The Last Librarian
A downloadable game for Windows and Linux
The world of Rosarah is haunted by the ancient past. Grand civilizations fell to the iron fist of the Kithen Empire. The people suffered. But while the empire fell over 1,000 years ago, the guardians who protect Rosarah are dwindling.
They are the Librarians: the guardians of ancient knowledge and history, protectors of the 8 magic spell books which were originally used by evil to conquer Rosarah. Randel is thrust suddenly into his role as a Librarian when his grandfather is slain by an undead monster. He must unseal the spells, buried deep in well-guarded Libraries, in order to defend Rosarah once again from tyranny.
Exploration: Explore the vast and open world of Rosarah, investigating its many secrets. Find hidden treasures, collectible upgrades, and interesting landmarks. You are free to tackle the challenges in whatever order you like, as it is possible to explore the entire game with just the tools you have available at the beginning of the game.
Solve Puzzles: Uncover the secrets buried in the eight hidden Libraries throughout Rosarah. Each is riddled with dangerous traps, and puzzles that seek to trick any who might enter uninvited. If you are able to navigate them, each contains a powerful spell to add to your set of abilities.
Battle Enemies: Take on fourteen powerful bosses, as well as minibosses, and a host of fiendish foes determined to reign destruction across Rosarah. Use many different strategies to fight, making use of an arsenal of weapons and magical attacks. Find new abilities, and upgrade your abilities by finding hidden treasures.
Legend Quest: For those looking for an extra challenge, Legend Quest is included in v5.0.0. With this game mode, the entirety of Rosarah is changed. Enemies are stronger and have new abilities. The overworld includes new perilous foes and traps. Every Library has a transformed layout and new mechanics, requiring you to use every tool at your disposal.
[Note] This game can be played on a keyboard with configurable controls. However, a gamepad controller is recommended for the best experience.
This game is available on Windows 10 and Linux.
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $20 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Download demo
Development log
- The Last Librarian v5.0.3Aug 04, 2021
- The Last Librarian - Linux UpdateMar 28, 2021
- The Last Librarian: Legend Quest - 50% OFFFeb 13, 2021
- The Last Librarian | 4.1.1Jan 12, 2020
- The Last Librarian | Final ReleaseDec 14, 2019
- The Last Librarian | Final Release DateDec 08, 2019
- Early Access Update 4.0.2Nov 11, 2019
- Early Access Update 4.0.1Oct 27, 2019
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I've been enjoying this so far, but the charged bow seems to be going for a visual innuendo that I really don't appreciate. Is there an option to... not make the arrows look like an erect penis coming from the crotch instead of the hands?
Glad you’re enjoying the game!
As for your question, I assure you, any innuendo is entirely an accident. The arrow is floating simply because I lacked the art skills to do anything more elaborate when I made this game.
I will leave a note to look into changing it, in case I find time to release a new patch.
~ Cloaked
Even flipping the triangle would be something, though raising the arrow to the same height as the sword would make both tactical and visual sense.
Game misidentified my wireless Xbox Elite Controller as a Bluetooth LE device, causing the Start and Back buttons not to register, rendering the inventory and settings inaccessible since having a detected controller also disables all keyboard input.
Please allow keyboard input while a controller is connected, at the very least for menu access. Also, rather than having the arrow keys and escape key nonfunctional, could you just permanently bind them to menu access? Separate issue, but on first launching the game, it is entirely unclear how to navigate the menu with a keyboard. Enter does nothing, arrow keys do nothing, who uses WASD in menus?
Edit: never mind, you can’t. Just something for people to be aware of, then! Edit 2: my computer actually misidentified my controller. Luckily the game lets you override it, once you power off the controller and then wait a sec for the game to switch to keyboard control.
Thanks for playing, and sorry you ran into issues. I have actually updated the code-base behind the scenes, and if I ever have enough free time to do a proper update the number one thing will be entirely replacing my janky custom input code. No definitive plans though.
In the meantime, I hope the keyboard controls work all right for you. :)
I found this game really interesting and loved the story!
Thanks for playing!
maybe i'm not paying full attention, but i just entered deep city and i need to fight last before i go to the dragon bog, but i straight up only get damaged by him? i'll keep investigating but i'm a bit stuck there and would appreciate a hint if possible. thanks, loving the game so far!
i'm also stuck in the kithen fortress. managed to turn on first huge laser terminal but not sure where to go after that.
Hi! Glad you're having fun. I'm happy to give a bit of help.
1) That fight with Last before Dragon Bog requires you to use Revelation.
