u/OiranSuvival

This is one of the most important opening scenes in my game. I wanted to show the exact moment an ordinary city is swallowed by yokai, Japanese monsters, before the horde combat begins.

The goal wasn’t just to make it look dark. I wanted it to feel like normal life is being erased, and that this is the moment the tragedy begins.

Since the game later becomes about cutting through massive monster hordes, this scene is meant to be the emotional starting point. Would this kind of intro hook you in?

In the teaser and demo footage for my game, I hadn’t really shown how the yokai horde first appeared or why the heroine was attacked in the first place, so I’m working on that opening scene now in After Effects.

For this part, I’m not focusing on showing each creature clearly. Instead, I’m trying to make the city feel like it’s being swallowed by a dark, spreading aura. I wanted it to feel less like “monsters suddenly appeared” and more like something evil was invading the whole place at once.

I’m aiming for a stronger sense of dread and a clearer starting point for the story. Does this approach read well from the still image?

This is a special unlock effect I made in Unity for the Limit Break skills in my game. I wanted the moment to feel like a sealed curse breaking open, with dark power flowing into the heroine’s eye. The idea was to make it feel less like a normal upgrade and more like something dangerous. Would this read clearly to you in gameplay?

Oiran Survival is a Japanese dark fantasy survivor-like about fighting through yokai hordes as a heroine driven by revenge.

The new demo update adds Limit Break skills and improves combat readability, so the action feels easier to follow and more satisfying than before.

If this looks interesting, I’d love to know your first impression of the combat and overall feel.