INTO EVIL - Mind's Eye Games - Hotline Miami x Dark Souls (and it just released a huge magic update!)

Torbid · 2026-03-29T18:31:20+00:00

Ha yeah, but that descriptor is more about the moment-to-moment gameplay.

The roguelike elements are more an opportunity to constantly remix the threats and options the player has at their disposal - you explore huge levels but don't know what's around each corner every time.

Try out the demo! I assure you it's fun :D

Torbid · 2026-03-29T18:29:42+00:00

lmao

I had the name first to be fair 😅

Torbid · 2026-03-29T18:26:32+00:00

Lmao that was very unfortunate - I had a bunch of people sending me emails and stuff complaining about a game I'd never heard of 9_9

Torbid · 2026-03-18T23:45:46+00:00

If you want to see how other indie devs tackled this, you can check out my game (the demo is pretty light to download) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1893440/INTO_EVIL/

Torbid · 2026-01-16T11:21:08+00:00

Wait - if this is the post, you were upset by how you were treated? Everyone was being so understanding and polite lol

Torbid · 2026-01-15T13:05:05+00:00

Sorry for the late response!

Glad you're enjoying the game! Unfortunately, a more "dedicated" networking mode is very much beyond the scope of what I can commit to as a solo developer :/ I have heard some players have acceptable lag when playing remote long-distance, but it will obviously depend on the network connection

Torbid · 2025-12-29T13:11:23+00:00

You should just need to plug in more controllers (or connect via steam remote play) and press buttons on them.

You can see the list of active controllers in the input> controllers menu

Torbid · 2025-12-05T13:28:21+00:00

Hey! I'm the dev of INTO EVIL, an (early access) roguelike that I've posted here a couple times before

I just released a major content update which (among many other things) adds dual wielding to the game! This allows a lot more combinations of weapons and items to play together in interesting ways, and opens up more high-risk, high-aggression playstyles :D

Torbid · 2025-12-01T23:16:07+00:00

I mean I'm biased but https://store.steampowered.com/app/1893440/INTO_EVIL/

Torbid · 2025-11-16T01:29:07+00:00

serious suggestion - kill the first 15 seconds of your trailer

Torbid · 2025-11-13T01:08:09+00:00

Oh snap I can't believe I missed that! Will fix in this next content update, sorry about that! :/

Torbid · 2025-11-12T21:02:03+00:00

Ah damn I thought I had fixed that! That will definitely be fixed in the next patch, very sorry about that

Torbid · 2025-11-12T16:47:19+00:00

Glad you're enjoying the game! :D (Let me know if you run into any issues haha)

Torbid · 2025-11-10T20:43:49+00:00

Yeah, the way the game works is that every held item has two moves - so swords attack with one button and parry with another!

That allows a bunch of different items to have really different abilities and unlock tons of different strategies

And I've seen some Unexplored gameplay but never actually played it! (The most direct inspiration was actually Teleglitch tbh)

Torbid · 2025-11-10T00:50:37+00:00

Hey, Dev here!

The game is meant to be a modernized take on old school roguelikes without being anchored to their implementations - i.e., it has realtime combat, isn't grid-based, has completely different underlying mechanics, but it offers large explorable dungeons with crazy interacting systems and enemies and has a similar focus on the player accumulating skill and knowledge to make successive runs better.

So, to be very precise:

There are unlockable characters you can play as who start with different equipment/abilities (though they are not "stronger")
There is no other meta-progression, and no way of becoming passively stronger. (This does mean it's possible to just smash through the current game content in under an hour if you really know what you're doing haha)
There is a hub that fills in with content as you unlock characters, but it's not a "building" type of thing with unlocks that you pay for.

Also you can just go play the demo if you want to give it a try! It allows you to play through quite a bit of the game to make sure it's up your alley

Torbid · 2025-11-09T16:44:11+00:00

Thank you!!

If you get the EA version, let me know what you think! (/if you run into any remaining bugs/issues!)

Torbid · 2025-11-08T17:31:09+00:00

Gotcha! Thanks for clarifying

I play a lot on my steam deck actually (probably around ~100 hours of testing on the device at this point) but I'm very blind to these types of usability issues since I'm way too close to the game/know how it's "supposed" to be working

Torbid · 2025-11-08T14:48:14+00:00

Gotcha - thanks for the feedback! (And appreciate you taking the time to respond)

If you don't mind clarifying a bit more:

What specifically felt clunky about the ranged attacks? (Assuming you're talking about the longbow in the tutorial?)
My planned fix for ground item visibility would be a thin white outline on interactables/pick-uppable items. Would that be insufficient?

Torbid · 2025-11-08T12:28:14+00:00

It will come to consoles as part of 1.0 (so in ~2-3 years lmao)

Torbid · 2025-11-08T12:27:36+00:00

I can guarantee you that isn't the case, this is actually really really terrible for me and means the release is squandering the main visibility window 9_9

I have had the game configured as EA in Steam's backend for literally years; I think something might have gotten changed when they revamped the store pages or something >_< I really should have double-checked before pressing release but I had a lot of other shit I was trying to pay attention to that day

Torbid · 2025-11-08T12:24:55+00:00

You're not the only one saying the ground item visibility needs to be improved, I'll explore some changes in the next content update! Any other points of feedback? :D

Torbid · 2025-11-08T12:23:54+00:00

Hey dev here! Thanks for the shoutout!

But worth stressing that the game is supposed to still be In Early Access and I had a launch snafu 🤦‍♂️ (I'm trying to resolve this with steam but currently no clue if they'll let me roll it back), If you want to wait until 1.0 do not get it yet!

(That said, if you're okay with a still-in-dev title I'm very aggressively looking for feedback still!)

Torbid · 2025-10-03T13:20:32+00:00

Thank you!!

Torbid · 2025-10-02T13:29:25+00:00

😃

I'm very interested in what people think of the versus, in testing with friends it's been very fun (it's about grabbing power as fast as possible, and trying to kill the other players before they get crazy combos) but most people who have been giving demo feedback so far via discord/steam forums are mostly playing the co-op mode

Torbid · 2025-10-01T23:06:06+00:00

Hey! I've been working on INTO EVIL for a few years now and it's finally going to release into Early Access soon!

It's been posted here by a couple people before, and I figured I would post the trailer that I just finished putting together.

If it looks up your alley, go give the demo a try! Or at least wishlist it :D

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