Beyond the Long Night, a charming upcoming roguelike adventure game, was announced as coming to Kickstarter. To celebrate the announcement, indie developer Noisy Head Games has released a free demo of the game onto itch.io.
Players can now battle, upgrade and puzzle their way through the Dark Mountain – a subterranean world of monsters, treasures and motivational talking cows. The demo offers a condensed version of the first area in the game, along with a bite-sized collection of characters, monsters and upgrades to play with. Taking its inspirations from The Binding of Isaac’s combat, The Outer Wilds’ time loop and Undertale’s dialogue, Beyond the Long Night offers a unique blend of chaotic gameplay with a relaxing and whimsical atmosphere.
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Players can engage monsters in cartoonish and satisfying twin-stick shooter combat, with an upgrade system that allows them to stack and combine multiple upgrades at once. The demo also includes a colourful collection of friendly NPCs to meet, including a flying one-man-band, motivational cows and a sleepy security guard who doesn’t like confrontation. Beyond the Long Night also boasts an 8-bit pixel art style as well a haunting retro-inspired soundtrack that ranges from energetic to serene.
Key features include:
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A charming single player adventure set in an underground world caught in a time loop.
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Twin stick shooter with Upgrades and Superpowers.
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Puzzles and secrets.
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Randomly generated maps built from individually handcrafted rooms.
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Permadeath.
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The bunting has physics!
Noisy Head Games was founded by ex-Technical Sound Designer Steve Hollis. He spent over 5 years at Frontier Developments programming and designing audio and music systems on titles such as Planet Coaster, Planet Zoo, and Jurassic World: Evolution, before starting development of Beyond the Long Night in early 2020. He has created much of Beyond the Long Night himself, but has had help from sound designers Ross Stack and Pablo Canas, who have over 14 years of sound design experience between them.
Check out the free demo HERE and click HERE to be notified when the Kickstarter project launches!
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