Devouring Arena (Demo)
A downloadable game for Windows
Survive. Evolve. Transcend.
Devouring Arena is a fast-paced roguelike survivor where you face endless waves of enemies in a sentient, ever-changing arena. The arena's face judges your performance — rewarding courage or punishing weakness with dynamic modifiers that transform each wave.
🎭 The Arena's Faces — Core Mechanic
Before each wave, the arena reveals its mood through three faces:
😊 Good Face
Grants blessings: speed boosts, damage buffs, cooldown reduction
😐 Neutral Face
Chaotic twists: strong winds, gravity shifts, environmental chaos
😈 Evil Face
Curses you: empowered enemies, darkness, slippery floors, blood moon
⚠️ The Arena Gets Angrier: Early waves favor Good events. As you progress toward wave 20, Evil events become dominant. Can you survive when the arena turns against you?
⚔️ Key Features
- Arena Face Events — Every wave brings a new modifier: blessings, curses, or chaos
- Dynamic Difficulty — The arena's mood shifts from friendly to hostile as you advance
- Wave-Based Combat — Battle through 10-wave cycles, each ending with a powerful boss
- Many Abilities — Combine offensive, defensive, and utility skills with unique evolutions
- Limit Break Mode — After defeating the wave 20 boss, choose Victory or unleash infinite scaling
- Meta-Progression — Permanent upgrades carry between runs
🎮 Gameplay
Auto-attack enemies while dodging incoming threats. Collect XP to level up and choose from 3 random abilities. Chain synergies, unlock evolutions, and adapt to the arena's ever-changing moods.
Waves 1-20: Standard survival with increasing difficulty + arena modifiers
Wave 20+: Limit Break mode — all stat caps removed, infinite scaling
Example Arena Events:
- Frenzy — Movement speed +30%, damage +20%, cooldown -15%
- Blood Moon — Enemies deal +50% damage and move +20% faster, screen turns red
- Darkness — Vision drastically reduced, enemies lurk in shadows
- Slippery Arena — Ice floor reduces traction, movement becomes unpredictable
- Strong Wind — Pushes player and enemies across the battlefield
🌐 Language Support
- English
- Russian (Русский)
🎯 Controls
WASD / Arrow Keys — Move
ESC — Pause
Mouse — UI interactions
| Published | 24 days ago |
| Status | In development |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Publisher | |
| Author | Tvarinsky |
| Genre | Action |
| Tags | abilities, bullet-heaven, Roguelike, Survivor-like, waves |
| Average session | About a half-hour |
| Languages | English, Russian |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse |
| Links | Discord |
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