DEMON DUST

Impeccably designed puzzle-box dungeon crawler with a crunchy, surrealist aesthetic, and a novel mouse-driven interface. Very satisfying to slowly unpick, with an equally satisfying pay off waiting at the end. GOTY material. Buy it.

Je n'ai pas joué longtemps, mais je peux déjà dire que ce jeu est génial ! Tout d'abord, son gameplay est différent de ce dont on a l'habitude, mais en plus de ça, le jeu a une ambiance étrange [spoiler]par exemple, dans le 2e niveau, on peut tomber dans le vide et arriver dans un niveau "-3"[/spoiler]. J'imagine qu'il doit y avoir des secrets à trouver, mais je n'ai pas encore suffisamment joué... Le seul point négatif, c'est le fait que la mort soit aussi punitive, car elle nous force à tout recommencer, ce qui est rapidement énervant vu la difficulté des combats (on a très peu de munitions et il est difficile d'échapper aux ennemis à cause des contrôles). En tout cas, je recommande, et je suis content d'être tombé par hasard sur ce jeu qui, je trouve, mériterait plus d'attention.

ayo this game RIPS, dude

This game is an eyesore (positive)

Amazing game. Had me hooked the entire time and solving every puzzle and learning every new thing about the world felt rewarding. This game's design was so on point that, without needing to explain any of its gameplay or puzzles, you can easily with your own intuition and 1 sticky note worth of notes have everything you need to finish the game. Never did I feel the need to open a youtube walkthrough because I had no idea or goal as to what to do or where to go or how to get to where I needed to go. That doesn't mean you won't feel lost at times, but if you can embrace that and follow the logic the game is trying to teach you about world traversal, the solution will come to you naturally and it won't feel given to you, it will feel earned. For an exploration game like this, it's honestly one of the highest praises you could give. Not to mention the overall design and mechanics of movement (including platforming) and using items feels just right. There was clearly a theme and design that they wanted to achieve with this game and they've hit it out of the park. If you like something a little spooky, something a little mysterious, something a little weird, while also being a full satisfying exploration and puzzle experience, I cannot recommend this game more. Play this game now.

Conheci esse jogo pelo canal do Jogabilidade. (Valeu, Sushi!) É ótimo sentir essa tensão cheia de curiosidade que o DEMON DUST traz. As limitações impostas de propósito me ganharam desde o primeiro momento, o reloading manual do revolver é demais. O cenário instiga a gente o tempo todo, mas não só o cenário, também a natureza e o propósito desse lugar (e de nós ali) manipula, desorienta o jogador ao mesmo tempo que o guia elegantemente ao final. Lembrei daquela ideia do Cortazar de que o conto, a história curta, deve ganhar sempre por nocaute, com um impacto. Mas aqui o nocaute ao mesmo tempo que é um porradão de fato é, também, uma sutil revelação, um detalhe que reorganiza todo o tempo que se passou até chegarmos ali no final. Achei muito bom mesmo. Apesar disso, senti que o "ir e vir" dentro da dungeon se trivializa mais depressa do que precisava, perdendo um pouco da graça. Também achei o design dos inimigos meio... sem graça. Ainda assim, um BAITA jogo.

Absolutely INCREDIBLE game! I played the demo for this one and I've been thinking about it ever since, I'm so happy to be able to play the full game! If you're a fan of dungeon crawlers and tons of explorations/ secrets, you will love this. It's got just the right amount of surreal horror and crunchy graphics, with a pretty nice difficulty. The UI is unique but easy to use once you get the hang of it, and I had no issues adapting to the gameplay loop. I've played for only a couple of hours and only unlocked/ revealed one secret :') Definitely replayable and highly recommended!!

Really neat dungeon crawler that feels like a weird love child between Killer7, Outer Wilds, and Yume Nikki. Had my eye on this one since the demo came out and I really enjoy what it came out to. For the 10 dollar asking price it's well worth the time. The game wraps layers of secrets over each other that makes it really fun to unwrap more and more with each run. Everything is a knowledge check on a short timer. There's nothing quite as clever as Outer Wilds on that front but it feels pretty great to start completely clueless and eventually working your way up to having a specific plan for every single run. The game takes advantage of some of the best parts of survival horror's resource management by making improvement and optimization a part of the normal gameplay loop. What little story does exist is kind of disappointing for how obscure it is to even reach but the bizarre visual spectacle makes up for it. Thankfully you spend most of your time exploring the latter than the former, and the dungeon does really have an interesting layout, and you will learn things that completely recontextualize how you go through the whole thing. It's very neat and well put together.