They Turned Zelda into a Roguelike

Zelda: Dungeons of Infinity is a new innovative take on Link to the Past... it's not even a ROM hack! This game is a surprise and a breath of fresh air.
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9/14/24

[@maxastro]

"When would I ever need to be immune to curses?" ~five seconds later~

[@lanteanboy]

more like literally 2 seconds later

[@beastslayer8729]

To keep himself safe, the dev should probably consider building custom sound effects and music, even if they are just recreations. Having the exact background music and sound effects is not going to go well.

[@evanseifert8858]

Having blatantly copy-pasted graphics alongside bloody corpses probably won't go over great either.

[@Bluhbear]

He could certainly do a ton of work to make this legal, like building all assets from scratch, or... making it not Zelda... but he's not making money from it, anyway. Should be fine.

[@beastslayer8729]

@@Bluhbear That hasn't stopped Nintendo in the past lol

[@ManoloRibera070]

Pokerogue is still fine, they use everything from the games.

[@JP-ro2yi]

Not to mention when it starts it says presented by nintendo.

[@Yamashiro-pai]

20:45 this merchant knew the ways of "create a problem, sell the solution" and took it up a level, truly eons ahead of his time

[@sweetypuss]

this almost feels like its coming full circle with the binding of isaac

[@ToyKeeper]

On the one hand, this is really cool. On the other hand, a fan-made Zelda game released just a couple weeks before a major new Zelda title which has already leaked so N's lawyers are on the prowl? Huge risk there. This free fan game needs to be open-source to protect it against nonexistence.

[@jmkqfnvyl87]

The concept of this is so close to Miamoto’s original intention for OG Zelda . Surprised Nintendo hadn’t done this yet.

[@charlieb8735]

16:50 I read every manual front to back on the way home when I was a kid haha

[@zachelkins1229]

Me too

[@robertwolfgan]

Hey brother! We may be twins for this.

[@KY502ShinyHunter]

I’ve been on a huge Shiren the Wanderer binge the past few months (same IP and creator as Pokémon Mystery Dungeon for those that don’t know). Going to have to check this mod out.

[@Gerenocidiac]

I made it to the boss just before Agahnim and now learned you can hold the same direction while moving to attack more fluidly. Better late than never I suppose. Also you can talk to that frog at the beginning of the game, he provides some basics/tips, and I suggest going through all the dialogue. Same for all NPCs you can chat to, exhaust all dialogue with them, there's a lot of gems.

[@west3Dgaming]

Map was showing you a secret room right in front of you and then you immediately dropped the map

[@shawnheatherly]

This is pretty dang cool. Good way to keep me distracted while waiting for Hades 2 updates. Funnily enough, I can see the world where Nintendo makes something like this. Zelda is a series that's had a lot of experimentation, and it's an IP they've trusted an indie dev to work on.

[@rmx39]

Funny thing is the most successful and arguably best roguelike of all time, binding of isaac, is based on Zelda

[@robertwolfgan]

I keep reading and hearing that word, what does IP means????

[@rmx39]

@@robertwolfgan intellectual property, basically a brand/entity

[@TeamKilday]

Is it just me or is the audio for this entire video and game actually really good

[@damiengrief]

This is so awesome. Just discovered this game because of this video. Thanks for that. I'm really impressed with how polished and fun this is right out of the gate. And the dev seems super active working on fixes and adding new features to the game.

[@crumbs-vx5tj]

W to this guy for keeping the little girl away from die

[@vaderwalks]

23:54 Me: I'm not sure why Poo hasn't gabbed that heart but I shouldn't backseat game, he probably knows what he's doing. Poo: *singing* 'I need to recover some fucking hearts' Me: Here we go, just gotta have faith Poo: LEAVES THE ROOM Me: :O

[@Karami42]

Hes cursed and can't heal, that's why his link is greyed out

[@feha92]

He was cursed

[@Vinchenz]

I played this over the weekend and enjoyed what I played, but I got real bummed out when I had a really good run going and got to floor 9, but the dungeon generated into a layout that soft-locked me. I had to hit one of those Blue/Red color switches to lower a Blue gate... which had a Red gate afterwards and no way to be able to hit the color switch as the Blue gate blocked access to the side that had the Red gate.

