Devil Daggers -- Arena Shooting and Geometry Wars-style Survival Combine to Raise Literal Hell

[Astrobastard]

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What is Devil Daggers?
[/B]Ripped shamelessly from the Steam store page:
[quote]"Inspired by 1990's FPS and arcade games, Devil Daggers is a fast-paced shooter that places you in an abyssal arena to face endless legions of demons. Armed with versatile magic daggers and a fluid movement system, fight to survive as long as you can. Compete for precious seconds with Steam Friends or on global leaderboards.Your spirit and skill will be tested."

Gameplay Features:

- Face 13 horrifying enemies.

- Harvest demonic crystals to increase the power of your magic daggers.

- Learn from the world's best or watch friends with the leaderboard replay system.

- Versatile magic daggers, can be used as a shot attack or rapid fire.

- Survive long enough to earn powerful magical homing daggers.

- Fluid movment allows for circle strafing, bunny hopping and dagger jumps.

- Advanced movement techniques allow for speed boosts and double jumps.

Engine Features:

- Custom built engine, hand crafted art and sound.

- 1990s software-style rendering with unfiltered textures and polygon jitter.

- HDR 3d positional audio.

- 3d particle physics system with procedural decal effects.

- Supports hundreds of flocking enemies that all avoid each other.[/quote]

In short, Devil Daggers is a single-player arena/survival fps. It combines the movement style of the games that founded the Quake series, with the hectic survival arena style of Geometry Wars, and the super slick aesthetic of a Playstation-One horror game/Quake. By slaying skulls and other monstrosities, claiming Hell's gems as your own, and using the freedom of movement to get around a dark, unsettling platform in the void, you might stand a chance at surviving to gloat about it.

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[URL]http://store.steampowered.com/app/422970/[/URL] -- Devil Daggers on Steam ($4.99 USD)
[URL]http://devildaggers.com/[/URL] -- Official Devil Daggers Tumblr (provided gifs you see above)
[URL]https://twitter.com/devildaggers[/URL] -- Official Devil Daggers Twitter

[MrGreed]

This game has [I]style.[/I]

[I_love_JBmod]

I didn't think I'd play this game very much, but I'm really liking it. The 90s FPS style is done really well

Also, this game uses OpenAL and has the latest version of OpenAL Soft, meaning you can put in HRTF audio if you use headphones
[video=youtube;XVRcfRVVpfQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVRcfRVVpfQ[/video]
[url=http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/17689-improve-your-tdm-experience-by-playing-with-openal-soft-hrtf-better-3d-audio/]Here's a guide to enable HRTF[/url], works for all OpenAL games

[Galactic S.O.U.L]

[video=youtube;6Pl7y5BDEEs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pl7y5BDEEs[/video]
A player has already beaten the 500 second mark

He is the first the unlock the only achievement this game has

[kahgarak]

It's like playing Quake in a fever dream. Intense!

The horrifying sound design REALLY helps.

[Astrobastard]

[QUOTE=I_love_garrysmod;49809018]I didn't think I'd play this game very much, but I'm really liking it. The 90s FPS style is done really well

Also, this game uses OpenAL and has the latest version of OpenAL Soft, meaning you can put in HRTF audio if you use headphones
[video=youtube;XVRcfRVVpfQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVRcfRVVpfQ[/video]
[url=http://forums.thedarkmod.com/topic/17689-improve-your-tdm-experience-by-playing-with-openal-soft-hrtf-better-3d-audio/]Here's a guide to enable HRTF[/url], works for all OpenAL games[/QUOTE]

Oh my god this is great
Would definitely give me a better sense of where things are coming from, and it just seems to sound much better

[Mislum]

[t]http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/547556146966896278/3EF9FBAADF06A4D8A36F0A0AF079AECBED715A5E/[/t]

Spiders everywhere

[Galactic S.O.U.L]

This game would be rad as a level-based game just like Quake

[Ganerumo]

[QUOTE=Fox Powers;49810511][video=youtube;6Pl7y5BDEEs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pl7y5BDEEs[/video]
A player has already beaten the 500 second mark

He is the first the unlock the only achievement this game has[/QUOTE]

He already beat his own record by 80 seconds by the way.

[I_love_JBmod]

[QUOTE=Fox Powers;49810511]
A player has already beaten the 500 second mark

He is the first the unlock the only achievement this game has[/QUOTE]

DraQu's been first place like the whole time this game's been out, I'm having trouble getting to even half his time

His newest record here
[video=youtube;4YzwrnIHaaE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YzwrnIHaaE[/video]

[Mislum]

Wasn't it b0necarver who first got to red or am I just remembering him as having the highest score prior to 500? Then again I heard from the Giantbomb stream last friday he was a developer, so I dunno.

