The Unholy Smoke

Pretty good game really enjoyed the Demo definitely looking forward to the full release

give it a few months and this'll be best game 2025

I had a good time with this one, despite my own skill limitations.

This game looks awesome! Really loving the concept of half bodied monsters! Is there a full version plan in the future?

Played it twice and twice almost shat myself :D Really good atmosphere in my opinion. The reloading system is now my favorite :D Really enjoyed it.

The reloading mechanics are very cool in concept, but just end up annoying. Would've been nice if we could hold R instead of it being a toggle, and if being in reload mode slowed you down a bit less. Also, I feel a little lost in a source-like without a jump button...

Amazing gameplay the sound could use some improvements though

This game was great and really enjoyable with it's addition of memes at the beginning. But I did encounter a bug that is shown on the video 6:51 - 7 that allowed the monster to push me off the map.

I love this game

This brought back a level of nostalgia I almost forgot I had. Can truly see your passion shine while playing this. Some good spooky moments too and I love the shotgun mechanic. Fun game!

This was great! *very* rough around the edges, definitely needs a lot more polish, but I can absolutely see beautiful, shiny chunk of gold underneath.  Ambience is great, graphics are great, the shotgun mechanics are fantastic, etc. 

My main complaint is that the enemies are sort of boring.  There are three types of enemy seen in this demo:

1. disembodied legs (see second pic).  They walk towards you, dealing damage if they get too close, and take 2 shots from the shotgun to kill.  Nothing special, but that's fine for a simple grunt enemy.

2. chargers (see third pic).  A bit more interesting than the first enemy type, as they can charge at you, making them tougher to deal with.  Their size causes them to get stuck occasionally which can be used to your advantage, but there really aren't any times in the demo where you can effectively take advantage of this.  They take 3 shotgun shots to kill, and have pretty much no counters.  Maybe they could have difficulty turning and stopping once they've started charging so you can dodge out of the way? I can see that combined with wider, more open spaces making for a much more interesting enemy type.

3. Big Boi (no pic).  There's only one at the very end of the demo, which you encounter in a larger room with various pieces of furniture scattered about, as well as a lot of other enemies.  Unfortunately, it seems to have the same AI as the first enemy type, sort of just running at you and dealing damage if it gets too close, made somewhat more intimidating by its larger health pool and increased speed.  I can definitely see this guy working as a sort of mini boss enemy, though it could absolutely use some better AI, maybe some attacks that you have to watch out for other than just walking towards you.  

A wider variety of weapons would also make the game much more interesting, especially if each weapon has its own strength and weaknesses.  Maybe the shotgun could stun enemies and do a large amount of damage while having somewhat rare ammo and bad range? If you wanted to make it even more interesting you could give each weapon a unique effect, tailored to deal with certain enemies/situations. 

This little masterpiece deserves a full game and I am down to pay for it any minute of the day, great job.

5/5

Man, I got a lot of scares in this game, very good XD

Edit: But the boss is too hard, you should smooth out the difficulty.

Ho amato lo stile del gameplay e onestamente spero riusciate a lavorare per farci un gioco completo.
Il mood è inquietante e abbastanza ansiogeno ma appena capisci che sei tu il cacciatore e non il cacciato il gioco inizia a prendere un altro gusto.

A good ol' rock 'em sock 'em game!
Always enjoyed a good meat grinder action, sending demonic entities back to hell.
Cant wait for the follow up, gj!
Its the first game in my video.

this is cool bro 👌

They all wanted THE UNHOLY SMOKE

Half Life vibe

8/10

I NEED MORE! THE BEST ONE I'VE PLAYED IN A WHILE!

Amazing job here; you've somehow totally snagged my imagination, and I loved every second of it. The creepy atmosphere, fairly unique enemies, the simplicity, the excellent gun handling, it all just adds up to an excellent experience. Solid 9.5/10, and the half is really just the color correction. I cannot wait to see the full game, keep up the great work!

Really nice, I like the HL2 inspiration and the atmosphere is great. I miss bhopping though :clueless:

Got a speedrun.com page setup for this game and did some runs! Love the half life inspiration

Once I realized you can scroll the weapon wheel the game mechanics made a lot more sense. As others have mentioned, the reload idea is cool and I liked the stark atmosphere which reminded me of Pony Factory. I assume that was an inspiration? Great job with this demo-- it shows a lot of promise and I wish you good luck on future projects!

10/10 but I feel like the character sticks to the walls a lot.

spent 5 minutes on the game and I already love it

love the way you have to reload your weapon

got pushed out of the level and into the void by one of the enemies

420 gone wrong

i got so addicted to this game that i spended 2 hours trying to beat everything with the bat

OH YEAH 👍

i hate this game make me rage at the boss lol 

The game is not bad. I like the idea of unusual weapon reloading.

too scary for me but the bit I played was fun

For demo it was pretty fun,but would be nice if monsters would have sounds of steps,also i liked mechanics of shotgun,pretty realistic,5\5

really athmospheric, love it soo much, tho it lacks a bit on sound design in my opinion, maybe the "tottaly friendly non hostile creatures" should have some sounds, also the transictions on level loading could be a bit less suddle