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Devil Dimension is a challenging single player shoot \u2019em up<\/strong> game for desktop browsers, heavily inspired by the original Space Invaders, The Divine Comedy<\/em>, and the Diablo<\/em> franchise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The player controls a small rocket on a journey through the nine concentric circles of suffering located outside of the safe confines of Earth\u2019s atmosphere, gradually increasing in wickedness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main objective of Devil Dimension is to subject the player to an intense feeling of stress<\/strong>, without sacrificing playability and a sense of fun. Devil Dimension is meant to be hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visuals for the game are inspired by adult mid-90s video games, such as Diablo (1996), Phantasmagoria (1995), and Doom (1993), mixed with the classic pixel art of Space Invaders (1978). So, lots of demons, gore, explosions<\/strong> and dark colors.
Influences for our audio is a mix of retro gaming sound effects and the demonic trance music produced by D-Devils<\/a> in the 90s; our game\u2019s voiceover is heavily inspired by the deep growl of their Satan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We hope this appeals to our target demographic of hardcore achievers, whom are geeky and old enough to have played games that share this aesthetic and unforgiving difficulty curve<\/strong>. Our players aren\u2019t playing to express themselves, or if they are, they\u2019re expressing their superiority through high scores. Constantly chasing the next big challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our development team made one demo stage to test if we are able to appeal to the hardcore gamer (Achievers), by hitting that sweet spot between pleasure and punishment<\/strong>, that makes one come back to beat the high score and reach the ending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Play Devil Dimension here (desktop only)<\/a>
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