Legends tell of an ultimate magic rod that is more powerful than all others. Journey into the dungeon to find it, using less-ultimate rods to fight off enemies on your way there.

This game was originally made for the 7DRL 2022 jam. The version submitted for the jam is labelled "Jam" in the downloads.

Controls

Note: Gamepad only available in version 1.2 onwards

Action	Mouse & Keyboard	Gamepad (XInput)
Navigate (Menus)	Mouse	Left Stick
Select (Menus)	Left Mouse Button	A
Move	W/A/S/D	Left Stick
Aim	Mouse	Right Stick
Shoot	Left Mouse Button	Right Trigger
Swap Rod	Q / Right Mouse Button*	X / Left Trigger
Interact	E	A
Toggle Map	Space	RB
Toggle Inventory	Shift*	LB
Quit Run	Escape	Start
Toggle Fullscreen	Alt+Enter

* In version 1.1 onwards

Gameplay

Elements

Each rod and enemy has an element, designated by their colour. Rods deal less damage to enemies with an element they're weak against and more damage to enemies with an element they're strong against. The strengths are as follows:

Fire (Red) > Wood (Green) > Earth (Yellow) > Thunder (Purple) > Water (Blue) > Fire

Effects

Each rod can have up to three extra effects. Since there's no description for these in game, here's what each of them does:

Scatter	Fires three shots. Damage is split among the shots
Critical	Shots have 10% chance of dealing triple damage
Speed	Shots move faster
Bounce	Shots bounce  off walls up to two times
Pierce	Shots pass through the first enemy they hit
Explode	Shots create an AOE explosion the first time they hit an enemy or wall
Seek	Shots curve towards enemies
Refund	Shots have 20% chance of refunding ammo when hitting an enemy
Knockback	Shots knock enemies back. Knockback scales with damage Enemies take damage when slammed into walls or other enemies*
Chain	When the main shot hits, a weaker chain shot is fired at the nearest enemy

* In version 1.1 onwards

Credits

• Made with Game Maker Studio 2
• Sound effects made with Jfxr
• Music made with Beep Box