A downloadable game for Windows

Experience art style and gameplay of classical indie game Cave Story in brand new procgen environment: each adventure is different and you only have one life for each!

Read readme.txt in archive to get information about configs and custom characters.

Features:
  • Explore 23 different layouts and settings, each with its own generation and gimmicks! Some of them will show up when you descend deep enough.
  • There are 10 depths in each run, with 2 levels spawning a boss, and final one featuring the old enemy...
  • Find many new items that will help you to move faster or destroy enemies quickly! Some of them can be combined with mysterious energy...
  • Enjoy quality-of-life changes done to original Cave Story basic gameplay, such as inventory management, improved map, no unnecessary contact damage, swimming, lack of instakill drowning!
  • 70+ Organya-styled tracks, featuring covers and original music to accompany your adventures!
  • See your improvements for conquering the dungeon with highscore and rankings!
  • Challenge yourself by selecting difficulty options, going after daily seeds or taking the path down after beating final boss!
  • Customize your adventure with seed input and 20 characters! Each one has different movement and combat abilities and new mechanics in some cases.
  • Advanced settings are available through config.json. Change how much items spawn in the run, try different restrictions and challenges or test how fast you can beat the game!
Controls:
  • Arrow keys to move.
  • Z to jump/confirm actions.
  • X to use active weapon/close windows.
  • A and S to switch weapon to next/last weapon in rotation.
  • Q to open inventory.
  • W to open map of the level.
  • C to use certain items and delete items in inventory.
  • Left Shift to use dash items.
  • Holding Up with Z produces a charged jump.
  • Numbers to select the weapon.
Credits:
  • Cave Story: Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya
  • Based on: CSE2 Enhanced by Clownacy and GabrielTFS
  • Music: Cory Welch, Tinned Duck, 2dbro, Zenix, txin, mLurker, Alula, Safusaka, zeroflafi, Dredged Crusader
  • Used sprites: ZarroTsu, AsperDev, Tert, Taiki, MintyFresh, Raymundo, lolkit
  • Coding help: Autumn Hazel
  • Bracket OC: Jamark
  • Improved Map System: Ikuyo and Onyx
  • Monogram font: datagoblin
  • Zlib for C++: Piti118, Deepak Bandyopadhyay, Lutz Kettner, zlib team
  • JSON decoding: Niels Lohmann and contributors
  • Update checking: quyse, Mark Lakata and libcurl team
  • Crossovers: 2dbro and Cybryll/Kim Tyranto
  • Translation help: Fluffy-Fuwafuwa
  • Ideas: NethoWarrior, eli, Tert, ColdCallerLoopy, Zierin705, eviled, Thyme Warp, duncathan, Daedily, Woddles, rde, CyberSlash, IdioticBaka1824, Ryla, yellow

Our discord server: Link

Beta releases: Link

Issue tracker: Link

Suggestion box: Link

Modding resource:  Link

Source for Japanese translation: Link

StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows
Release date Dec 26, 2021
Rating
Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
AuthorTrashboxBobylev
GenrePlatformer
Made withSDL, Aseprite
TagsExploration, Metroidvania, Pixel Art, Procedural Generation, Roguelite
Average sessionAbout an hour
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese
InputsKeyboard, Mouse, Gamepad (any)
AccessibilityConfigurable controls
LinksCommunity, Modding Resource, Beta release download

Download

Download
Game archive 5 MB
Version 1.43.1.0 Dec 18, 2023
Download
Beta builds archive 5 MB
Version 1.43.0-rc1 Nov 30, 2023
Download
Game archive (with Japanese resource pack) 7 MB
Version 1.43.0.5 Dec 02, 2023
Download
LifeSplit speedrun configs for v1.43.1 10 kB

Install instructions

Extract the archive and run Randamu.exe, nothing is required to install.

Speedrun configs: the archive includes empty splits, layouts and autosplitter script.

Development log

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Comments

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これはすごい!応援してます!

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Yo! Still love this game. Just wanted to ask, though - I'm playing Hunter and I don't see any food dropping from things I'm shooting. Not sure if I'm missing something - I'm on 1.42.3.

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That's a known thing, unfortunately.

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Ah, dang, OK. Thanks for letting me know~! EDIT: Not sure if a workaround is desired, but maybe just picking up EXP doritos could reset the hunger meter for now?

It is now fixed in 1.43.

The main thing I would change is that you can't discard weapons.

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It says i'm missing libstdc++-6.dll

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Same. What do I do?

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Update to 1.42.1.

Absolutely amazing, 2 major problems however.

1. One of the the Phase 1 attacks for the Depth 20 boss contains an excessive amount of flashing lights, to the point where I needed to squint/close my eyes to get through it. Photosensitive seizures can happen to people who don't have epilepsy. Please reduce the amount of flashing lights and maybe put a seizure warning in the game as well as an option to disable flashing lights.

2. The text for unequipping an item and trashing an item are practically indistinguishable from each other, could lead to (and has led to in my case) accidentally trashing an important item.

Game crashes immediately after launch

so sick

Hey, how to use terminal

Cool idea & nice execution

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A few things:
1. The game crashes or hangs upon trying to enter Options mid-run (Only Options. Configurations works fine.)

2. Quote feels strangely floatier than he should.

3. I'm not a fan of Polar Star and Nemesis being the block maker and destructor respectively. I'd create new weapons to replace them in those roles and give Polar Star and Nemesis their original properties back as a random weapon spawn.

4. Consider giving an option to how high jump is handled ("charge" to high jump, "always" high jump, and "double" jump).

5. Lastly, I feel the first level for basic difficulty is a bit too overwhelming in the number of traps and how often they hide in a leap of faith, and how often high jump is needed to get out of situations.

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6. The terrain generation FAILS to consider Polar Star, Nemesis and Charged Jump's status. So if you turned them off, you're likely to be SOL

1. Got it.

2. That's because the game is running in 60 fps.

3. Vanilla versions of them are kinda boring in my opinion, and also this decision was made at very start of development and I am not a fan of changing the game's fundamentals after so long.

4. "Always" high jump is frankly overpowered if you think about it.

5. I will think about it, thanks.

6. You are kinda not supposed to turn all of them off, but stages are beatable without one or two components being missing without changing the generation. 

It seems counterintuitive to just effectively remove two weapons enjoyed by many other Cave Story fans just because you didn't enjoy them. I would understand if it was your own game entirely, but CS is the base here.

I haven't had the chance to play it yet, though. I just wanted to respond to that point.

Nemesis is still usable as a weapon and there is Rifle if you want that Polar Star-like weapon.

It's actually possible to start a Depth 01 run in a small room with literally no way out if you disabled the Nemesis.

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Wow, this is fantastic. Genuinely really good! I have to play some more to dig in a bit more, but wow, this is a lot of fun. Congratulations to you and your contributors!

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Hi, Zierin705 here.

I genuinely did not expect this game to have an itch.io page.

I've beaten the game but only gotten the normal ending, would I get any spoilers from playing this?

Eh, not much, there is Hell tileset but that's it.

Thanks

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Thanks for adding my character in the game!

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What a blast, I love all the different items and the crafting system. It feels like I haven't even scratched the surface of everything the game has to offer  (especially with all the different characters).

If you're on the fence, please try this game out! It's the best Cave Story fangame I've played so far!

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what a great idea! i seriously want this kind of thing for every game, adds a ton of value.

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10/10 fun game