Hellcaster: Raven's Awakening

*WINDOWS DEMO AVAILABLE NOW*

Hellcaster: Raven's Awakening is a PS2/NGC-style meta-narrative psychological survival-horror game set in a post-human quasi-utopian future haunted that is currently in development.

Haunted by the demons of their turbulent past, Raven must navigate life - and the hellish manifestations of pain and trauma that manifest as their reality - in a post-human quasi-utopia haunted by sinister forces beyond mortal understanding - all while coming to terms with the abuse they once faces

CONTENT WARNINGS

For the demo:

• Disturbing imagery
• loud noises
• dark themes
• depictions of mental illness, depression and trauma
• graphic violence
• Existentialism
• depictions of neurodivergent struggles and anguish (including through gameplay mechanics)

For the full game (when it's finally finished):

• Disturbing imagery
  
• loud noises
• dark themes
• depictions of mental illness, depression and trauma
• graphic violence
• Existentialism
• depictions of neurodivergent struggles and anguish (including through gameplay mechanics)
  
• implied domestic abuse and SA
• references to suicide and self-harm
• suggestive themes (but all would-be sex scenes are entirely implied)
• frequent references to BDSM
• depiction of bigotry, transphobia, and other hateful/delusional ideology (including an implied instance of a transphobic hate crime)
• a depiction of accidental gaslighting (but not with malicious intent)

yeahhhh the final games gonna go some dark places, in a very Silent Hill kind of way

But it won't be misery-porn just made to make you feel bad, a lot of the story is about the protagonist overcoming their baggage

CONTROLS (Important, not yet stated in game):

W/S. Thumbstick up/Down: move forward and back

A/D, Thumbstick left/right: tank controls

q/e, left and right triggers: strafe

Tab, Select: inventory

left mouse/ (A) / PS Cross: interact (Shoot gun while aiming)

right mouse / right shoulder: aim (when facing enemy)

Alt / Shift, XBOX (X), PS Square (Circle on dated versions, play whatever the newest one is though lol): Hold to run) (While amygdala state is "Stable")

F, (Y), PS Triangle: Toggle flashlight (doesn't run out of battery)