Hunt the Night - Dark Fantasy Vampire Action RPG 

Developer here, you guys would not believe how hard I fought with that mouse! I'm a keyboard and mouse player too so to me it was important to get it to work smoothly for combat because I rarely used the controller, glad to see that the in-game mouse control satisfies you despite the issues (even when I disappointed with the menu! I will definitely look into that), there is some good amount of improvements and fixes for the release day and this kind of videos with tons of feedback help a lot. edit: Reworked the entire game to make it mouse friendly, hope this feels good now! I did everything I possibly could think about, every single actions is also open to rebind in the options, so if something is not convincing please remember that!

On the cat side banter: if anything, my cat got me to stop believing in ghosts. Door creaking and moving? It's the cat. Something falls on the floor? It's the cat. Clawing my feet and leaving my bed a bloody mess? It's the cat. Hissy voice calling my name? It's the cat. Pulling my blankets while I'm sleeping? It's the cat.

Oops, front end of this one got microscopically clipped, that's my bad!

I'm with you 100% on menu mouse control (or rather, consistency within a game). I think we all realize early release games are that way for a reason - which is why I appreciate your unbiased approach to constructive criticism for devs. Keep up the good work, Splat!

Hey @Splattercatgaming , just to come back to this, based on your feedback we completely reworked the mouse interaction with the game, now every menu should be 100% clickable (but trust me, it was definitely not about just "let it there"!! Took some effort and a chunk of my mental sanity hahaha), I also improved the mouse response and added a new option in the menu, where the player can choose between attacking towards the mouse or the facing direction (so you basically aim your attacks with "awsd", preferred by some keyboard users), also every single action now can be rebind to another key, I would love to know your opinion, always willing to improve, our artist will also look into improving the mouse icon for those snow backgrounds.

Instantly going from critique and tips to comedy was brilliant! "Calm yourself. Here, eat some bullets" have to say, the guy has style. Good stuff Splat!

13:05 "Is that one friendly?" "It's not friendly!" Haha, those moments are why I watch Splat.

Rose flavouring is quite popular in Asia and the Middle East. I grew up in Maldives, and you could buy juice boxes with rose water and milk in them. Turkish delight is rose flavoured. I even have rose water in my cupboard for making it.

"Is that one friendly?" *exactly one second later* "It's not friendly!" Got me good

It's obvious to me that the eyes that open during the wave fights aren't an enemy and just indicate that the battle is still going. The circular blast when you hit it is used in a lot of games to indicate invulnerability. But design language isn't universal and that's not how Splat read it. That element should be tutorialized or redesigned. Maybe removing all hit feedback from the eye would better indicate that you can't interact with it.

While I too am a die hard KB+M player of PC games, I don't think that can be considered part of the platform for gaming anymore then a controller/gamepad. PC are devices that can use many input devices and controllers have been a big part of that for the last 40 years. I think games designed for controllers over KB+M is valid.

I like how Splat was enthused about the grenades, and then never used one for the rest of the video.

“Why Can’t We Be Friends” was playing in my head all while you were talking at the Devourer. 😜

Hey splattercat not sure if you knew this or not but former ufc middleweight champion Robert Whitaker just shouted you out on the submission radio podcast. As an mma fan and a fan of you it was the most unexpected thing ever.

28:56 "So he is visible, you just gotta like, see him."

> Surprised Splatty, "Aww dude, don't do that!" Absolutely do that! Agreed mate, that was a great atmospheric building touch they added.

"Here lies Splat, He is dead. (We checked.)"

I also consider that it's confusing to have an enemy that you are not supposed to hit as the waves spawn. Although it became clear when I saw that the waves were different each time that killing the minions was what was progressing the level. But in that case, I would suggest making the non damageable enemy to not show any effects when hit. Or, the effect and the sound should be more indicative of the fact that you are not inflicting any damage, like a "clang" sound and maybe your character bouncing back a bit as if your attack had been parried.

"Awesome, we have grenades", proceeds to never use them

I am not really with you on mouse control. While it is more precise, it also has its down sides. With a controller i can lean back and put my feet up while I play. I also don't think its necessarily correct to assume controller = console. I'm probably a touch older than you. I had computers in the 90's and I always had a joystick/controller even way back then. I get it but just saying its not really fair to say "make for mouse and keyboard if pc." I will also say I think your cursor issue is probably also due to being controller optimized. You wouldn't really need a cursor initially with a directional pad because you would just flick to the direction of the attack you want.

Very pretty, clean looking game...love the detailsand the moving frames on the layers. Will have to play this some time soon.

3:20 must be using a sound asset pack. that's the same dying sound they used in In Celebration of Violence. I remember it, because you hear it a lot in that game, lol.

Definitely gonna buy this once I am a little more flush with cash. The setting and combat and weapons all look fantastic

I love it. "I am getting swarmed and there are ranged monsters" if only you had a ranged weapon.

