Ethereal Harvest

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.57
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.43
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.07
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.98
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.79
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.71
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.19
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.50
You are a ghost haunting an old abandoned dungeon on the outskirts of town. You have always been restless and alone, until you discovered you can gain strength by harvesting the souls of the living.

But no matter how many souls you collect, you can't find happiness. You are doomed to wander the dungeon forever, searching for purpose in a forgotten world.

Or are you?

Use your weapons to kill enemies, harvest their souls using your scythe to get stronger.
Genres: survival

Comments14

Heinar10 Jan 2023, 00:21
Nice Binding of Isaac inspiration. I like it
JackOfCups
JackOfCups10 Jan 2023, 02:00
Love the loading screens!
HFSEvans10 Jan 2023, 06:19
Very Binding of Isaac with a nice twist on collecting, but I just found myself killing stuff and then collecting the souls in peace later. Perhaps if those two mechanics played better together? Like the souls slowly faded forcing the player to collect during combat for example
Unentokku
Unentokku10 Jan 2023, 06:27
More indication of when you take or don't take damage would have been nice.
Souls needing two swings of the scythe makes collecting them a bit annoying(decided to just ignore them after failing to figure out a point to collecting them).
togo sepultraut
togo sepultraut10 Jan 2023, 15:12
i really like the ghost's sprite and attack animation, its very nice.
some visual feedback when you get hit or when you hit an enemy would be a good improvement (mostly for the melee attack)
Schmalex10 Jan 2023, 15:17
Nice little game that i think would benefit from a bit of tweaking (harvesting souls gets tedious after a while). Regardless, it is quite relaxing to walk around and shoot guys and the movement is on point. Keep up the good work!
NvrSkipGameDay
NvrSkipGameDay10 Jan 2023, 16:32
Spooooky! I liked the music a lot. I found a big boi and he killed me so fast I'm not sure how it happened, but it was cool to find :D
Slush11 Jan 2023, 03:59
Binding of Isaac but enemies go "ewgh"
Suchista
Suchista11 Jan 2023, 18:25
Cool game, could be further improved by adding some effects when the ghost gets hit and adding more enemy types. The audio is nice.
Minakorii11 Jan 2023, 21:57
The sound was funny to heard !
Harmofish
Harmofish13 Jan 2023, 08:49
That's a good idea. I like how this ghost harvests human souls, but I'm not sure how to harvest the souls I killed.
Riesyeti
Riesyeti14 Jan 2023, 15:23
Cool Binding of Isaac type game. Quite simple but very fun! I would've liked to see a health regen pack or something because I seem to die pretty quickly ^^"
AndideBob
AndideBob14 Jan 2023, 16:15
A simple little game, I can easily see this being expanded with different abilities and weapons you unlock with the souls. However I did not feel like I was getting stronger by collecting the souls, all the enemies still took the same amount of hits. Also I think that there should be a little risk reward connected to harvesting the souls, because currently you just kill everything and then harvest. If you had to be fast or something like this it might feel a little more rewarding to harvest the souls. Also, what's with the jumpscare at the end? :D

All in all a solid entry, well done!
nikitavychuz14 Jan 2023, 16:37
Needs a bit more polish like UI and better audio feedback, as well as enemy variety. It does not feel fair to have enemies jump at the player before the camera even reached the room. Still, good job making a game!

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