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Genre: Adventure, Indie

Ergastulum

Experimental Weapons

Sometimes I create a lot of things behind the scenes that go un-shown but this was a fun little test I did the past week.

I've always had a vision of using Silver Bullets against the Werewolves in the game but had to make sure it was approached carefully without ruining the atmosphere.

The conclusion I have decided with is:


  • Very limited ammo in the whole game (you might be lucky to even find 1 bullet in the whole level)
  • Realistic and slow reloading
  • Aim is affected by your faith and sanity
  • Gun jamming is possible
  • No indication about how much ammunition you have left in the revolver
  • Very few creatures can be hurt (most will be resistant)
  • Possibility that could be a New Game+ reward


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Bringing Traps into the Game

It's been a long time coming but I've started to work on the deadly traps to litter the dungeons with. The first one is a fan favourite from Dungeon Nightmares II ːsteammockingː

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Playing with Fire

Don't try and play tag with a vampire as it's a losing game. You will die plenty of times in this game.

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Meeting the Vampire Twins

I've had tombs in the game since the start but I've only got around to adding raiding tombs in the dungeon!

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Raid them at your peril.

The House of Lies

The house is your safe haven... most of the time.

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The UnderWorld Awaits You

I have neglected the House portions for some time but now that the catacombs are in a good place after ironing out most of the bugs, I can now revisit that haunted place.

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Till Death Do us Part

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Meet the Murdered Bride. You will get to meet her a lot in the coming days, weeks and months.

Love is for a lifetime.

Dynamic Music Score

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Something that I don't usually talk about but more work went towards the Dynamic Music Score that will beat your senses down as you play.

Playing Cat & Mouse with a Blind Shaman

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Note - Heart Beat code is broken in this video so its always on and loud! I recently migrated to Unity 2019 so it left the player always in Fear mode so that needs to be fixed ːsteamhappyː

The Butcher Awakes