A downloadable game for Windows

Download NowName your own price

A Strange journey throughout an elaborate labyrinth awaits featuring hundreds of characters and happenings as you try to gather items that once brought happiness to others. An early access glimpse at the Prequal to Disillusion, the oneiric dungeon crawler detailing the events leading up to the tower's creation. 

Featuring many different songs from MOONSIDETAPES midi canoe. This EA is larger than the size of the original Disillusion. The labyrinth is constantly changing, ensuring every play through is completely different as spawns are constantly being shuffled. 


as it stands there are only 9 key items to find in the EA, the game will go on infinitely with no clear end. there are plenty of side things to see however since there are hundreds of events in this EA as well as 174 different floors.

f4 can Fullscreen. Game automatically saves every floor. If you cannot find the door don't be afraid to close and reopen, you'll reshuffle spawns.



8/14/23 Version 0.01 

8/15/23 version 0.02

8/18/23 version 0.03  (fixes shrine maiden soft lock)

9/8/23 version 0.04

9/9/23 version 0.05

9/12/23 version 0.06 

9/19/23 version 0.07 fixes small issues and adds more cards bringing the total to 113.

9/21/23 version 0.08 

10/11/23 Version 0.09 new characters, small fixes, total floor count is now 201

11/20/23 version 0.10  Loads of new stuff. New cards, new characters, new events. total card count is at 136.

12/25/23 version 0.11  new optional combat system (there is a pacifist mode) the combat is relatively similar to mystery dungeon. Cherub system is fully implemented as well as the marble race. new events, new cards, previous events expanded upon, events exclusive to those not playing in pacifist mode. Rouge like system so upon death player will lose all equipment and spawn in a new random location. inventory can now be opened from anywhere (sword management cannot)

12/30/23 version 0.12 fixes the skeletons immortality to various weapons as well as gives him a buff, various combat fixes, some card fixes. new cards, some changes to events. new key item, and various events

12/30/23 version 0.12.1 fixes the bar scene softlock

1/7/24 version 0.13 minor bug fixes, new key item and longer quest line, expanded upon older characters dialog,  Passion quest was redesigned. 

2/13/24 version 0.14.1 Many new characters, scenes and cards. Two new key items. Fixed some small bugs.

3/23/24 version 0.15 A new enemy will now appear, many new scenes (some require a new game to see) many new cards. Vicsine now has a very useful aid, and her soft lock was fixed. new death scenes, marble mini game got a new soundtrack. a special friend can be seen that will only appear once a year.  The intro in combat mode was also changed once again.

4/20/24 version 0.16 it's now far easier to get aid spells, 3 new enemies, ALL key items are obtainable, many new scenes and spells.  


https://discord.gg/fevj9cEnVm discord for reporting issues found.

Disillusion Original: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1490060/Disillusion/

additional help from: Music | Moonside Tapes (bandcamp.com), Fenbus, VLIF, Yourlocalbreadman, ratlips, Mad_m 


The original Disillusion started as an lsd jam game back around 2019/2020 that i had continued to work on long afterwards. this is a much more improved and ambitious project that serves as a prequel to that

Updated 6 days ago
StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows
Rating
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(63 total ratings)
AuthorDisillusionST
GenreAdventure
Tags3D, Creepy, Exploration, First-Person, RPG Maker, Surreal

Download

Download NowName your own price

Click download now to get access to the following files:

DST V 0.16
External
DST V 0.16 Alt link
External

Comments

Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.

Viewing most recent comments 1 to 40 of 52 · Next page · Last page
(+1)

I am so hyped for this project as a lover of surreal, spiritual and dungeon crawlers.

(+2)

Glad to be here

(+2)

Everyday I come here to check if a new version is out.

It has become a tradition

Will I ever espace samsara?

(+2)

I'm having an issue where every time the room loads, I get the tab screen of items. In the previous version, the item screen would only show up after pressing tab. Is there a way to fix this? I've tried reinstalling but that didn't work. I'm playing on combat mode btw.

(p.s. My gf and I love this game...we play every update together. Huge inspiration, keep up the good work)

yooooooo keeep going!

So I went to download and i extracted the file but its not opening? how do i start it?

(+1)

I MADE AN ACCT TO SAY THIS
Is THAT HYATT/EXCEL SAGA REFERENCE?!?! 

i cannot wait to see more of this game !! ♡

Hello, maybe someone has already asked this, but I couldn't find any information about it. When is the release planned for the Steam platform?

