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What is Night of the Blood Moon

Night of the Blood Moon is a difficult Rogue-like where you play as a weaponized nightmare beating up the cute creatures of our dreams! Use unique weapons to demolish the loving manifestations around you as you grow with power. Conquer many imaginative lands, and defeat bosses who will challenge your strategy along side your skill.

Please feel free to take a look at my website: www.NightoftheBloodMoon.com or www.NotBM.com

Discord: https://discord.gg/3nTDUzh

Night of the Blood Moon will launch on Steam for Windows, Apple, and Linux/Steam OS with Colorblind support!

The Setting of Night of the Blood Moon

While we sleep, cute dream monsters fill the dream realm to bring our minds happy thoughts, but during nights with a blood moon our nightmares are at their strongest. Night of the Blood Moon lets you play as a nightmare beating up cute, fluffy, lovable creatures.

No longer do you have to play as a hero beating up skeletons! Now you can beat up all those fluffy things which have infuriated you with their cuteness for too long!

This was truly why I decided the setting...

Weapons

Currently there are 5 unlockable weapons implemented, and more incoming. These tools are what make Night of the Blood Moon so enjoyable for us. They all require interesting and different types of positioning and movement. At all times The Three Eyed Crow can also dodge and slash.

The Boomerang will let you set up knockback both outgoing and incoming, allowing for maximum damage. You can bounce it off walls, but sometimes you might drop it if you're not careful.

The Hookshot will let you grapple onto enemies. "GET OVER HERE". Or alternatively act like a Zelda game as you grab onto walls and pull yourself to safety, or if you're bloodthirsty, combat. With the combination of your dodge and slash this is the ultimate form of mobility.

Poisoning an enemy will cause a damage over time effect which is spreadable to other enemies, and you. This is a great way to take care of clustered enemies, but watch out for enemies who are close range.

The Bombs bounce off walls and explode on impact with you and the dream creatures. This is great for high damage, and a one hit kill on many enemies, but if you misplace your throw it could come back to haunt you!

The Crossbow feathers are my take on most weapons in the modern Rogue / Bullet Hell. This will be one of the beginning and unlocked weapons due to the common feel to other games.

Ammo in Night of the Blood Moon is restored with killing. After playing DOOM 2016, I loved the dance we perform while weaving between monsters, and using melee mechanics to restore health. This game kept you in the action, instead of asking the player to run and hide while health recovers. I have done the same with ammo. Running out of ammo does not mean retreat, but instead forces you to position yourself perfectly for your melee strikes.

Enemies

Enemies in Night of the Blood Moon work on an orthogonal structure. This means they vary with speed and range on a full spectrum. I have used this design to create levels which each bring their own challenges. While all will test your skills each will do it in it's own unique way. The water level will definitely be a challenge while the bullet bubbles overwhelm your screen. Alternatively, The Jungle Level will keep your hands shaking from all the enemies charging you, or hiding from you in the bushes. I know I haven't gotten bored of Night of the Blood Moon yet, and I don't think you will either.

Bosses in Night of the Blood Moon are going to be more than just bullet sponges. The common bullet sponge boss bothers me in games, and I'd like to provide some alternatives to our games. Bosses will have mechanics which can be overcome through trial, error, and understanding. I take inspiration from some MMO's who's bosses weaknesses come from mechanics, and not hp.

Pets! Some of the critters will have unique functions in order to unlock them as pets each round. They'll serve unique tasks for you. Pets are always displayed in a blue version of the creatures... Everyone loves pets.