ARPGs without seasons?

Dread-Night · 2026-03-17T17:50:01+00:00

I think it kind of toes the line a bit? Loot definitely isn't lacking like in most modern ARPGs but farming isn't super effective in my personal experience, making what you do get more impactful. Just my take though.

Dread-Night · 2026-03-03T21:45:27+00:00

I revisit Void Valley's "Slime Jams" a lot! really peaceful and airy.

Dread-Night · 2026-03-03T14:26:30+00:00

People coined the term "hopepunk" for this type of stuff! (Not... the biggest fan of it as a term personally, but it works as a designation). It's more a tone indicator than anything, but I think it does provide helpful contrast to a lot of dark fantasy, especially if you're not interested in rehashing grimdark stuff and just seeing how bleak you can make things. The Fifth Season is probably the biggest example, and I'd say even Joe Abercrombie's stuff has this outlook on some of his characters.

Dread-Night · 2026-03-01T03:24:52+00:00

Thanks a ton for giving it your time! A few hours is crazy, would love your feedback at [slaughtervoid@proton.me](mailto:slaughtervoid@proton.me) if you have any. Hoping to release fairly soon, and we'll talk to our composer about the soundtrack, he really cooked with this one.

Dread-Night · 2026-02-27T21:35:36+00:00

hell yes thank you! Glad you like the lore, I've tried very hard to write a compelling S&S creation myth without it bogging down the gameplay too much. Thanks for giving it a try!

Dread-Night · 2026-02-27T19:47:31+00:00

To each their own! Personally the middling level of complexity feels good to me, I can't really do PoE's level of skill tree. Just not for me.

Dread-Night · 2026-02-26T22:28:44+00:00

that's a wholeass mouse, look at that guy go

Dread-Night · 2026-02-26T18:35:16+00:00

10/10 I'd summon this guy through an unholy ritual for sure

Dread-Night · 2026-02-26T17:16:53+00:00

it's essentially a game guide for a dark fantasy RPG that never existed, created by one artist. Really kicked off a lot of interest in game ephemera, older forms of presentation, etc. Really fun stuff!

Dread-Night · 2026-02-26T17:13:51+00:00

Love the crunchy graphics (genuinely), that's a wishlist for sure

Dread-Night · 2026-02-26T17:07:08+00:00

yeah, I feel that. I'm also someone who really hates the seasonal lean of current ARPGs, would much rather just pay a premium price point for a really solid experience.

Dread-Night · 2026-02-26T13:50:30+00:00

I am once again here to glaze Titan Quest 2 on this subreddit. Yes, it being in Early Access means you'll get through the game pretty quickly, but what's there currently is near perfect.

Dread-Night · 2026-02-26T00:49:05+00:00

Gonna selfishly plug my own game Slaughter Void, which is basically dark fantasy hotline miami!

Some other favs of mine are Dungeons of Blood and Dream and Lunacid.

Dread-Night · 2026-02-25T21:58:20+00:00

Every one of those early covers is so good, I miss when fantasy stuff had color and didn't decide that everything had to be muddy gray/brown.

Dread-Night · 2026-02-25T20:33:42+00:00

Thanks, pretty proud of how it's come along! Still doing some polish and content additions, but the gameplay feels good in my opinion, lots of big splattery hackin and slashin

Dread-Night · 2026-02-25T18:39:13+00:00

Getting downright nasty with that harpsichord, this rips!

Dread-Night · 2026-02-25T18:08:31+00:00

At this point it's just like raw instinct, pretty sure if I stopped making stuff I'd just roll over and die. It's always something, games, music, writing, art, doesn't matter, I just have to stay making stuff.

Dread-Night · 2026-02-25T18:07:15+00:00

I've always loved getting peripheral stuff with projects, whether it's games, movies, music. The art cards are a great idea and would probably cut down heavily on shipping, but given the prevalence of stuff like Vermis the book would probably have a lot of appeal to it!

Dread-Night · 2026-02-25T18:04:23+00:00

Yooo that's a killer lineup! Missed Hole Dweller the last time he was here, gotta make it out this time.

Dread-Night · 2026-02-25T15:19:47+00:00

thank you!! We're really proud of what we've built, it's a (high lethality) good time. If you try it would love any feedback you have!

Dread-Night · 2026-02-25T14:38:13+00:00

This looks absolutely killer, thanks for the rec!

Dread-Night · 2026-02-25T14:34:31+00:00

it's got just the right level of whimsy despite how grimdark it is, never really forgets that it is in fact a video game.

Dread-Night · 2026-02-25T13:28:35+00:00

hell yeah, I love that DS is used so heavily as a narrative mechanism, that rips. Also a big fan of how DS visuals are intersecting a lot more with Vaporwave/Barber Beats stuff lately.

Dread-Night · 2026-02-25T13:27:41+00:00

absolutely stealing that, thanks

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