Heartless Dark is a top-down action-roguelike with survival horror elements. It plays like a familiar top-down-shooter but your flashlight is your
only view into the darkness - oh and your 6th sense... Resources are scarce and even the furniture could be trying to kill you.
Note from Roarke (the developer):Heartless Dark was designed as a 'coffee-break roguelike' - easy to pick up and put down and not hugely demanding of your time. A run could be completed in around 20 minutes if you're good enough. While it may not contain thousands of item combinations, hundreds of enemies and complex meta-progression like other games in the genre, I've still put my passion into creating a unique, atmospheric and replay-able experience.
Action-Roguelike: Shoot,
dodge,
stun,
electrocute,
throw bombs and
other tools as you kill monsters in abandoned corporate offices. Expect
procedural levels,
stats,
upgrades,
synergies,
multiple characters and
perma-death.
Oppressive Darkness: Your
flashlight is your
only view into the
darkness all around you. Oh and your
6th sense...
Survival Horror: Your survival relies on
spatial awareness, managing your
limited resources and learning to use
hazards to your advantage.
FEATURES
GAMEPLAY:- Randomly generated corporate office levels
- Perma-death
- Environmental hazards
- Stats, upgrades, items and synergies
- Multiple playable characters (including randomized)
- Discoverable lore
- Possessed furniture that might try to kill you
QUALITY OF LIFE: - Seed system
- Controller support
- Customizable difficulty
DOES NOT FEATURE:- Loot boxes or micro-transactions
- Complex meta-progression
- Dialogue
- Skill Trees
- Multiplayer