(+1)

there is no time line, it could be a few months to a year or more. 

it won’t be on steam till it’s finished 

Alright, we got an update about an hour ago, and I've been playing the hell out of the last version. Can I get a functional link to the discord, to get some help on transferring my file over?

https://discord.gg/fevj9cEnVm

This game is really good. Especially the dialogue and character interactions. Also, very weird, which I entirely embrace and enjoy.

how do i use rar file

to open the files you have to extract the contents, to do this use WinRAR, download link: https://www.win-rar.com/fileadmin/winrar-versions/winrar/winrar-x64-700.exe

(+1)

how breaking the core with speed feels like:

Really cool game! i love the visuals and the overall aesthetic and am looking forward to your future projects!

the only thing that confused me was i thought it was supposed to save after going to a different floor but the game didn't save for me. i went through multiple doors and when i closed out and came back it loaded me to the part where you save at the statue at the beginning.

did you load your manual save or the auto save? they have different slots 

(+2)

Hey, I couldn't download this. the download link took me to google drive, but when I hit download, it says too many people have tried to download this file recently.

omg same

Download from the alternative link on mega.nz. it worked for me. the google drive link didn't for me either.

1O1O!

(+1)

Very Dope program, evokes many emotions ->

(+3)

Love the game, long time fan. ive finally got to play the newest update recently and wanted to share my gameplay. Love your work and im looking forward to updates for this game. 

i have the 0.14 version and it doesn't let me save my game, i stare at the Pietà statue and at the save-slots screen it doesn't save

(1 edit)

go report it in the discord server

(1 edit)

where is that discord exactly? i can't find any discord link in this official page of the game

I found a solution too, i simply have to run the game in administrator mode before playing

https://discord.gg/7bQ6k65tEU

(+1)

I absolutely LOVE this game. I downloaded it on a whim and I'm absolutely blown away by the amount of work that's gone into it. The game is gorgeous, the cutscenes especially so. Every time I stumbled on to one I got so so so excited, because I knew I was going to be in for a visual treat. Exploring is tedious at points but I haven't found myself minding it. Yes, you'll get repeating rooms a lot, but finding new door and characters isn't that hard as long as you're willing to move quickly through these repeating rooms. The characters you find are by far my absolute favorite part of this game. Somehow each one has such a distinct personality that I've found myself falling in love with them, despite the absolutely massive amount of them. Whenever I saw someone new I'd immediately go talk to them and their dialogue always seemed to add something new to the world. Figuring out the "Special" ones is also an absolute blast, and I hope there will be more of them when the game is officially out, specially for some of the more quiet characters. The story is also super interesting and I've really enjoyed trying to piece it together. Mel and those entangled with her feel so real, adding to the tragedy of them residing in a place that's draining them of their selves. I'm not super far in but I really can't wait to see more of the machines and the angel and what they mean for Mel's redemption, if she can find it. I haven't played the original but I plan to once I get as far as I can in this. 10/10, I absolutely love this game.

(2 edits) (+3)

I love the fever dream aesthetics of this game!! however, many of the floors are just black and white (and maybe red) with nothing special that makes them memorable. the randomization gets a bit tiring too, as i constantly try to get the subway event and yet to no avail... characters' sets of dialogues tend to repeat multiple times during my playthrough,  which really destroys the experience. The carver for example, his dialogues gave me chills but then the whole thing keeps repeating again and again whenever i encounter him after that. It just feels... very "gamey". 

 overall, i really love this game as it's a unique experience, but the magic fades away really fast after a few hours. This game has a lot of potential! That being said, I'm looking forward to the full release (・∀・)

was this actually made in rpg maker? if so that's insane.

yeah, it uses mv3d

(+4)

COOL, THANK YOU FOR THE INFO, COCKSUCKER 7000.

(+2)

anytime, TalentlessBigboi

What engine is this made in? i've always wanted to make something like this

rpg maker mz

i've been really enjoying playing this game for the past week or two, but i have small issue with it which is me pressing SHIFT in the middle of dialogue which bugs it out so i'm unable to see what's happening on the screen

(+1)

new Update= -fps :(

I love this game, very reminiscent of Yume Nikki to me, great character designs, and also the file names are funny. I especially find the all capital letters "anime" in the files of the anime looking characters. perhaps a manly badass hero shoutout? either way funny, and the story is great, good fighting against purgatory theme going on as far as I can tell. the font is cool too. 10/10 for me honestly.

