Viscerate

Viscerate is a fast-paced first-person shooter blending roguelite mechanics with strategic depth and modular upgrades. Designed for intermediate to hardcore players, the game delivers an intense combat experience where every run is a fresh challenge. Players craft and customize powerful builds using a mix of modular weapons and strategic deck-building elements, ensuring high replayability and tactical freedom. Basically a FPS and rougelike game with eerie look and feel you just can't stop playing.

Set in a gritty, semi-realistic industrial world infused with bio-punk horror, the game plunges players into eerie, adrenaline-fueled environments populated by grotesque enemies. The stylized but grounded art direction creates a tense and immersive atmosphere, driving players to stay alert and adapt constantly. 

Core gameplay revolves around fluid movement, quick decision-making, and synergistic combat strategies. Whether you're chaining abilities to overcome swarms of enemies or adjusting your loadout mid-run, the game rewards mastery and experimentation. Influenced by titles like Deadlink, Hades, and Binding of Isaac, it captures the thrill of constant progression with punishing but fair difficulty.

Developed in C++ with blueprint support, the system is built to scale—supporting future content and deep customization. This is more than just another roguelike shooter—it's a test of skill, strategy, and perseverance.

Alpha Build - What is the current state of the game?

We are currently in the Alpha stage of development, focused on implementing the core gameplay mechanics and establishing a functional gameplay loop. The primary goal is to ensure all foundational systems are in place to support further polish and content expansion.

Under "Summary of the process - where are we?" - in the development log - you will find a more specifik list of core features that has been implemented or in progress and also the summary of the process as well as where we currently are in it.

Information for the playtester

🧪 What are we testing?

In shis stage, we focus on the following:
Playability and flow through the levels
Responsiveness of the controls
Any bugs or crashes
Clarity of the user interface

🕹️ How to Play 

• Platform: PC (Windows)
• Players: Single player
• Controls:
  WASD to move
  Space to jump
  Left Mouse Button to light attack
  Right Mouse Button to heavy attack
  R to reload
  Tab to open weapon loadout

📬 How and where can you communicate with us?

Testers can contact us directly via our team Discord server WbnFg3kh or by commenting on our itch.io game page. We check messages regularly and appreciate all feedback!

When you have finished playing as a tester, we would like you to participate in a short survey. It is anonymous and takes only about 2-3 minutes to fill out. If you want to participate, please follow this link to the survey.

Who are we? 

List of team members:

Game Design Zonghao Wu  - PO, Lvl - Gameplay
Jacob Yosef – System Generalist
Max Hjort Tech - Narr/Sound

Game Artists
Max Strömdal Erikssojn - Character Artist
Xiyuan Wang Environment - Artist
Ira Aspelin - Character prop specifically

Game Programmers
Kiran Gaurdian George
Mohammed Diab
Tiger Martin
Sebastian Valck

ANIM&VFX
Jesper Turesson - VFX Artist
Sushil Jangra - Animator

Management
Alvaro Ravello - Game Producer
Ammara Waqas - Project Manager  
Ola Jansson - Release Manager 
Mayc Lövgren - Release Manager

#Viscerate - probably the best indie FPS rougelite game out there!