Indie studio Avidly Wild Games Kickstarted Our Darker Purpose to the tune of $40,000 in June and pushed it through the dark, convoluted passages of Steam Greenlight in October.
Our Darker Purpose has a cartoonish, Tim Burton art style and is inspired by The Binding of Isaac, A Link to the Past and Diablo – it’s a roguelike with permanent twists.
“Each playthrough features a unique set of procedurally generated levels,” Avidly Wild says. “Death is permanent, but your accomplishments earn you resources to buy lessons and upgrades in the afterlife … and your education lasts forever. Every game teaches you more about the Edgewood Home for Lost Children, the disappearance of the adults, and the darker purpose of the Administrators.”
