How to Play FlipRogue

The Dungeons of Yonder are a dangerous place for a pocket-sized adventurer. Every run is short: go down, take the Orb of Yonder, and climb back to daylight. The screen is drawn with tiny symbols, but each symbol is just a thing in the world: you, walls, doors, items, monsters, and danger.

Goal

Start on floor 1 and descend to floor 18. Find and take the Orb of Yonder. The Yonder Warden wakes when the Orb is taken, then hunts across floors. Return to floor 1 and use the up stairs to win.

Gold is your score. Surviving with the Orb is better than dying rich, but dying rich still leaves a nicer high score.

Controls

Input	Action
D-pad	Move, attack, or line-shot as Ranger/Mage
Hold D-pad	Repeat movement
OK	Rest, use stairs/buttons, or interact with nearby objects
OK long	Look mode
Back	Game menu
Left/Right in inventory	Switch item tabs

Movement is 4-directional. Most attacks are also 4-directional. Bats are the main exception: after a blink they can strike from a diagonal tile.

Symbols

Symbol	Meaning
@	You
block tile	Wall
#	Visible grate
.	Floor
+	Closed door
-	Open door
< / >	Up / down stairs
!	Potion
?	Scroll
/	Wand
:	Stones
;	Darts
=	Charm
%	Food
*	Gold
"	Tall grass
H	Chest
T	Old god statue
K	Key
&	Orb of Yonder
letters	Monsters

Water, ice, and fire are drawn as tiny pixel patterns rather than as one text glyph: shallow water is sparse, deep water is denser and animated, ice is scratched, and fire flickers as a sparse overlay.

Classes

Class	Style
Warrior	Toughest start, shield, better at standing ground.
Ranger	Uses arrows for straight-line shots and sees traps early.
Mage	Uses staff charges for straight-line magic and knows scroll names.

All classes gain level bonuses automatically. At levels 3 and 6 you also choose one class perk.

Turns and Combat

Bumping into a monster attacks it. Ranger and Mage shoot instead of walking when they press toward a visible monster in a straight line and have the needed resource.

Monsters act after your turn. Alert monsters remember where they saw you. Some monsters sleep, wander, flee when badly hurt, or wake their pack when attacked.

Resting can recover HP slowly, but it also gives monsters time to move.

Terrain

Doors open when stepped through and close when nobody is nearby. Tall grass blocks sight until trampled and can release healing dew. Puddles and shallow water edges extinguish burning without slowing you. Deep water extinguishes too, but it is slow: one swim move gives the world two turns. Land monsters avoid deep water, but eels live there and tend to gather in small packs. Frost magic can freeze water into slippery ice; eels caught in freezing water do not enjoy the experiment. Sand appears in small dusty patches and blocks fire spread.

Some reward pockets sit behind visible grates. A grate blocks movement until a same-floor key is picked up or a same-floor button is pressed. Grates are not secret: if you can see one, the dungeon is making a little promise.

Old god statues are solid. Bump one to make it answer with a short line; it may reveal a nearby secret or patch you up a little.

Hidden doors and traps can be revealed by searching. Ranger is best at spotting traps. Bumping into a hidden door reveals it.

Inventory and Items

Your pack holds 20 item copies. Potions and scrolls stack as inventory rows, but each copy still counts toward that limit. Stones and Darts stack as one slot.

Item	Uses
Potions	Quaff, throw, or drop. Unknown potions use color labels.
Scrolls	Read or drop. Unknown scrolls use rune labels.
Wands	Zap or drop. Empty wands stay in the pack and can be recharged.
Stones/Darts	Throw or drop. Darts hit harder; Ranger can improve them.
Charms	Wear, take off, or drop. One Charm can be worn at a time.
Food	Eat from the menu to restore hunger and a little HP.
Chests	Bump or press OK next to H, then choose one item. If your pack is full, the chest stays.

Identify Scrolls reveal one unknown potion, scroll, or Charm. Wearing a Charm also reveals its name.

Magic

Potions and scrolls can heal, enchant gear, reveal secrets, blink, phase, burn, slow, poison, blind, confuse, scare, or call monsters. Bad magic is not just flavor: blindness shrinks your view, slow gives monsters more pressure, confusion scrambles movement, and fear makes monsters retreat.

Blink magic moves toward the chosen target and settles on the last safe empty tile before a hard obstacle or occupied target. Phase magic lets the world pick a strange route that usually drifts away from where you stood; it can pass through monsters, but it will not leave you inside one.

Fire effects use a 3x3 burst. Fire deals 1-3 damage, can burn actors, trample grass, refresh temporary fire fields, and hiss out against puddles, deep water, ice, sand, or chests. Fire Ward prevents new burning for a while; Ash Bead keeps fire contact to 1 damage and prevents new burning while worn. Frost can douse nearby fire and freeze water. Arrow traps shoot from a wall source. Fire traps throw an oil jar and burst where it lands. Snare traps paralyze you for a few world ticks while the dungeon keeps moving.

Monsters

Monster	What to Know
Rat	Weak but slippery.
Bat	Erratic, blink-strikes, sometimes heals on hit.
Snake	Can poison.
Kobold	Small pack pressure.
Goblin	Armed and worth extra gold.
Skeleton Archer	Shoots, kites, and dodges thrown/projectile hits.
Slime	Splits when it survives direct damage.
Wight	Hidden until revealed or until it attacks.
Wisp	Can blind.
Ogre	Heavy melee, can stun.
Cube	Can engulf you and block throwing.
Dragonling	Rare deep pack monster with short-range fire bursts.
Eel	Water-only pack pest. Swim carefully.
Mimic	A chest with opinions. Reveals and bites when bumped or opened.
Lurker	Hidden in grass or wet edges; search can reveal it.
Yonder Warden	Wakes after the Orb and keeps hunting.

Hunger

Runs start with food rations. Hunger eventually weakens you; starvation damages you over time and blocks waiting. Food restores hunger and a little HP.

Carrying the Orb slows hunger and starvation clocks, giving the return trip room to breathe without making it safe.