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Dungeon Craft

A 1997 real-time strategy and adventure hybrid from Game Spring, remembered for dynamic lighting, persistent characters, and four-way split play.

Dungeon Craft cover art with a horned creature emerging from a doorway

Dungeon Craft predates PoBros and was created through the founders’ former company, Game Spring, with Vinnie Falco. The game blended real-time strategy and adventure play while presenting 16-bit color at 800×600—technically ambitious for its era.

Its systems included dynamic lighting, layered graphics that could automatically hide foreground elements, a four-way multiplayer split view, persistent characters, multiple parties, and support for multiple adventures.

Verified features

  • 800×600 presentation with 16-bit color
  • Dynamic lighting and a layered graphics system
  • Four-way multiplayer split view
  • Persistent characters, multiple parties, and multiple adventures