Inner Demons

by zettelkasten

co-authored: @anton-florey

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.25

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.75

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.94

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.04

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.75

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.09

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.29

You have become crazy after participating in Ludum Dare year after year.
Finally, at the 48th event, you have to fight your own fears and go deeper in the history of all past LD events.

Play through this content-packed rogue like: Fight your inner demons in various different caves, collect items and solve puzzles.

Controls

The game can also be played well with a controller!

* Move using `WASD` / your joystick + `A` to jump. You can pass through platforms by holding down, and can also climb up ledges by pressing jump again.
* Open the minimap using `Tab` / `LB`. When standing in a room with a path down, the minimap will show a red line to the next level this path leaves to.
* Attack enemies using `SPACE` / `X`.
* Quit with `Alt+F4` ;)

Bug Fixes after Deadline

* Fixed flickering in rendering, removed background appearance to make game more eye friendly.
* Fixed item not spawning after killing boss in one room, fix that chicken cube room would never generate, fixed that one boss could attack to totally different rooms.
* Fixed damage of some monsters, fix knockback calculation, fix death animation.
* Fixed that player sometimes glitched through platform.

Comments17

junojop27 Apr 2021, 03:37

amazing atmosphere

Link27027 Apr 2021, 03:43

Very nice! Seems like it could get a lot better with a few updates and things.

legavroche27 Apr 2021, 03:53

Really liked the concept and environment. I found the combat and platforming a bit tough to get use to as it was hard to gauge the colliders. I think improvements on that side would really refine this game

Chironyx27 Apr 2021, 04:08

I like the premise haha
The attack is rather slow, so I really think enemies should have less HP, and hte attack should start with the damage frame, maybe even reverse the current animation, to improve the flow.

Quite Good27 Apr 2021, 22:50

Cool game! The visuals are what stand out the most to me. I like the premise, very meta. The jump feels a little extreme, and the combat is a bit rigid and tedious. I think it needs more variety and less length if the player is meant to go through 48 (!) entire stages. Maybe one room per LD jam would make it feel a little less lengthy. Great work!

TheJookerful28 Apr 2021, 18:54

Your graphics are really cool and I like the reference you made to the Ludum dare with your 48 levels. But I don't know if it's me (and it's really possible ^^) but I found your game really hard !

Shin0nome29 Apr 2021, 15:16

Great game atmosphere ! It's hard but graphics, FXs and game feel work nice together. It's a polished game, good job !

monninen29 Apr 2021, 16:34

Graphics are amazing. Controls are hard and beating up enemies didn´t felt very responsive.

Edur29 Apr 2021, 16:43

I like the idea it fits the theme. i like the main character. But i wish the environment had more variation between levels. Some sound would set a nice tone. But its game jam so nice job.

starling29 Apr 2021, 16:43

The concept of this was so cool, got goosebumps reading the text as I explored the initial room... I also liked the mechanic of getting life from death of the enemies (I also found it hard and died fast but am not skilled at platformers generally)!

Carsten29 Apr 2021, 16:44

Looks great! LD40 killed me :D
Sad that there is no music. And I almost got stuck in the tutorial area because I didn't figure out the climbing yet :)

dob29 Apr 2021, 16:46

Neat graphics, smooth gameplay and animation. The jumps were very high, which was fun, but also made movement a little tough. Your attack was slow and relatively small, and the pineapple-shaped enemies very fast, so I found the combat (other than the ravens, which were easy) very hard. I didn't really understand the map part, but I enjoyed going through levels and exploring, although nearly all of them had seemingly empty repetitive rooms that didn't have much point. But overall, very impressive effort for such a short time, and a cool entry.

Flying Dog Fish29 Apr 2021, 16:47

A bunch of flying somethings killed me every time :( You captured the theme perfectly.

EnergizedBlast29 Apr 2021, 18:30

After getting down to a depth of 36, I think I get the gameplay loop and it's pretty neat. The level layouts feel like they could use a bit more purpose (looking at you dead end rooms!), and I was confused about what some of the pickups were. It was awesome when I picked up a ranged weapon upgrade, and I really like the level progression map. Other than some quirkiness with enemies, honestly a really nice game!

TheAppleCake30 Apr 2021, 12:21

After playing this i have now a fear of pineapples. (Or whatever these little flying monstrosities were)

It was pretty fun overall ! Really liked it better after picking the ranged upgrade though as i had troubles with the melee attack on the pineapples.

I got stuck at the bottom of LD13. Like stuck stuck. Don't know why, i couldn't go lower, the next level didn't load and i could only go left and right, stuck in my fall for eternity. I also had a weird bug (or is it a feature ?) where i could grab infinite life. I didn't count the heart i picked, but i think i ended up with at least 50 of them (could see the health bar moving at each pick up)

But overall it was well made, and the graphics were really cool ! The pickups weren't very clear of what they were, but the palette was pleasing to the eye. A music would have helped a lot to finish the mood but i guess you guys ran out of time.

Good job !

obrunomarques1 May 2021, 05:43

Very nice game, I miss sfx and music, but still a great game