NOTE: This project has been migrated over to Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/dystopia/dermestes

Dermestes is a top-down action arcade game built in Godot 4.6. You play as a beetle surviving in a graveyard. Coffins are your only food source. Eat them to stay alive, fend off rival insects that compete for the same meals, and collect cards from each coffin you consume.me.

The name of this game comes from Dermestes, a genus of hide beetles known for stripping carcasses clean..

You start on a tiled grid scattered with coffins. Your health drains continuously from starvation. Move close to a coffin and hold the eat button to feed. Eating restores health and slowly depletes the coffin. Once a coffin is fully consumed it disappears and a new one spawns at a random location on the map.map.

Each time you fully eat a coffin you draw a random card. You can hold a maximum of two cards at once. Click a card in your hand to activate and discard it..

Cards come in three types.

Attack cards eliminate enemies in a nearby area. The current attack cards are Hornet, Kratos, and Legolas..

Intellect cards restore 30 HP instantly. The current intellect cards are Dr. House, Nathan Drake, and Dash..

Defense cards provide a shield. The current defense cards are Jindrich ze Skalice, Captain America, and Gandalf..

If your hand is full at two cards, new coffin kills do not grant additional cards until you use one..

Movement: WASD or arrow keys, left analogue stick on gamepad.

Eat: Space, Enter, or the corresponding gamepad face button. Hold while standing next to a coffin to feed..

Use card: left-click the card panel displayed on the right side of the screen.

Open the project in Godot 4.6 or later. The main scene is scenes/main.tscn. Hit run from the editor or export using the provided export presets..