We get attacked by the Suspicious Eyes for the first time in the Polus Replica level in Vampire Assassins.
Also I keep wanting to call this game Vampire Assassins.
About Vampire Survivors (per Wikipedia):
Vampire Survivors is a 2022 roguelike shoot ’em up video game developed and published by Luca Galante, also known as “poncle.” Following an early access period that began in December 2021, it was released for macOS, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Android, and iOS in late 2022. A port for Nintendo Switch was released on August 17, 2023, and on August 29, 2024, a port was released for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
Gameplay
Players select one of multiple characters, each with different starting weapons and bonuses, and control them on an endless stage featuring an auto-generated, repeating layout. The player’s weapons attack automatically, and the goal is to survive as long as possible against constant waves of monsters that inflict damage upon contact. Defeating monsters and exploring the stage allows players to collect experience gems, which are used to level up; “floor chicken,” which restores the player’s health; and other helpful items. Each level increase gives players the choice of three or four weapons and passive power-ups. Once players have collected six weapons and six power-ups and upgraded them fully, any further levels gained will offer only gold coins or floor chicken.
Sessions of Vampire Survivors have a soft time limit of 15, 20, or 30 minutes, depending on the selected stage. When the time limit is reached, all enemies are cleared from the stage, and a final, immensely powerful enemy named The Reaper spawns. One additional Reaper will appear every consecutive minute thereafter to ensure the player’s eventual demise. A session that meets or exceeds the stage’s time limit is considered a successful completion and rewards bonus gold coins. Between sessions, accumulated gold coins can be spent to unlock new characters and persistent power-ups. Additionally, by completing challenges, players can unlock new stages, weapons, and characters, as well as various game modifiers, such as an endless mode that removes the soft time limit, a hyper mode that increases player and enemy speed, and a limit break mode that allows players to continue enhancing weapon attributes even after fully leveling them. Players can obtain golden eggs by defeating certain enemies or purchasing them from an in-game vendor, which provide permanent attribute improvements to their currently selected character.
Plot
Vampire Survivors is nominally set in rural Italy in 2021. Hordes of monsters summoned by the evil Bisconte Draculó (a villain inspired by Count Dracula) ravage the land, prompting the Belpaese family and other heroic survivors to take it upon themselves to hunt down and defeat Draculó. This quest takes them through monster-infested locales such as a cursed forest, a haunted library, an abandoned dairy plant, an ominous tower, and an otherworldly chapel.
Development
Italian developer Luca “poncle” Galante began developing Vampire Survivors in 2020 using the Phaser framework while he was unemployed. He aimed to create Vampire Survivors to manage a community, drawing from his past experience as an administrator for an Ultima Online server. The game was inspired by Magic Survival, a 2019 mobile game that also featured a character that automatically attacks enemies.
Development of the initial early access version took about a year, during which Galante spent around £1,100 on assets, art, and music. Galante was inspired by the Castlevania games, and one of the art asset packs included spirits in a similar style to the characters in the early Castlevania games. Prior to developing Vampire Survivors, Galante worked in the gambling industry, using his knowledge of flashy graphics for slot machines as part of the appeal for the game’s chest-opening animations.
Downloadable content
The first paid DLC expansion for the game, titled Legacy of the Moonspell, was announced on December 6, 2022. Inspired by Japanese folklore and anime, it adds thirteen weapons, eight characters, and a new stage featuring enemies designed after yōkai and oni. The expansion was released on December 15, 2022, for macOS, Windows, and Xbox platforms, with a mobile release in early 2023. A second paid DLC expansion, Tides of Foscari, was released in April 2023. It introduces new weapons and characters and features a new stage inspired by fairy tales.
The game has also released DLC expansions featuring elements from other video games. Emergency Meeting, based on Innersloth’s Among Us, was released on December 18, 2023. Operation Guns, based on Konami’s Contra, was released on May 9, 2024. Ode to Castlevania, based on Konami’s Castlevania series, will be released October 31, 2024, which Galante said was a “full circle moment” for him with the game.
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