The Lunar Lighthouse

An arcade platformer game about climbing a tower and fighting enemies.

Darkhouse is an extremely difficult hack-and-slash game where you fight swarms of enemies and get as far as you can through challenging levels and rooms.

It was my very first game, which I made without any prior experience in game development (programming, pixel art, game design, audio... I learned basically everything from scratch). It also went through several updates and changes as I was figuring out what I wanted it to be, and even though I'm happy with it now, I plan on making an expanded and improved version sometime in the future.

Features

There are 5 levels with increasing difficulty and different themes, each with a series of rooms to clear and checkpoints at the beginning, middle, and end. In higher difficulties, some or all of these checkpoints are disabled.
Your only weapon is a close-range glaive. You have 10 health and start with 3 lives, and after dying you respawn at the last checkpoint.
There are 5 different enemy types. Some fly back and forth, while others charge at you directly. Some also have ranged attacks.
A boss must be fought at the end of each level. They perform actions on timed intervals, such as dashing towards you, attacking if your close enough, or using special abilities.
The ending features 2 unique cutscenes and a final boss battle, and after beating the game you unlock a secret minigame.
Your high scores are saved to an in-game scoreboard, and there are also in-game achievements (and broken Newgrounds medals).