(-1)

Imagine, that joel g and kira (kira llc, creator of spooky mansion) had a son

(+3)(-1)

This looks like if joel g made a game with sewerslvt. I'm looking forward to playing this

(1 edit) (+3)

Recently played through the original Disillusion, loved it. Will definitely try out this demo sometime. It's shocking how much of the original I actually ended up understanding. Also yes, this game was brought to my attention because haha funni pizza man Vinny.

Err, I mean, CAWCAWCAW!

vvv They hate him because he spreads the truth

(+1)(-16)

I saw the vinny stream and my first thought was "oh god, give this a few days and r34 artist will go wild with it"
Love the style of the game btw

(+7)(-1)

Coomer

(+4)(-3)

you fear the truth, as do I. It is impossible to protect something from the coomers. especially if it has a clown/mime girl in it.

(+3)(-7)

they hated jesus because he spread the truth, just like you gachi man

(+1)(-6)

the truth is painful for many.

(+2)(-1)

What is this art style? It looks super interesting and if someone could give me a broad name of it that would be great <3

(1 edit) (+1)

It's the early "we wanna do 3d but we don't have the hardware to do 3d" style of early-cgly lit rendes with color limits

think stuff like early saturn/late genesis games




Hi, really love the game! Sorry to bug about this but I checked the music link and I'm struggling to find this specific song. It starts out with a bass guitar being plucked and then alternates with strumming throughout. It's a pretty short loop and seems to play in the more scary areas. Do you happen to know which track I'm thinking of? I know this is vague but hoping to find it because i love it a lot.

it might be called midnight street in the files, i think that’s what you are referring to at least 

Thank you! that is exactly it.

please put this game on game jolt too! could receive a lot of popularity

(+1)

8 hours in. I've been told I need to go to the city to find a new door, but I've no idea how to reach that area again. I spent 2 hours trying to get there but I can't.
I also can't use the train, since no NPC spawns to take me there whenever I spawn at the train station.
Please help!

(-1)

hard to know where you are, or what’s happening but bare in mind the game is still unfinished and being worked on. 

(1 edit)

The game as a lot of issue with RNG so you just have to pray you go to a zone again and just aimlessly walk around hoping you get lucky. The RNG is the biggest issue. 

New update fixes that pretty much, I'd say it's now a lot easier to find meaningful locations because of new NPC interactions taking you to useful places.

(+2)(-1)

Жиес я застрял на розовом уровне ни как не выйти пмргите

(+1)

its very annoying, you just get caught in the same loop, the randomization is frustrating to deal with.

(+1)(-1)

да пизец я не виноват

(+1)

I was a huge fan of the original disillusion, I've spread the word to my entire friend group and gotten roughly 6-7 people to buy and play it cause its a master piece.

but I've sadly come to dislike the most recent game . And this is not just my opinion but of the other friends who have tried out the most recent one as well.

For some reason every other zone is just some depressing grey level, the game took an entire 180 in terms of the design choices. I feel that's fine and understandable but the issue with this most recent game is that almost every single zone looks the same. 

Most of the rooms you end up in are just grey sewer looking rooms, its just some of the tiles on the wall have different faces or snow is coming down. One of the rooms was awesome and very unique and then its back to the same dull levels over and over again.

It also doesn't help that there is no sense of direction in this game at all, in the first game it was quite linear and every door looked the same it was easy to follow. Black doors = new zone, and orbs = new sub zone. 

With disillusion ST there is no rhythm or reason for anything, i've seen about five door types and none of them matter because whatever door you take  seems to have a mind of its own. you just end up in this loop over and over again, maybe the point is to feel lost but all it does is just make things extremely unfun to play. 

There is no direction at all, the doors need to not have random places they take you cause you can take the same door and end up in two different places and both of them are grey basic rooms, and in that room is another door that takes you right back to where you were. 

its not fun at all.

I think this game has awesome potential and I loved the original but the doors are a serious issue, it makes it so unfun and its ruined it for me, I hope you make another design choice to make things more easy to navigate cause its just hopeless.  

(+1)(-6)

Why is this 3GB? This seems to be awfully large.

Just want to let you know the downloads are currently unavailable since google drive has traffic limits.

Not sure if the high traffic will be consistent, pretty sure its related to a recent stream, but you might want to keep an eye on it and consider providing a secondary download source.

Downloaded just fine for me.

Odd, I'm getting the "Too many users have viewed or downloaded this file recently." message.

(+1)

Google seems to complain about people without accounts, same msg, logged in, download started without a hitch

OMG I LOVED THE OG DISILLUSION I DIDNT EVEN REALIZE THERE WAS A NEW ONE YAY

Viewing most recent comments 1 to 40 of 52 · Next page · Last page