Basically Castle Quest is an old-tyme dungeon adventure game. As you go around the castle and rescue different characters, you can then use them solve puzzles and advance througout the castle.
The cleric can heal herself, the ranger can leap over some walls, and the thief can steal keys from sleepy guards. Other characters are going to be added for the full version, like the lark who can talk to animals, the dwarf who can bash rocks with his hammer, the pirate who can boat over water, and the boxer who can push giant blocks out of the way.

You start off as a cleric in the castle. If you talk to the king he will tell you what you have to do. The magic feathers will guide you as to the controls and the skills of the different characters.

There is a very basic battle system built into Castle Quest. Most encounters are entirely optional. Just go up to an enemy and press space to engage it.

I've entered this game at the latest GamingW Game Design Competition and it seems to be doing well, so I'll spread it around, and see if others enjoy it.

Screens

http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/26631/castlequest2.PNG
http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/26631/castlequest.PNG


Download

http://www.gamingw.net/pubaccess/26631/Castle%20Quest.zip


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Screens doesn't work <_<

They work when I click on them. You could cut & paste the urls into your address bar if clicking on them doesn't work for you.

im gonna dl this

i tried playing this but for some reason it wont let me change classes. are you supposed to use the number keys? i tried those and the numpad keys and nothing worked. pretty cool concept though, it proves that you can make a game in rpg maker that doesnt look and play like all the other ones if you try hard enough. looking forward to the full version (if it lets me do everything its supposed to!)

edit: lol im stupid and didnt realize you dont start with every class. disregard most of the above