A downloadable game for Windows

Do you like difficulty? Do you like hardcore platforming that makes you pull your hair out? Well we have a game just for you!

Into The Darkness is a hardcore platformer where you'll have to jump, cling, and patiently wait your way through the darkness and the barely traversable terrain above!
Take a role of Luhanzo, an avali torn out of their home, forced to fight their way towards freedom. Will you be the one to help Lu escape Radcore's nightmare-ish underground?

Tight controls, fast-paced timing, a ton of small movement techniques and even complicated advanced abilities for those brave enough.
Lots of optional objectives, meaning you decide whether to head into the final levels with 1 hp or to spend next two hours desperately trying to collect that final optional upgrade.

If all this sounds too easy to you:
One, touché.
Two, there's plenty of meaningless difficulty jumps to spice up your day! Completed the game on the hardest difficulty? Great! Now do that, but your stamina is lowered, your weapon is shorter, oh and all enemies explode.

Feel free to submit your experience reports here!:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdiLHAlvdjIEfO0_e9ZGMDgFiJ55bU5G31Z2a9c...

Have fun, take plenty of breaks, and enjoy your trip into the darkness!

v1.1 Patch notes:
- Made a few levels easier;
- Rewrote final boss dialogue;
- Balanced one of the challenges;
- Increased overall lighting;
- Some bug fixes;
- Added the ending memory;

Make sure to backup your savefile(s) before reinstalling the game!

Download

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Read Me.txt 465 bytes
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IntoTheDarkness_v1.1.exe 120 MB
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IntoTheDarkness_v1.1_Installer.exe 123 MB
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IntoTheDarkness_v1.1_Compressed.zip 122 MB

Install instructions

Note: Since we're using an outdated engine, if one version of the game gets flagged as false-positive, try a different version. Sorry for any inconvenience!

F12 - toggle fullscreen
F10 -  toggle speedrunner overlay (during main gameplay)

Development log

Comments

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Three hours in, just became unshackled- got the optional item earlier on. Good challenges, fair but punishing.
I am very bad at 2D platformers. I had optimism for the first hour, this is no longer the case. I have been shown my inferiority to these spikes and sawblades.
8/10 definitely try this if you like a little bit of masochism. As a treat.