Our Glory Shall Not Descend

by sbackus
co-authored: @tenth
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.39
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.83
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.69
Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.20
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.41
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.08

A roguelike where instead of starting with a class, equipment, or even a body, you... start with nothing.


Possess the bodies of enemies to gain abilities.




MacOS:
unzip the file. Then run the app.
If you get an unknown developer message try this

Windows:
You might need to get the windows visual c redistributable

Post-Jam Usability Updates

There are now "post-jam usability update" releases available - These fix some bugs, add numeric keypad support, and improve the in game text, adding some context specific help/hint messages - They make the game easier to understand, but were released after the Jam ended, so you may want to skip them for voting purposes - Your call.

screenshot

Comments8

ThePelranthean
ThePelranthean7 Oct 2019, 13:21
Feels like a good rogue-like. I enjoy the possession mechanic quite a bit. It changes the strategy used to navigate the dungeon more than I expected.

Thanks for making it!
NachtWitch7 Oct 2019, 21:31
bit hard to understand what the game is about before playing it, definatly cool after playing it though
Bocodillo
Bocodillo7 Oct 2019, 22:27
A really cool idea, body swapping from enemy to enemy to defeat them is neat. Especially like how you leave zombies behind!
mort_jack8 Oct 2019, 14:25
Great game! Kinda reminds me of super hot. I'm definitely going to give this one some more play time.
I really love the map discovery you have in your game.
The key layout is a bit weird, but other than that, I can't think of any critiques.
Tenth8 Oct 2019, 16:02
Thanks for playing! We've added a "post-jam usability update", which addresses a crashing bug, adds numeric keypad support, and improves the in-game text and help/context messages - But it was released after the jam was over, so you may want to skip it before voting, depending on how you feel about post-jam patches.
LadyVardoula25 Oct 2019, 17:21
This feels a lot like Angband. I am therefore extremely prejudiced and think this is one of the greatest installments in the ludumverse. You could, however, have provided the other players (who are not fortunate enough to be familiarized with Angband-type games) with a list of controls (pick up item, inventory, etc).
Kowara28 Oct 2019, 04:31
Pretty fun to play! Controls were a bit difficult to figure out since I have no experience in playing this sort of game. Didn't get too far down the levels in the first few playthroughs, but will be playing it again to see how varied the possession targets get.

...Also made it a point to possess and repossess creatures just to see the Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie Zombie show up on the screen. Might be interesting to have that as a feature where repossessing zombies multiple times creates an accidental Lich Lord. Or something.
FedorL28 Oct 2019, 14:33
Hi! Linux binary looks liek a macos Mach-O 64-bit binary and cant be runned on linux machine :(

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