"darksouls like" if there is a set of words that just turns me of anything these days in gaming..

Looks cool splat, but dang it looks hard also. It is hard to determine what to attack and what not to. great show buddy.

Superb pixelart!

I'm hoping more story is told in these early segments because it feels like this is a sequel that expects you to know why she carved up a statue to bathe in grimace essence

Rose hips are a different thing and doesn't come from roses. In Sweden we mostly make a fruit soup from it. Consistency is somewhere between a juice and a smoothie, I'd say.

"We're going to stop on in and we're going to do some impressions of the game!" ... "Hunt the Night drives like this, Tunic drives like THIS"

> "I didn't know he'd by a psychopathic murderer." Said the blood drinking psychopathic murderer.

Looks like the 10 damage weapons are different speeds and range, spear almost caught splat on his ass when the enemy closed, so fists for close fast and wave enemies and the rapier for mid ground of both

Clearly vampires are trained in Fonzy smacks.

"You can crash on the couch with" I really thought you were gonna say "with the cursor that just went missing..."

Clearly makes me think of Hyper Light Drifter with a dark twist. Will definitely play it

As a game developer myself, designing mouse and keyboard control is a huge pain in the ass, because using a mouse is a completely different way of interaction. It's like doubling your work load, because every element needs two sets of instructions to use and interact with everything else. I can totally understand not supporting mouse, which I almost did, but then realised as splattercat pointed out, that players expect both on PC. My game is keyboard centric, but has mouse controls, I expect beginners to use a mouse and then start using the keyboard exclusively once they are comfortable with the control system.

The mouse cursor vanished when you fired after dashing across the goop (23:14). It remained gone while you were melee attacking, and returned when you started firing again (23:23). Looks like a graphics glitch, and a temporary fix at the cost of resources.

27:09 those dead dudes look like the plague doctor skin/ cultists sprite in terraria

Man cats at night are terrifying. Mine wakes up up by scratching at the walls and its as bad as nails on chalkboards just because opening the door is beneath him and I gotta get out of bed to do it. This game looks good Im very excited for its release. Personally I dont mind the lack of mouse control on menus but I do wish there was keyboard controls all the time like I dont want to take my hand off the keyboard for anything not even aiming - why cant everyone give us tab targeting???

ADORE the pixel art, and I love the theme. Think I spotted an old FF6 animation when she gets hit sometimes which I love the homage. The instant death floors are a deal break for me though sadly. Still I hope this does super well.

😭😭😭 I’ve been missing long plays for years😭😭😭

11:00 - my cat just push the door wide open, like an elefant supposed to enter, only to slowly and silently enter.

Did anyone see the Lunatic Cultist's corpse in the hallway with the red carpet? I swear that's him man. lol

36:10 This ramble Splattercat is doing in this bossfight is why I am convinced he's apart of the Deadpool singularity lol.

Cat jumpscare lmao

8:18 hello my babe, hello my honey kkkkkkkkkk Classic

I don’t make games, but I’m not here about the mouse thing too, no I just wanted to stop and say it was supposed to reflect Symphony of the Night, however, it did invoke Twilight to me as well, unless they were, but I’m going with homage to SOTN. I will watch the video, and edit my full opinion at the end, but not Twilight. The puzzle with the statues makes me think of the one you do in The Witcher 3, the one you do with the witch who looks like a teacher, or the one from Dragon Warrior VII but that’s a me thing. Not what it is or isn’t, but the game looks like Legend of Darksouls for the Super Nintendo, which is awesome, but not the point. The controls and gameplay look fluid and responsive. Also, for like a fat second, I thought Splat was ready to rip this game apart, and seemed to become pleasantly surprised by how it plays. The legend of Princes Alucard: Adventures in get gud land of the rising sun. Jokes aside, this game looks fun as hell. Maybe the mouse thing needs to be solved, but I used to play games like this on consoles back in the day, every game in that joke name was a game I love and have played too damn much, so if the idea was to invoke any of that imagery they have succeeded. I got off point, the game is on a PC, and while I nearly exclusively play computer these days, the Nintendo kid in me wants a game like that, that can be played with a controller but it IS on the PC and you can’t just walk into PC space without even a little love for the mouse, because that almost seems rude to do. Side note: I don’t care about that, I think this game is going to get installed, good show Splat! P.S. Side note: Given all the games this game makes me think of, I feel like it’s not wrong to get a hint of RM2K in the tiles. Symphony of the Night, Link to the past and just a hint of a specific kind of retro tile sets all laid upon top down Dark souls. I think its genre is 90s kid retro edition 64.

WD-40 will fix the squeaky door hinges my guy.

