Violencetown: a close look, tips and whether it is worth your time

If you enjoy short sessions that are hard to walk away from, give this one a look. Below is everything you need before the first launch: the gist, the controls and some working techniques.

What this game is

Violencetown — a browser 2D RPG with turn-based combat, an action wheel and hand-authored zones.

How to play, in short

1. Violencetown — a browser 2D RPG with turn-based combat, an action wheel and hand-authored zones.

Controls

Controls:

• WASD / arrows — move (press toward a direction to turn, again to walk)
• Space — action wheel (attack, magic, throws, trade)
• E — act on whoever you face (talk, trade, examine)
• Tab — Remoticon: items, gear, quests, map, rings
• 1–9 inventory slots, Enter to use
• T wait a turn, P pause, L log, ? help
• Tap ground to walk, tap a target to act, long-press for options

A few final tips

• Check out the demo mode on the game page — the AI shows how it is played, and repeating it yourself gets much easier.
• Play in short sessions: the best results come with a warmed-up head.

A perfect way to kill ten minutes — and suddenly an hour is gone. Ready to try? "Violencetown"