Ember's Escape
A downloadable game for macOS and Linux
A first-person dungeon exploration and combat game for DCJam 2026. You are Ember, a young dragon reclaiming a stolen egg and their freedom from a 5-floor dungeon.
Runs in any ANSI-capable terminal on macOS and Linux. Or play the web version.*
Controls
W/A/S/D: Move1: Dash forward (ignoring enemies)2: Brace (temporary 0.5s shield that blocks attacks, charges SPECIAL on succesful block)3: Use SPECIAL ability - "Burn baby burn" (requires charge)Esc: Quit the game
* web version performance may be worse. Its is running on a Raspberry Pi that's connected through a power line adapter.
Download
Install instructions
Unzip the distribution for your platform and use a terminal to launch the executable held within.
For macOS: when you get a message from Gatekeeper that you can't open the application, use the instructions here to open it anyway: https://support.apple.com/102445 (In the mean time, I'm working on a signed/notarized version).
Any technical issues? Let me know on the Discord or file an issue in GitHub.
Hint: can't get the downloads working? You could try the web version.
Comments
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This definitely has the charm of simple terminal games :-)
I really like it!
It took me a couple tries to find out, how fighting actually works, and I navigated purely by using the minimap, as the first-person-view is not really accurate.
But still, if the game had been longer, I would have spent more time playing it :-)
Very inspirational, good concept. Thank you!
Thank you!