“A hero, right?”, the handsome devil at the entrance asked. “Sign here, please”, he boomed, presenting you with a sheet of paper.

One thing’s for certain – you sure didn’t expect Hell to have such good service. Like many before you, you were lured by stories of countless riches awaiting in the bowels of the hell realm. And the nice lawyer at the gates assures you that you are free to take as much as you can carry – as long as you are able to walk out with it.

Reach the seventh order of Hell, collecting as much gold as possible on the way. Each level is full of gold and chests which contain numerous valuables.
Of course, Hell also has its guardians. Demons roam freely, and the deeper you go, the more powerful they become. Fortunately, they are quite stupid – they are easily distracted and are often found staring at a shiny object or contemplating a set of stairs. Once they get close to you, though, they make up with brawn what they lack in brains. Be careful, they are also very fast – unlike most roguelikes, the demons move BEFORE the PC.

Hitting a demon will decrease its power, until it is dead. A vanquished demon leaves behind souls of all the heroes it devoured. These souls can enhance your own spirit and increase your resilience. Each level has one power gem and taking it will restore your HP to maximum (one use only). Collect as much gold as you can to increase your final score.

A Journey to Hell was written by Jakub Wasilewski to use exactly 1k of code (1024 characters). This version has been modified from the original commented version to fix the random seeding and unify the color initialization between versions of curses