Hellstorm

🔹 About the Game

This is a roguelike in an early stage of development (Alpha 0.0.1).
The game does not have a final name yet, and both the player character and enemies will change significantly during development.

Instead of the traditional XP and level-up system, progression is based on waves. Each wave increases the challenge, requiring the player to adapt, reposition, and make quick decisions.

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🔹 Current State (0.0.7 Alpha)

This release expands weapon progression, previews future content, and continues refining core systems while gathering community feedback.

In this version, you can expect:

Core Systems

• Core gameplay is playable ✅

• Floor-based progression system 🏰

• Objective: climb as many floors of Hell as possible 😈

• Floor cap set to 50

• 3 different ending screens based on how your run ends 🩸🔥✨

Weapons & Progression

• Staff starts as a neutral weapon 🪄

• Staff can now evolve into two distinct paths via upgrades:

  • 🔥 Fire Staff

    • Higher damage

    • Bonus explosion chance

    • Slower attack speed

  • ⚡ Electric Staff

    • Faster fire rate

    • Attacks bounce between enemies

    • Lower base damage

• Press TAB during a run to manage and assign evolution points 📊

• Each evolution path supports different playstyles and builds

Combat & Feedback

• Clearer hit feedback when the player takes damage 💥

• Explosion system integrated with Luck & Chain Reaction

• Enemies may inherit boss abilities, giving a sneak peek of upcoming boss mechanics 👀

• Chain Reaction damage reduced for balance ⚖️

Boss & Enemy Behavior

• Bosses spawn companions if left alone 🐲

• Enemy fall-in animations added during boss encounters

• Boss dash direction clearly indicated

• Boss damage reaction animations

Characters & Systems

• Character & weapon selection menu 🛡️

• Updated starting character and weapon ⚔️

• Character ability: Shield usable once per floor (Space) 🛡️

• Luck system 🍀

  • Affects explosion chance

  • Influences upgrade rewards

• Godly & Blessed states ✨

World & Visuals

• Sneak peek of planned future biomes 🌋❄️

• Backgrounds are not final and will be refined

• Hell-themed enemy visuals 😈

• Reduced screen shake

• Custom colors added 🌈

• New splash screen (not final) 🖼️

• New Game Over screen 🩸

Economy, UI & Quality of Life

• Coins drop less frequently 💰

• Upgrades are more expensive and capped 💎

• Reroll button added 🎲

• Reset button for quick testing 🔄

• Fully mouse-friendly menus 🖱️

• Backspace key added to go back (web testing friendly) ⌫

History, Tracking & Meta

• Run timers added ⏱️

• Timers shown in run history

• Scrollable history storing up to 50 runs

• Oldest/weakest runs are removed automatically

• Credits implemented 🎬

Audio & Performance

• Lag issues fixed 🚀

• New sound effects & boss music 🎵

• Audio issues fixed 🔧

• Death sound by @akimoto_23 🎙️

🛠️ Note:
Hellstorm is still in active alpha development.
Art, balance, and mechanics are subject to major changes as feedback continues.

🔹 Goal of the Alpha

The main goal of this alpha is to understand:

• What works well

• What doesn’t

• If the wave-based system feels fun and engaging

• The overall feel of the game

All feedback will help shape the future of the project.

🔹 Feedback

If you play the game, please consider leaving feedback about:

• Difficulty

• Wave pacing

• Controls

• Ideas or suggestions

Thank you for helping with the development ❤️