[@JD-mz1rl]

Are you sure there wasn't a way to use items to progress? I.e. cane of somaria

[@Sora-MMK]

@@JD-mz1rl There is no cane of somaria

[@JD-mz1rl]

@@Sora-MMK that was a hypothetical

[@AgelessCharade]

@@Sora-MMK haven't played the game, but did you try standing on top of the blue then hitting the switch with a ranged attack so blue is up and red is down? Classic cheese, and I know fangames like to make cheese required.

[@Vinchenz]

@@JD-mz1rl No, I don't think there are items that can do that in this fan game. Plus as a dev myself I can see how the edge case happened.

[@lemeltingpotdetontontaste7087]

"How do you fight bad guys ?" "With words" Best dad ever seen since a while

[@Dethmegadeth]

I have to say usually it annoys me when chat complains about the volume, but they were bright this time.

[@sahilhossian8212]

Lore of They Turned Zelda into a Roguelike momentum 100

[@InfernosReaper]

It did not take long into this before I was like, "man, the inventory is way too limited"

[@xicufwm]

Awesome game! Brigs lots of nostalgia back with the nice touch of the rogue-like genre. The problem, however, is that it's too random. Sometimes you get A LOT of money, but no shop to spend it on. Sometimes you get A LOT of arrows, but no bow to shoot them. EVERY TIME you get a lot of magic but no items that actually uses it. Those half medallions? You find their altar all the time, but you don't actually have the right color of the other half (or AN other half at all, to be honest). I think the game should try to introduce some kind of algorithm to guarantee at least one new weapon or meaningful item before the boss (like Enter the Gungeon does). There's lots of room for improvement, but still an awesome idea!

[@rylandsmith8552]

Man when have you ever played a roguelike where curse imunity wasnt absolutely worth the cost

[@quintopia]

Liked the part where you advised mini poo to employ talk no jutsu

[@cocacoola7166]

The binding of Glenn.

[@paraquietusghosty6407]

Fan content is just so great.

[@autumnshinespark]

Pots break pots? Green knights take 3 hits? Remembering all the differences is gonna be so distracting...

[@skottlee8959]

Yeah real fucking brain bender

[@EmeraldEdge72]

10:28 it was all about the guy who stole our stuff 20 years ago!

[@cerberus144]

I want Pooh's Vault Boy hat. Also Minish Cap is good, one of my favorite 2D Zeldas.

[@masew2012]

Where can i get this??? OMG every video on this game and no freakin LINKS for download???? WHYYY?

[@annieabsorbsaqua5793]

They did, yeah, it's called Cadence of Hyrule. Not sure what your thumbnail has to do with that, though.

[@west3Dgaming]

*Kylo Ren saying MORE*

[@west3Dgaming]

That's why you never buy loot chests

[@shisuithepantyteleporter7744]

Binding of isaac was based heavily on zelda surprised nobodies done this before very cool!

[@Webberjo]

I can see you playing this for days.

[@belizetourism1218]

11:19 "ooh, cake" sick Clerks 2 reference.

[@numba_2552]

Um, yes please. More of this ❤

[@petervenkman8835]

The frog was an npc you talk to for game tips

[@brandonloaiza8595]

That dont look into the death star is from castlevania 2 lol

[@AthomeBurnerphone-cu7mm]

"You get kinda fat when you have a kid cause you eat all their leftover food" Mr. Bear spitting serious truth out here today. You haven't touched your corn dog? Yeah. Lemme see that.

[@Kain2452]

been playin this for a couple days, it's really good

[@MrFox-tc6tc]

You could say it was punintended

[@courtneymoyer1637]

It would be fun if they would remaster this game on Nintendo switch that would be great.

[@Domfootstitch]

you should play minish cap, it's REALLY good.

[@OurIntrepidVampires]

Ugh, it feels like a minor gripe but it really bugs me that it isn't alttp, this is using Minish mechanics.

[@MrZerged]

Oooo he’s never played a link to the past, that’s why he doesn’t know the map

[@TechnoL33T]

Y u no put the tunic on?!