Big up the legendary Bobby knuckles MMA fighter just brought me here 🙏🏾

Dauntless and monster hunter i definitely use spear. Its actually a human's greatest/most versatile overall weapon/tool

13:25 "did you kill someone in bed, that's just foreplay"... I have that sort of mind but I have replayed it many times and you do not say poor play.. 😅

Might be due to M&B not having the best representation of spear fighting, outside of on horseback. The momentum-based damage system doesn't help on-foot spear fighting much, and it should allow some swing animations for less base damage, or make it possible for an enemy to damage themselves if they try to push in right on the tip of your spear to attack, like actually holding a spear on point functions.

2:20 Stalkers? We gonna get some cheeki breeki action happening?

Lmao "We done did it right deer" -Splat 2023

The control issue is real. I just refunded a game on Steam (a PC platform) for no keyboard/mouse controls. My wrist was shattered in a car crash 20 years ago and controllers are uncomfortable and after an hour they hurt to use for me.

i have a weakness for ys 6/arcuz type of gameplay and this game makes me excited.

In Mount & Blade I hated swords and spears stab animations to the point that I used only War Cleaver and Great Hammer.

You might want to try using a controller if the game was designed for a controller, so you get the intended experience. I feel like you didn't give the game a fair chance. For example, with a controller you will always know what direction you are facing...

Dude forgot to use the eye of the night at the statue on the first corridor he entered @ 11:46.

GRIMACE ESSENCE!! LOL LOL LOL man that had me! Nobody's making McDonaldLand jokes these days - tip of the hat to you!

Top down arpg symphony of the night. Just as artsy if not more so as sotn! I love the lacetters! Not my tyoe of arpg but i like the look and style, i would play this game

My cat likes to jump on my chest to sleep. After I am already asleep. It scares the hell out of me. No creaky doors though

You were submerged in grape soda!

More than a Twilight thing, I would consider it a Castlevania SOTN thing, a much better quality reference for my taste

This looks like a pixel art bloodborne. seems like one i'll have to check out

wish you remembered to use things like the grenade or dark power

Rob Whittaker sent me here

How many puzzles does this game have? I love everything I've seen here but puzzle solving. Recently finished Immortals Fenyx which burned me out hard on puzzles

Totally agree re: "you should use a controller!" ...No.

No, no need for mouse and keyboard, how many times do we need to teach you this lesson old man!?

The first feather may as well have read "there is something strange in the neighbourhood, who you gonna call? Raven girl! (It whatever she is).. and yeah with you 100% with the mouse thing.. But with the advent of the steam deck we are going to have to get used to it as now pc games are not just for M&K and developers sometimes don't think past their target audience and I bet they had in mind deck users when they put this one together.. 😭.. time to start up a revolution Splatt, I'm behind you all the way (also a deck head so....😂)

New age vampire that has guns and grenades... Didn't use a single grenade for the boss fight...for shame sir...for shame 😂

The graphics reminded me Stone Shard

Well Splatter, look at it this way, at least if you fail in a tutorial, you won't be compared to a pidgeon. That's already been done.

Did splat forget he picked up the eye key item for that statue?

You got a co-sign from the reaper

Does this game remind anyone else of Made in Abyss, or is it just me? Its giving me that vibe

Don't worry brother, you are not Davy Jones kkkkkk

Who is here from Robert Whittaker mention

LINK IN THE DESCRIPTION. HYAH!

A Souls-like Zelda style game with a gothic atmosphere?? Shut up and take my money!

I can understand why controls are so important. I bought the 1st Dragon Age game and they just shat on everyone buying it for a console. Well this is a PC game. No you released on console...well it was never meant to be a console game...but we will take your money.

8:17 - LMAO

Why u no use grenades, or dark powers

so... the only real advice i can give you is... get some lithium grease for your door hinge pins man. why deal with cat creep door creaks? :)

game looks good but that over reliance on dashes looks obnoxious

Can I tank in this? Is the character customization there?

Secrety-secrets!, oh-yes I'm with you Splatty!, Luv-um! NEEDZ um! Soulsy, though, nah not so much, not a fan... most overly hyped thing in games today

added to whishlist mate

Wait... vampires? I don't remember any sign of vampires in the demo.

Pretty game and intresting but chibi are not fun to me

Última gravestone: Here lies Splat, not to be confused with the cat in the hat. Or Here lies Splat, tried to loot inside his mother-in-law's house and broke a vase and was never seen again.

🖤

I could listen to you narrate a book. Like Lovecraft or something. Love your voice.

Idk man, calling this souls-like is a big stretch... like lots of games people call souls-like. It's just grimdark

I'm ok with a controller playing a bit better, but if it seems like they just didn't care to support mkb, I'm out.

Maybe its a 357 Magnum

Hey splattercatgaming what is your real name

If your cat busts in EVERY NIGHT.... Why not just leave the door far enough open he can come in? Me, I got a Japanese doorway curtain instead. Blocks a reasonable amount of light, cat comes and goes as she pleases without bothering me at all~

Looks good BIT i HATE platforming like that so pass for me.