Slimes

I was recommended this by a friend some time ago. Honestly not even sure who as it was so long ago, but we threw it in a doc of games, where it sat unassumingly for a few months. I'm a small time indie vtuber, and like to maintain a list of indie games to pull from. Yesterday was my 2 year streamerversary, and I thought doing a variety of indie horror games and some runescape to wind down would be perfect. The listing said this was 3-4, and we were intrigued, so we tossed it in for the first slot.

Eleven and a half hours later, we are sitting in silence as we recover from one of best games we've played in a long, long time.

This game is nothing short of a triumph. The themes of how religion is oft used as both yoke and whip by the abusive and oppressive being present down the very party mechanics had me literally giddy at how good it was. I felt awful in the most wonderful way. I choked up a few times. It was divine.

Trying to think of any actual criticism feels like grasping at straws. We did soft lock ourselves twice by accidentally blocking our way out of the room with the rock slime, but that felts more like a small oversight than anything like a flaw.

The combat was a joy, and the strategy was wonderful. I liked that the touch the characters never grow from their experiences, but they do learn. 5/5. Thank you for making this.

Does anyone know where I can find the ost?

I couldn't actually finish this game because of how really unpleasant it is, so I was really impressed by it. Given the way the narrative was going, most games I would have tapped out wayyy earlier. However, the strong narrative and characters kept me around until floor 18, when I just couldn't keep going with it anymore. I don't think I'll ever actually finish this game, but I wanted to note how strongly effective it was. I can't say if it stayed good until the end, but I just had to leave a comment with how strong it was for the parts I saw. Even down to the combat, the way the character's level-up skills almost always were good for one character and bad for the other really showed just how much they loathed each other. That, especially with the ways the unlocked stories unfolded over time, and things that originally appeared one way (like, say, some of the disappearances from people trying to reach the bottom of the slime dungeon) were revealed to be not as they originally seemed. I would absolutely love to see the end of this, I just don't think I can actually finish playing through it.

Additionally, the combat is really good. The combination of skills (in which so many of them have terrible drawbacks because of How Much They Hate Each Other), the way guns were implemented, I was legitimately surprised by how it managed to not get really boring, even when you went through every fight.

Long story short, even though I couldn't bring myself to finish the game, I was really impressed by it.

so far, i've been enjoying this! the only problems i really have are the sudden difficulty spikes in the 2nd boss and how unclear things seem at time. i didn't realize that the pots can actually heal you until, like, floor 17! also this rpg does not feel 3-4 hours long, but in a sense that's good because the story would likely feel too "compressed" otherwise
also zealous speech + signal flare is a pretty awesome synergy imo

Found this after playing and kinda bouncing off I hate you please suffer (feel like ive grown too used to games being too hand holdy and the freedom in it was too much for me to handle lmao even if ill certainly will get the full vrs) and got to say I loved it, the gunplay was quite cool, solid writting and most importantly a GOOD NARRATIVE THREAD games made with a good base just end up being good huh? kudos yo. 

Hoi I love the game/story so far and I'm in need of help. I'm loving the side stories but I think I've missed a slime on floor 18, I just cant seem to find it. I have fallen down the pit, and killed the frendly ones

Had a good time revisiting this one recently. Still just as fantastic as the first time, it's an excellent title.

God, stumbling on this page was such a rush of memories back. I remember stumbling on this back in like 2019 and thinking it was a cool concept. God it's just amazing to me that I've gotten to re-stumble on it, and it's amazing to see it's been finished!

I loved the absolute hell out of this entire experience, the world felt lived in and given enough prose to make everything understandable but still left room for some interpetation.  And the ever-growing distain between the two characters was really well cemeted by the skills they learnt later on!

Honestly it was a dynamic that throughout never really stopped feeling interesting, seeing how these two who absolutely hate eachother needed to achieve the same thing. Neither felt flat, even Julius felt fleshed out to the point that you could understand how he became who he is now.

Especially love the Healer's way of doing magic, it's not something I've personally seen done much when it comes to doing magic like it was here and it honestly made for a pretty refreshing experience when it came to how they worked and meshed together!

Everything felt really thought out and purposeful, not a skill that ever felt completely pointless to have. This is genuinely great and I'm so glad to have stumbled back on it! 

Best of luck to you on any of your later projects! Currently basically having brainrot in a good way over this game :P!

I really appreciate how this game doubles down on you playing the bad guy, without giving you a way to weasel out of anything, forcing you to roleplay Julius as he goes on a slime-murdering rampage, especially if you want all the story tidbits. (I'm surprised you didn't go into more detail about that aspect in the PDF!) Given that, the ending definitely took me by surprise, and the post-credits scene was delightful.

It's a shame that I had to play through on the "easy mode" to save time, since I spent 3 hours unknowningly playing through the entire demo because it was the only option in the itch app and I didn't look close enough. I would have liked to experience the combat challenge from the late-game encounters and bosses, although the final gauntlet let me fake it a bit at least. That said, pleeeeeeease mark the full game downloads as being for Windows as well, so that more people using the itch client don't make the same mistake!!

Also the art style and music are exactly what I wanted out of a weird RPG Maker game, and it really sells the story too. I'm really happy to have played it.

The steam store page mentions hidden bosses where might these be?

Hi there, started playing the game and got quite engaged when I found a softlocking bug. On Floor 3, you are supposed to push the rock slimes and activate some pushplates. I fought one in a corner and couldn’t take it out of there. I’d love to continue but I’m stuck and didn’t save beforehand :( . Any quick fixes on my end?

Just finished the demo! And I fell in love with Slimes.  First of all,  I like the battle system: pretty original, a mix of  the RPG and Survival-Horror genre; I especially like the idea of mana being replaced by ammo.

The lore behind seems very rich!  I've read every single side stories and I'm digging for the ideas behind... I've been stunned by some of them, wow.

Slimes is a maybe visually a very simplistic game by looking at the graphics, but don't be fooled by it, like we say: don't judge a book only by its cover! The gameplay is fun and the characters are very appealing (my fave character is "Healer", he's a such bean!), we're getting attached to most of them very easily.