Demon Spore was inspired by horror movies of the 70s and 80s, such as The Thing and The Blob, which makes Friday the 13th the perfect day to reveal our new key art! You’ll be seeing this art in a lot of places as Demon Spore continues its development. It features our main character, Alex Livins, as he witnesses the horrors that have been unleashed in the Protagenics laboratory after his genetic modification experiments have gone awry. His co-workers Bob Mason and Rani Visani are also in peril as the Demon Spore spreads and attempts to consume anything in its path!
We recently took a new build of Demon Spore to PAX West, where it was well-received by hundreds of people who swung by the Null booth. Knowing that the couch co-op was a hit at IGN Live and PAX East, we decided to double up the couch stations, allowing up to eight players to get in on the action at once. Even so, we had to make a path on the ground to queue people up to play as many of the PAX passers-by wanted to get their hands on the game. The couches were filled all weekend long, even to the point where we had a few people sticking around just past the closing bell on Monday to finish their run.
If the last time you played Demon Spore was in the last Steam demo, there have been some fun updates to the gameplay. Instead of dying in one hit, characters now have a health meter which allows for more survivability as you traverse the spore-ridden laboratory. There is also a new room type featuring an NPC that will allow you to increase your maximum health. The first floor is also somewhat smaller than it was previously, allowing for a quicker exit via the elevator, but successive levels are larger, meaning that you’ll have to scour more thoroughly for guns and equipment if you want to survive and eventually reach the rooftop, where a fearsome foe will be waiting to prevent your ultimate escape from the lab.
We’re looking forward to showing more of the game in the coming months, so please keep an eye on this space for more updates. And if you haven’t given Demon Spore a wishlist yet, please do so on Steam!