Arise, Soultorn, and reclaim what has been taken… You are a Soulless - a being denied access to both life and afterlife. With no true purpose, you awaken in a decaying world centered around the mysterious Ethereal Scar, a vast wound in reality severing the realms of the living and the dead. Your journey follows your search for meaning: to reclaim your soul. Welcome to the Reckoning Of The Soulless Demo! This game is a dark fantasy, metroidvania-like game, with fast, lifesteal-based combat and a dark, emotional story. All music and art is handcrafted by me to create a memorable, immersive world. If you like Dark Souls, Hollow Knight, or Elden Ring, you'll like this game. As much as this is a demo, it is also a beta test to get feedback! I would really appreciate any suggestions or feedback, whether that be positive or negative, as I am always trying to improve this game. Think it’s too hard? Too easy? Found a typo? Let me know! CONTROLS: Instructions are in game, through tutorials, which can be referenced any time at a checkpoint. However, there are 3 controls not mentioned in the game: -Press T to respawn in case you get stuck -Press G to change the speed that text boxes appear (useful if you want to skim through dialogue) -Spam the spacebar during dialogue to skip through it further Though the demo acts as a standalone, there will be updates, and there will definitely be some things missing from this that will be in the full game. Things that will definitely be added to the full game: -A saving system -Improved title screen -Bug fixes -Possible art tweaks Things that might be added to the full game: -Better intro cutscene -Unique boss music for each boss INSPIRATION: This game was heavily inspired by the Soulsborne games (Elden Ring, Dark Souls), Hollow Knight, and Abyssal Light by @211A. Specific Inspirations: -The Fury of The Penitent Soul-Born ability was heavily inspired by the Commander’s Call ability from the unreleased project Dishonored by @Raymond8080. -Some of The Broken Penitent’s attacks were inspired by ones from Abyssal Light, such as the flame jump. -Some of The Hollow Seraph’s attacks were inspired by those of the Radiance from Hollow Knight. -Weylor The Unburied’s design was inspired by Dummkoff from Abyssal Light. CREDITS: - (me) for coding almost everything, doing all the art, and composing the soundtrack - for the text engine - for some minor coding help and art suggestions. - for composing advice - for No Name logo which was the font inspiration for the title -Freesound.org for sound effects Honorable mentions: - and since they’re my brothers - for being a loyal fan - for being a dedicated CPN fan UPDATE LOG: 4/5/26 - released demo 4/8/26 - minor bugfixes and made boss text only play once 5/20/26 - added the ability to change text speed and nerfed the Broken Penitent
