Posted September 01, 2022 by Rani Baker
Yeah I know it's kind of... unconventional to release a free demo well after releasing the full game, but it makes its own perverse sense if you know the background of the project.
The original GRAVEYARD DUDE demo was a commissioned piece back in May for the INDIEPOCALYPSE indie games bundle, which is its own cool project and I didn't want to step on their ability to make sales by offering content from it for free.
https://itch.io/queue/c/689872/indiepocalypse?game_id=1470972
But September 1st marks three months on there, which I figure is a reasonable enough time for them to have gotten all the initial sales out of the way. Not to give the impression this was their decision, they specifically only had distribution rights until the end of June and it was released back to me at the beginning of July. I just chose to keep it behind a paywall for a couple more months to support them.
Anyway, this demo isn't actually the one you can still find on the INDIEPOCALYPSE page. It's a mashup of those first-draft ideas of puzzles and graphics tiles but with the music and gameplay features (such as the run button) of the final release. So you can get the feel of the paid version without actually spoiling anything from it.
Also included are PDFs of a retro-style instruction manual in two colors: Yellow monochrome and Blue with B+W interior, intended to be reminiscent of the Famicom and NES manuals for Ghosts N Goblins.
Enjoy!