Cairnfall
A downloadable game
Cairnfall is a rogue-lite game cave explorer/simulation/sandbox thingy currently in early development. Game main character is "Little Witch", who has to navigate / explore the cave. The ultimate goal to find "The Amulet", from the deeps of the dungeon. Little witch must take care of his well-being by eating and drinking water. Obtaining food is a task itself..
Game has so called "falling sand simulation" for the terrain, so water, sand, etc. are simulated at pixel level. This enables some nice emergent stuff..
About tech: Implementation language is C++, SDL2 is used for graphics output. The "falling-sand" simulation engine is custom-built. It features runtime Editor/UI so I can do changes to the game world on the fly, when designing / testing.
"Little Witch" sprite gfx credits goes to itch.io / Created by @C1b0rg0101
More to follow...
| Status | In development |
| Author | MaP_SDG |
| Tags | 2D, falling_sand, Roguelite, Sandbox, Singleplayer |
Development log
- Cairnfall status update78 days ago
- Progress92 days ago
- Cairnfall updateNov 16, 2025
- UpdateOct 29, 2025
- UpdateAug 09, 2025
- Quick updateDec 29, 2024
- CairnfallDec 06, 2024

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