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Factsheet
| Title | Rise to Greatness |
|---|---|
| Developer | Falk Hähner (solo developer) |
| Based in | Cologne, Germany |
| Platforms | Windows and Linux, direct download |
| Status | Closed alpha, by invite |
| Price | Free during the alpha |
| Players | 12 online: four teams of three |
| Engine | Godot 4.7 |
| Servers | Dedicated and server-authoritative, hosted on gh0stcloud in Germany |
| Contact | info@falkhaehner.de |
Description
Rise to Greatness is a 20-minute dungeon heist for three. Four teams drop into a generated dungeon with the gear they chose to risk, grow stronger inside the run, and try to walk out with more than they brought — while the other nine players would rather take it. Extraction gives it stakes, ARPG loot gives it depth, in-run power gives it a curve.
History
Built by one developer since August 2026 in Godot, netcode first: the predicted, server-authoritative core worked before a single item existed. Every sprite, icon, dungeon, sound and note of music is generated by code rather than drawn or recorded — the production decision that lets one person ship a game of this scope.
Features
- Twelve-player PvPvE extraction raids in three acts: Descent, Contest, Collapse
- A generated dungeon every raid, across four biomes with their own monsters, hazards and rules
- In-raid levels that reset every raid; loot that persists only if you get out
- A deep item system: 183 affixes, item sets, sockets and runes, a star ladder and awakened weapons
- Insurance that protects the bottom of the ladder and never the top
- Parties, friends and trading between friends; dedicated servers; no kernel anti-cheat
Assets
Free to use in coverage of the game. Screenshots are unedited captures from the game.
About the developer
Falk Hähner is a solo developer in Cologne, Germany, building Rise to Greatness — an extraction ARPG in which every asset is generated — as a private project. The game's servers are hosted on gh0stcloud.