Nothing moves until you do. Every step you take gives each monster on the floor its own turn, so the dungeon works more like a board game than a reflex test. One careless move can leave you surrounded, and one clever one can clear the way.
Brough Dungeon unblocked grew out of a free coding tutorial by Jeremiah Reid that shows how to make a pocket-sized roguelike with plain JavaScript. It has its own pixel art and sound effects, and a full run takes only a few minutes.
How to play Brough Dungeon
Press a key on the title screen to start. Your hit points appear as red dots under your hero, and your spells are listed on the right. You begin with three hearts and one random spell.
Move one tile at a time with W, A, S and D. Bumping into a monster hits it for one point and leaves it dazed for a turn. Every floor hides three gems. Gems add to your score, and every third one gives you a new spell. Press a number key to cast the spell in that slot, which uses your turn and empties the slot.
Monsters keep appearing as the turns pass, and each newcomer waits a short time before acting. Reach the exit tile to go down a floor and heal one heart. Clear six floors and the run is a win. Lose every heart and it's over.
Controls
| To… | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| Move or attack an adjacent monster | W A S D |
| Cast the spell in a slot | Number keys 1 to 9 |
| Start a run or go back to the title after dying | Any key |
Tips
- Make them walk into range. Since a hit stuns, it is safer to wait one step away and strike first than to charge in.
- Study how each monster moves. Some move twice, some act only every other turn, one eats walls and one wanders. Knowing which is which tells you how much space you need.
- Cast quake in tight spaces. It hurts monsters more when walls surround them, so it shines in corners and corridors.
- Use dash to cross long rooms. It slides you until you hit something and stuns everything next to where you stop.
- Don't linger after the gems. Spawns speed up the longer you stay, so head for the exit once the floor is picked clean.
Brough Dungeon questions
How many spells are there?
Fifteen, including teleports, bolts, a short shield and one that removes inner walls. Each one works once before its slot empties.
What are RUN and TOTAL on the score table?
Winning all six floors starts a streak, and your next game becomes the next run in it. TOTAL adds the scores across that streak, and dying resets it. The table is kept in your browser.
Can I play with touch or a mouse?
No. It reads keyboard keys only, so you need a laptop, desktop or Chromebook.
