold by looting stuff and fighting monsters. Spend your gold to regain health, buy potions and level up.
- Potions: You can drink potions to recover a little bit of health. But you can only hold a few...
- Keys: You will find keys hidden in the dungeon, but never in chests or pots. Use the keys to unlock doors that block your path.
- Score: Your score increases as you gain gold, fight monsters and explore the dungeon. But it will go down if you take damage...
- Strength: Your strength has a minor impact on the amount of damage you inflict on monsters.
- Constitution: Your constitution has a minor impact on the maximum health boost you receive when leveling up. Also reduces damage somewhat.
- Intellect: Your intellect allows you to heal more when drinking potions or finding health in loot.
- Luck: Your luck plays a very minor part in everything you do, from fighting monsters to gaining loot. It's not much, but every now and then it pays off...
Controls
Touch
If your device has a touch screen, you will be presented with on-screen touch controls to move, attack, use potions and access system functions. Tap buttons within the menu system to use them. Buttons that control character movement can be held and you can press multiple buttons at the same time.
The complete game editor is available using the touch interface. Tap on tiles and objects to select them. Drag objects around to move them and drag your finger across tiles to select multiples. Drag across the screen with two fingers to pan the camera within the editor.
Keyboard & Mouse
Use your keyboard's arrow keys to move and the space bar to attack. Press 'P' to heal yourself with potions and 'S' to access your status screen. You can pause the game with the 'Escape' key. The menu system can be navigated by mouse, or by using your arrow keys and selecting options with the 'Enter' key.
Xbox One or Xbox 360 Game Pad
You can play the game using your Xbox One or Xbox 360 game pad. Use the 'Left Thumbstick' or directional pad to move your character. Press 'X' to attack, 'Y' to use a potion and the 'B' button to view your status. Pause the game with the 'Menu' button.
Note: You cannot use the game editor with the gamepad at this time. Either use touch or KB&M.
If your device has a touch screen, you will be presented with on-screen touch controls to move, attack, use potions and access system functions. Tap buttons within the menu system to use them. Buttons that control character movement can be held and you can press multiple buttons at the same time.
The complete game editor is available using the touch interface. Tap on tiles and objects to select them. Drag objects around to move them and drag your finger across tiles to select multiples. Drag across the screen with two fingers to pan the camera within the editor.
Keyboard & Mouse
Use your keyboard's arrow keys to move and the space bar to attack. Press 'P' to heal yourself with potions and 'S' to access your status screen. You can pause the game with the 'Escape' key. The menu system can be navigated by mouse, or by using your arrow keys and selecting options with the 'Enter' key.
Xbox One or Xbox 360 Game Pad
You can play the game using your Xbox One or Xbox 360 game pad. Use the 'Left Thumbstick' or directional pad to move your character. Press 'X' to attack, 'Y' to use a potion and the 'B' button to view your status. Pause the game with the 'Menu' button.
Note: You cannot use the game editor with the gamepad at this time. Either use touch or KB&M.