[I_love_JBmod]

Dunno, maybe. I bought the game 3 days ago and haven't seen anyone else reach first place because DraQu keeps getting better times

Somehow got 224 yesterday but I can't get over 205 now. it's like once that second eviscerator comes in I can't focus on what's behind me

[slayer20]

I've only been playing this game for a few minutes, but already does the "tap mouse1 for shotgun" bother me. Sometimes I'll tap it but only a single dagger will shoot out, instead of the shotgun blast. I really wish I could rebind that to something else.

[comet1337]

game is hard

enemy design is awesome though

[knimren]

I like this, but it's so annoying to fight against the skulls. Which is what you do 95% of the time.

[Ganerumo]

[QUOTE=slayer20;49814418]I've only been playing this game for a few minutes, but already does the "tap mouse1 for shotgun" bother me. Sometimes I'll tap it but only a single dagger will shoot out, instead of the shotgun blast. I really wish I could rebind that to something else.[/QUOTE]

You're somehow holding the mouse button for too long.

[slayer20]

[QUOTE=Ganerumo;49817520]You're somehow holding the mouse button for too long.[/QUOTE]

Still getting used to it, but I'm getting much better. My best time right now is 194.33. My biggest issue is hitting things with the rapid fire, like the giant spider skeleton. My aim feels really off when trying to hit things at a distance.

I also learned that when you stop shooting, the gems will fly to you.

[comet1337]

[QUOTE=slayer20;49823036]
I also learned that when you stop shooting, the gems will fly to you.[/QUOTE]

plus they fly AWAY when you fire a blast

also i got to silver
there's starting to be more skulls than daggers on the screen

[Mattk50]

im on 180~ seconds, but god damn is it hard to push further. I love playing the game though.

Add me on steam if you want some score competition on your friends list.

[Nachy]

Someone called Invertex took the #1 spot and has a time of 607 seconds, though looks like it's a cheated run since he gets homing daggers 20 seconds in.

[Akiba]

[QUOTE=slayer20;49823036]Still getting used to it, but I'm getting much better. My best time right now is 194.33. My biggest issue is hitting things with the rapid fire, like the giant spider skeleton. My aim feels really off when trying to hit things at a distance.

I also learned that when you stop shooting, the gems will fly to you.[/QUOTE]

use the shotgun shot for the spiderskulls, since their gem weak point thing is giant you will hit all daggers from a distance.

[wauterboi]

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Didn't even STAND A CHANCE.

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shit

[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/965202/ShareX/2016/02/2016-02-27_05-01-40.png[/img]

shit

[b]EDIT:[/b] got to like 100,000, need to take a break, add me so we can compare the lengths of our scores

[Mattk50]

[QUOTE=NachoPiggy;49824083]Someone called Invertex took the #1 spot and has a time of 607 seconds, though looks like it's a cheated run since he gets homing daggers 20 seconds in.[/QUOTE]

this is the nice thing about the replay system. Cheaters are really obvious and can get shitcanned right away.

[Mislum]

[QUOTE=NachoPiggy;49824083]Someone called Invertex took the #1 spot and has a time of 607 seconds, though looks like it's a cheated run since he gets homing daggers 20 seconds in.[/QUOTE]

Looks like at times he couldn't even die from touching skulls and spiderlings yet somehow was killed by a single skull at the end. Maybe he got bored from lack of any challenge due to spamming the shit out of homing arrows constantly. :v:

[A B.A. Survivor]

It's a shame because if whoever made the game decided to make a full level-based DOOM kinda game, they would have to scrap much of their design.
Endless arena combat really doesn't float my boat.

[Mislum]

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:dead:

[ironman17]

[QUOTE=A B.A. Survivor;49824695]It's a shame because if whoever made the game decided to make a full level-based DOOM kinda game, they would have to scrap much of their design.
Endless arena combat really doesn't float my boat.[/QUOTE]
Maybe they could keep the open design, and have it be more like many levels in the Serious Sam franchise, where you have wide open spaces to fight in. That'd be how it could work, given that many enemies seem to be large or capable of flying.

[I_love_JBmod]

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Didn't even STAND A CHANCE.

[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/965202/ShareX/2016/02/2016-02-27_04-53-24.png[/img]

shit

[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/965202/ShareX/2016/02/2016-02-27_05-01-40.png[/img]

shit

[b]EDIT:[/b] got to like 100,000, need to take a break, add me so we can compare the lengths of our scores[/QUOTE]

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:smug:

This video's the secret to beating all your friends
[media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7fap82pnUo[/media]

Just got 397, this game's giving me a heart attack

[slayer20]

I'm averaging about 160 right now. I find it hard to get in the right position to kill the centipede after killing the big spider skull.

[I_love_JBmod]

I find that the skull usually spawns on the opposite side of the last spawner, along with the eviscerator. Meaning you can move towards the skull and kill it while the eviscerator starts circling around. It doesn't burrow if you don't go underneath it's head so you can kite it around a bit if you can't get the right position. Sometimes the eviscerator spawns on the opposite side of the skull though so you'll have to circle around with it so it doesn't burrow.
You pretty much need a clear arena to kill the eviscerator though, that's what brings you close to level 3 daggers which is pretty much necessary for the next wave