2) Kithen Fortress is very confusing, admittedly. You'll have to backtrack a few times, as certain laser terminals open other paths. If you'd like, I have a speedrun video here (spoilers of course). The route for Kithen Fortress doesn't use any exploits so you could follow along to find the next step. I don't recommend using this video for any of the other dungeons though.
Thanks so much! I know you said not to, but that speedrun video has been helping me quite a lot (like when i just can't figure out what to do), so i really appreciate that. however i'm fighting the sand worm/leviathan in the desert and when i try to kill the head (after killing the eyes on the rest of the body), the game crashes and i get this error:
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FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event0
for object obj_leviathan_head:
Unable to find any instance for object index '131330' name '<undefined>'
at gml_Object_obj_leviathan_head_Step_0
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stack frame is
gml_Object_obj_leviathan_head_Step_0 (line -1)
so i'm not sure what i'm doing wrong? i'll continue to work on the rest of the game but not sure how to progress past this.
Aw, sorry to see that there is a crash here. Unfortunately, I'm not sure what's causing it and I'm no longer able to support the game (the code is far too out of date) so I can't fix it. It might not happen if you try again, hard to say. What it drops is not necessary to beat the game.
yeah i tried beating the worm about 3 times and it crashed every time. maybe i'll try again eventually. but yeah, i realized it doesn't drop something essential. just reached the hidden conclave; about to go and fight last at obsidian fortress! i'm super excited and i've been loving this game. thanks for all your replies and helpful hints!
This is a fun little game. Great work!
My inventory is full of special items that have no apparent use. Is there something I'm doing wrong?
Thanks so much!
You can sell the special items to merchants for gems, or give them to Arthur in Deep City to get rewards.
Ah. That helps!
I'm finding that I seem to go about things in the "wrong" order, and that sometimes gets me irrevocably stuck. Mostly, this seems to happen when I see the obvious path and think, "but maybe there's a secret over here..." Then, I end up finding what seems like an unintended path and having no way to get back. Save often, people! :)
If anyone can help, I somehow got two copies of the mystery novel, and I can't get rid of the second one.
And where is the dude who wanted these bird mushrooms? I can't seem to find him again.
If you can't tell, I'm really enjoying the game!
The double mystery novel is a glitch that happens sometimes. Unfortunately, there's no way to get rid of the second one. Sorry!
The bird mushroom NPC is at the top right of Deep City, but he only shows up at night (off the top of my head, I'm only 90% sure on that one).
Oh, well. I guess I'll just do with one slot less.
I found the dude, finally. Thanks!
I am really stuck on the ghost caligo puzzle and cant figure out what im supposed to do?? would appreciate some help!
Hi! So Caligo doesn't actually do anything at all, the puzzle I had planned never ended up in the game. But I left the NPC in the game anyways. You are not the first person to be confused by that. Sorry about that.
cool game!
Still far from finishing the game, currently fightin g the glass automaton (the puzzles in there were quite tricky! :O)
lets see how many hits these 2 guys can take :-)
Ha! Glad you're having fun. Good luck with the glass automaton.
just defeated him.
now time for skull dungeon.
despite my good old tome finding it is quite hard.
following the green dots often leads to dead ends, now I'm at some 2 laterns.
but I disappear when i walk along the path between them.
guess I missed a split somewhere again :-/
also, you know at some screen on the overword you simply cant go up.
is that intentional?
it's right before you enter the ruins with the glass automaton guardian.
okay, I am now at the skull dungeon. somehow trial and errored my way out of the part before.
made it to the boss there but as soon as the fight is about to start, I get this error:
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FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Other Event: User Defined 1
for object obj_drake:
Variable obj_drake.spr_drake(100411, -2147483648) not set before reading it.
so no fight for me.at gml_Object_obj_drake_Other_11
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stack frame is
gml_Object_obj_drake_Other_11 (line -1)
called from - gml_Object_obj_drake_Step_0 (line -1) - <unknown source line>
I dont remember where exactly but somewhere along the way I found another invisible barrier thing. :-/
Yeah, the invisible barriers are just places that aren't in the game yet. They'll go somewhere soon.
The crash at Drake Soma-Sor is actually patched in version 3.0.1. If you download the most recent version here you should be able to fight him. Your save file will transfer with no issues. I fixed that about a day ago, but I didn't actually post a devlog about it.
okay, beat him.
Also beat the tomb of whatever with the trial.
seems like, except the boss fight in the village, I have more or less seen everything.
Maybe?
Looking forward to the visual update.. and to see who's been sneaking around with magic again. :) Good luck with your KS campaign!
Heck yes, thanks for playing. I enjoyed watching it!