Public demo. This covers the first level of the game. No saves and no passwords.

Overview:

Discover the betrayal of Sigrud and the beginning of the downfall of the Kingdom of Mortemire.

Nyghtmare: Grave Betrayal [Formerly, just Betrayed] is the second game and a prequel to Nyghtmare: The Ninth King by Elvies. [Physical Carts SOLD OUT!]

Controls:

WASD / Arrow KeysMovement
K, Z, Spacebar Jumping
J, X Attack
Shift KeyHeal
Up + AttackSub Weapon
Down + JumpSlide
UpInteract

Features:

  • Classic Castlevania experience. [Back to basics, slower pace, return to the old retro physics]
  • No Menu Screens!  [The world is interactable in one continuous gameloop]
  • Play as Sigrud! The protagonist of the previous game's demo stage. And the antagonist of the last game, Nyghtmare the Ninth King.
  • Checkpoint system before stage Bosses! Respawn ONCE upon death!
  • Branching paths!
  • Collectible items with lore texts ala Dark Souls!
  • Multiple Bosses [Master their patterns to achieve victory!]
  • Different Sub Weapons!
  • Nyghtmare Difficulty [No I-frames on the slide, Player takes double damage, Bosses and Enemies are more aggressive]
  • Automatically acquire ammo points as soon as a Lantern is destroyed [Sub Weapons and Herbs need to be collected on the other hand] 
  • There's a cat in this game and you can pet her.

Credits:

Pixel Art and Programming: Jeruel "Elvies" Los Bañez

Sound Effects: Coffee "Valen" Bat and Nick Sicken

Background Music: Modern Retro

Ambient Music and Fanfares: Beatscribe

Licensing:

This project shall not exist nor be related to any non-fungible tokens ("NFT") or blockchain-related projects.

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(5 total ratings)
AuthorElvies
GenrePlatformer, Action
Tags8-Bit, castlevania, Dark Fantasy, Game Boy, gb-studio, Halloween, Indie, Retro, Side Scroller

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Development log

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What was updated if you dont mind me asking?

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hello! theres tons of slowdowns in the last build, so i optimized the enemies in this one just a little, this may be the last update before release.

That is very exciting to here indeed. Cant wait for the finished version.

Any updates? Been playing through thr ninth king and remembered this.

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hey thanks for the support, progress is a little slow atm, been juggling work and personal problems so itll be a while. its not dead tho, i promise itll come soon...public announcement soon, no worries

Very cool so far!

Haha yes ! you never stop isn't it ?

Good job! Reminds me of castlevania

right on!