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Diebrary is an Indie Survival like Top down Shooter, a Bullet Hell that pulls much from 20 Minutes Til Dawn; an excellent choice! Watch?
Diebrary is a Brighter 20 Minutes Til Dawn like in the making!
While Diebrary might not look like a 20 Minutes Til Dawn like, many of its core mechanisms are similar.
Like in 20 Minutes Til Dawn, in Diebrary you move slower while firing; this makes the player decision to move matter more, as you are directly trading dps for kiting survivability.
This is in direct opposition to the typical no-brainer decision often presented in Vampire Survivors / Horde Survival games, where Of Course you move, as there is ZERO reason not to!
In Diebrary, much like in 20 Minutes Til Dawn, the movement just matters more, making it both more interesting, and more meaningful; good.

No Dash! Move Your @ss!
Also like in 10 Minutes Til Dawn / 20 Minutes Til Dawn, in Diebrary, you have no dodge!
This is for a similar reason as the above, to make the movement more meaningful, and the mostly melee monsters more threatening, as you can’t just dash / phase through them every few seconds, which is what you see in many of those Other Wave Survival games…
That’s right! In Diebrary, your enemies have collision, so you can’t just walk through them like their made of mist or clouds, you must punch and blast, and rip and tear your way through them!
You want passage?! Earn It Warrior!

Aim! Fire Reload! Not Gonna Do It For You!
No!
In Diebrary, much like its glorious predecessor 20 Minutes Til Dawn, ye must earn your victories here!
That’s right!
You aim in Diebrary, though you can hold the button down if you want to save your mouse hand, and keep your strong hand strong! ✊
And when your weapon runs dry, the game reloads for you, so kind.
It’s like your little helping hand….

Meta Progression:
Meta Currency seems to be the loose scraps of paper, scrolls, and magic tomes you collect in your runs, used to unlock new primary and secondary weapons, and additional characters, as well as the big boosts to damage, attack speed, projectile size, and minor boosts to movement speed, impactful and fun stuff like that.

Note: This is an early look at the demo for Diebrary so any bugs or other oddness is not representative of the final product.
Still, Diebrary is offering a fun Horde Survival, 20 Minutes Til Dawn like Bullet Hell experience, and is easily worth a wishlist and a watch.
Watch?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1619420/Diebrary/
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