[@Jifuryu]

Has Andy played this yet?

[@bankiey]

Dude whaaaat excellent

[@montyally7069]

please someone link where and how i can play this! :)

[@narfenmeyer]

I found it with a very simple google search

[@Bluhbear]

What I did was Google it, which led me to a Reddit post, which directed me to the Discord server, which is where you can download it.

[@Trogdor98]

Looks like she's... Not having a great time 😂

[@skottlee8959]

Are you playing with keyboard or controller?

[@someairbender4414]

I was hoping for a lot more content…😢

[@WubWub808]

Instant download❤

[@kennycarter5682]

i wish gpb provided the link to the website this game is on.

[@NinjaOwO]

it's a nintendo game, his video would get striked if he did

[@kennycarter5682]

@@NinjaOwO oh dear

[@KY502ShinyHunter]

Google for the rom, then Google for this mod, then Google for a rom patcher.

[@kennycarter5682]

@@KY502ShinyHunter its not a rom hack

[@GrandPOOBear]

I would just google this and save us all the nintendo headaches ;)

[@telephonedude]

"um like, in this Zelda game" - that question just lost all of its load at once, holy shit haha

[@lompass379]

A zelda rogue like? So Isaac?

[@justanotherlikeyou]

This is an amazing zelder game

[@NerdDungeonYT]

sup gamers

[@animefanrk2k]

I have to play this~~~

[@miciso666]

i love how thi

[@poekeyhoitz5233]

Play Fear & Hunger

[@Peder7berg]

Where can you play this?

[@AceJackal253]

You could probably Google the name Zelda: Dungeons of Infinity.

[@hyperviper3285]

I found it when you go on the games discord server, there is a link to download

[@Selderan]

They didn't Turn Zelda into anything, it's just a shitty wannabe rom hack trying way too hard to be "THE BEST GAME EVER". In reality you can't even spin attack, farm rupees, or actually enjoy the game, like the Real Zelda: A link to the past. Using Zeldas assets and ripping off the game play doesn't make it a Zelda Game. You can dress up like the President of the US, that doesn't mean you ARE.

[@damie9412]

Nice

[@orsonzedd]

Would have been more interested in this as a romhack...

[@serfraust]

Something like this isn't really possible as a romhack, at least not to the extent that this dev has gone. Everything was custom made, and it's not like writing code in assembly is a common skill.

[@orsonzedd]

@@serfraust I know it's not nothing but I don't want a bunch of installers for different games on my system, it gets cluttered.

[@orsonzedd]

@@serfraust also there's a Pokémon emerald rogue like so...

[@ProperDev]

The guy worked on this fan game for 4 years programming everything from scratch to match the original. He did, alone, what an entire fully-funded team could do, but for free and out of passion. It's a stand-alone .exe file that takes the exact same amount of space as a romhack .z64 file. If anything, this is LESS clutter for your computer, as it runs completely alone with no other software needed. Hope you get to enjoy it!

[@ironhippo9679]

154

[@salchipapa5843]

Is this made by Nintendo or is this the equivalent of a Mario romhack but for Zelda?

[@KY502ShinyHunter]

ROM hack

[@evanseifert8858]

Neither

[@Bluhbear]

It's a fan game. Not a romhack.

[@sweeeenay]

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[@ColdShoulder131]

poop

[@PanicGod69]

Dude gets 25 arrows right before the boss that's weak to arrows, then doesn't use arrows...

[@AliceErishech]

Did he have the bow at that point? I don't recall seeing it in his inventory during that run.

[@berys4331]

To be fair, noticed the game is really generous with the arrows but not so much with the bow. Tried it last night and about a dozen trips to that boss and not once did I find the bow, but got max arrows almost each time

[@BakedApple989]

Zelda 2 is the original roguelike.

[@GrandPOOBear]

what

[@gamermabk9183]

I would say rouge is the original rougelike lmao

[@GrandPOOBear]

@@gamermabk9183 That is the correct answer

[@borgcolect]

ah yes... create a video to draw nintendo's attention and cause a C&D and bye bye game.... :(

[@martinhoog2420]

First?

[@starfishflogging7726]

y no link to game