#devil daggers

race you to 500 [comm for sombes on bsky]

Some fanarts from magma :D

fanart of the disembodied hand protagonist of devil daggers & the disembodied hand protagonist of white knuckle, who could have been lovers, had their respective fates not been so cruel

a ford focus (2023)

Everything Sorath touches is gold. Those dudes are HUGE inspirations to me. I am so grateful that they let me playtest Hyper Demon, and I deeply appreciate all the love and care they put into their creations. I play it regularly, but I personally don't feel the drive to make a serious attempt at pushing my score past 400. I think 99% of the game is perfect and blows every single AAA game out of the water into space. The 1% I will critique on is the highest level of play. It has nuance, but it doesn't feel deep or interesting enough for me to be obsessed. There's also a good amount of RNG that will constantly kill your run at my current skill level. There's nothing wrong with that objectively. Some people don't mind it, and it's a very low time commitment, but it puts a cap on something that attracted me about Devil Daggers. The infinite skill ceiling. I like improving. I like doing something that felt impossible not so long ago. I've been playing Devil Daggers for 4 years now, and I still see obvious improvement that directly impacts my score as I continue to play. Maybe this is surprising, but even 7 years into the optimization of the game, the RNG in Devil Daggers makes very little impact on your run. The point I'm at right now in Hyper Demon makes it feel like nothing I do matters. There's little things I get better at, and it's fun experimenting with new strategies, but generally it feels like I'm playing a slots machine. The game is still very fun for me in short bursts as a quick fix of action. The visuals, sound, feel of the gameplay can only be described as a masterpiece, but I'm not in love with the high level gameplay the same way I was with Devil Daggers.