Nine

Welcome to "Nine," where you’re a soul harvester guarding a portal in Hell! 

TL;DR

• Buy chambers to capture souls escaping from the portal
• Place defenses to stave off oncoming demons
• Collect souls, make money, retire!
• NOTE: build at least one chamber first (buttons at the bottom) before putting down defenses or you might get soft locked! This will be fixed in a post-jam version.

This game was made in 5 days for the Jamsepticeye Game Jam. The theme was "Death is an Opportunity"

Welcome to Hell

Upon your Death, you've been hired to harvest the souls of the Nine Circles of Hell. Your goal is to collect souls, earn money, and defend the Portal until you can afford the ultimate upgrade and retire. Win by buying the most expensive upgrade, but lose if the portal’s health hits 0%.

NOTE: After pressing the "Fullscreen" button in the bottom right corner the screen may go blank. Just click anywhere to bring it back to life.

How to Start

Souls appear from the portal in the center of the screen. They match the 9 circles of Hell (like Limbo or Violence) and give you more money if they’re from deeper circles. Build chambers to capture the souls and earn money.

Building Chambers

• Click and drop chambers onto the map to capture souls. Each chamber is for a specific circle (e.g., a Greed chamber for Greed souls)
• If a soul can't find a chamber to rest at, it’ll vanish after a while, hurting your portal a little
• Chambers earn money based on how many souls they hold (up to 100%) and what circle of Hell they represent (deeper circles earn more)
• Clicking chambers speeds up its money-making countdown

Earning Money

Money comes regularly from chambers based on captured souls. Higher-circle souls give more cash.

Defenses

• Place defenses to shoot demons that try to attack your portal
• Some defenses can boost the damage or range of nearby defenses

Upgrades

• Use money to buy upgrades like increasing damage or range. Check the upgrade panel for options
• Upgrades include increasing overall damage, speed, and soul chamber capacity
• The last upgrade ($1,000,000) wins the game and lets you retire

Portal Protection

• Demons will show up to steal souls from chambers or attack your portal
• Clicking the portal to make souls arrive faster
• If demons steal souls or hit the portal, its health drops. If it reaches 0%, you lose

Camera Controls:

• Drag with the left mouse button to move the camera around
• Use the mouse wheel to zoom in or out

Tooltips

• Mouse over defenses to see their description and damage per second (DPS)
  
• Defenses, chambers, and other items show what effect they have and their details

Gameplay Tips

• Balance building chambers and defenses to earn money and defend against demons
• Watch for high-value souls from deeper circles to boost your cash
• Use upgrades wisely to strengthen your defenses and protect your portal
• Defense boosts stack so take advantage of them!
• Lost souls that cannot find a space in a chamber will vanish to eternity and do damage to your portal

Have fun harvesting souls and ruling the 9 circles!

Credits

• Graphics by Oryx Design Lab
• Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
• Pixel Art GUI by HONETi

Music, YouTube, and Twitch

Streamers, conquer the 9 circles of 'Nine' worry-free! All music and sound effects are copyright-free and royalty-free, perfect for streaming on YouTube, Twitch, or beyond. Share the infernal journey!

PS if you do end up streaming this please drop a comment with a link. I'd love to see your gameplay!