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Dusky Depths is an oddly relaxing name for a roguelite bullet hell about escaping a dead planetComing soon, has a demo
Coming soon, has a demo
Image credit:Bow Echo Games
Image credit:Bow Echo Games
Dusky Depths - Nextfest February 2024 TrailerWatch on YouTube
Dusky Depths - Nextfest February 2024 Trailer
Levels are that nowadays ubiquitous, reassuring mix of generated and “hand-crafted”, with the option of blasting the terrain into a preferred shape, though I wasn’t able to do this using the few guns I gathered during my demo run. What guns were these? Well, I had one that shot energy bolts in all directions with a kind of Force push alt-fire, plus a twitchy, back-and-forth laser beam - useful for dealing steady damage to larger targets, less fun when aiming at smaller prey.
True to its picturesque moniker, Dusky Depths has a lovely atmosphere, with festering purple layouts forming an appropriate background to projectiles of all shapes, colours and sizes. There’s a 2D physics simulation which is slightly reminiscent ofNoita, though the chain-effects aren’t nearly as crazy.
