BIG demo update

A new direction

Since launching the demo at Screamfest, I've made some pretty significant changes to the gameplay and mood of the game.

Before, I got the feedback that Yesterdreamt was trying to be two games at once, unforgiving and slow but also very accessible with quick reactive movement.

A few months ago I chose to go all-in on the original vision of the game being a "Horrorvania". A metroidvania in terms of utility-gated exploration (and soulslike opening of shortcuts) combined with tense moments of the cosmic horror genre. My pillars for this were "heavy movement, limited ammo and sanity as a precious resource".

I realize this new direction might make the game less appealing for some, but I hope the clearer direction for the game to be itself makes it more fun and cohesive to play. Hopefully I'm on the right track to bring a new and interesting flavor in of Soulsvania.

(You will need a controller to play the game) Steam post image

Changelog

• Heavy movement

• Reworked sanity system

• Ammo is much more limited

• Because of this more emphasis on melee attacks

• Melee attack changed to whip and now also aimable

• Grittier visual mood

• AddedMuch requested featureMap added! (Not that useful in the demo, but obviously very useful in the full game)

• Can now spend collected (in-game and in-world) currency (for instance to buy map)

• NPC's!

• New enemies

• Streamlining of tutorials

• Lots of changes to how camera works