Thunderful Publishing and developer Carry Castle have announced Source of Madness is now available via Early Access.

Source of Madness is now available via Early Access for Windows PC (via Steam).

“There are plenty of roguelites that alter their level design every time you play, but Source of Madness takes things one step further by altering the monsters you encounter,” said Per Fornander, Co-Founder at Carry Castle. “These twisted monstrosities are created by an AI, ensuring that even we are finding new abominations to face off against. The billions of possible monstrous forms feels cosmically overwhelming, which fits the tone of Source of Madness’ Lovecraftian horror.”

“Source of Madness is among the moodiest, most intriguing roguelites we’ve seen,” said Dieter Schoeller, Head of Publishing at Thunderful Publishing. “We instantly fell in love with its gothic art style, endless array of monsters, and unique RPG-inspired character building. It’s already a great time, and we’re sure it will only get better thanks to the feedback by Early Access adopters.”

Here’s a new trailer:

Here’s a rundown on the early access release:

The Early Access release for Source of Madness is titled At the Tower Madness and includes the complete first Act of the game. This includes 5 biomes to explore; the Prologue area, the Loam Land, the Cave of Lost Souls, the Forest of Lies and The Moon. Players have 2 classes to choose from; Pyromancer and Generalist. There are also two major boss fights to conquer, which act as key progression milestones in the story.

Carry Castle will be rolling out major updates each month during the Early Access period as it leads up to launch:

September 27th – They Hide in the Shadows:
Geomancer class – Harness the power of the earth to decimate your foes.
Additional monster variations.
Various planned fixes and community-led improvements.

October 11th – Reckoning:
Dungeons of Forgotten Knowledge biome,
Gameplay balance changes, bug fixes and further changes based on community feedback.

October 25th – Update 4: Information on this update to be revealed when it launches, in addition to details on the November updates for Source of Madness.

Embracing community feedback is also a key factor in the Early Access, so any players wanting to experience Source of Madness and contribute to its final guise, please leave feedback in Steam or better still join the official Source of Madness Discord server for direct access to the development team: https://discord.com/invite/xKnJtqU