Shimomura Tsutomu Games released a new game called Tentacle Realm Escape and the version is 0.2.1. The game’s story is about Hey everyone! This is my very first game ever – like, my baby, my debut, my virgin release lol. I decided to drop it on itch.io as a pure gameplay slice, and yeah, it’s completely free, so please be gentle with me (´・ω・｀) It’s basically a super rough, bootleg version of Dead by Daylight… but with some XCOM flavor thrown in. The core rules are dead simple: You control 4 survivors, repair/fix all the objectives, and then haul ass to the exit gate. The big twist (unlike DbD) is that you actually have some serious firepower. You can straight-up delete any boss that’s pissing you off… but every time you kill one, it comes back.
Developer
Shimomura Tsutomu
Version
0.2.1
File Size
22.9 MB
Censored
No
Language
English
Platforms
Windows Linux macOS
Game Version ChangelogLatest
v0.2.1
Sorry for the 1-2 week delay due to work…
And I plan to finish the main framework before Musk’s Starship 13th test flight!
Let’s see what’s new this time!
First, our game finally has its own mascot! Just like Paimon from Genshin, Amiya from Arknights, or Pikachu from Pokémon~
Mowl — a cute hybrid of an owl and a mouse, a subspace creature that’s a close relative to humans, with the ability to break the fourth wall…
(Though it won’t appear in the story until much later
Also made some balance adjustments and optimizations for controls and information display~
This update adds 5 new characters (including 1 OC)! Three of them form an “Energy” system together. Plus one super powerful character that gives full-screen vision! (☆ω☆)
My big plan is to create 5 systems: Energy, Stealth, Assassination, Element, and Totem. Energy, Stealth, and Assassination are already in the game~ Elements and Totem are still in the idea stage
Next… a brand new mode! Tower Defense mode!
Players destroy a crystal to create a mana spring, harvest cost from it, and spend that cost to build defense towers. Enemies rush in from multiple paths toward the exit — you can block them with your own body or chill behind your towers~
The first TD map is only half done, so more coming soon!
Also planned for the future: a special receive-hit-retreat mode. These three modes will make up all the small battle elements!
Oh, and I added voice acting for 3 characters!
Future Plans:
Complete the full tutorial
Write character profiles and individual tutorials for each
Update the story (I wrote a ton but ran out of time — next update for sure!)
Polish sound effects and voice acting
Add a save function
More icons for skills and statuses
UI art improvements
More enemies (some OC friends are still waiting to join the party~)
In-game world encyclopedia (lore documents)
About the Discord group… I’m a bit socially anxious and have no idea what to say as the first message… please give me some time, I’m begging you!
Lastly, still recruiting OCs! This time I’m looking for fallen/evil god side female characters (to be bosses or elite monsters). In-game, players can defeat bosses to unlock these overpowered versions!
Developer Notes
stronger. Like, way stronger. Good luck lol (￣▽￣
Here’s what’s done so far:
Single-level game loop → ✓
Full story → ✗
Music & sound effects → ✗
Character progression/system → ✗
Extra player characters → ✗
More bosses → ✗
Tutorial → ✗
Art/assets → ✗
Quick story background:
In a dark fantasy world, an underground kingdom called Migram has been taken over by a tentacle eldritch god. These things slaughter the men and treat the women like literal breeding stock, so obviously the people said “hell no” and started fighting back.
But the tentacle demons gave their minions straight-up immortality. You can only kill them for good by destroying their hearts… and those hearts are shielded inside barrier crystals. So yeah – your job is to smash four of those crystals, break into the vault, bust through the final gate, and take down the big bad oppressor once and for all.
**Quick note about the English & Japanese translations:**
The game has both English and Japanese support, but here’s the tea: my native language is this super obscure tiny one, and I speak literally zero English or Japanese. So… yep, 100% of the English and Japanese text in the game was done by AI
Anyway, if you try it out, thank you so much! Be nice, it’s my first time
