Hello everyone, I'm officially announcing I'm revisiting this project and giving the game a much need update. The original alpha build has been archived and a brand new updated demo has just been released today. Huge thanks to everyone who played the last demo. 

This brand new demo is a complete overhaul of the original game. Many things including the theme, graphics, gameplay, and yōkai have been completely reworked. Here is the full change log:

Gameplay Changes:

• Added a dash ability
• Added shield bar to player which reduces received knockback while active
• Now summon an Oni Core by collecting 5 shards that spawn every wave to enter Oni Fever for 30 seconds.
  • While in Oni Fever:
    •  Speed +50%
    • Weapon Damage +50%
    •  Knockback Resistance +50%
    • Jump Height +50%
    • Shield Damage Reduction +50%
    • Grapple Recharge Rate + 90%
    • Gain Triple Shot
    • Dash Cooldown -50%
• Added Wave Events to shake things up:
  • A strong wind will appear on certain waves
• Stage environment reworked!
• Wave Progression:
  • Lowered amount of yōkai that spawn per wave.
  • Yōkai now spawn faster

Game Balance:

• Onibi:
  • Decreased damage from 300 to 100
• Tenome:
  • Decreased weight from 3 to 2.5
  • Now only punch horizontally
  • Now fall downwards when hit
  • Can no longer be stun locked out of charging animation by bullets
  • Increased attacking range: 15 to 20m
  • Increased charging time for punches: 1s to 2.5s
  • Punches aim better
  • Base knockback decreased from 400 to 200
• Player:
  • Base movement speed increased by 100%
  • Movement speed gets increased by 10% while in mid-air
  • Gauntlet Shotgun Blast:
    • Now boosts the player up
    • Number of bullets increased from 25 to 30
    • Spread increased by 66%
  • Grapple:
    • No longer gains energy from damaging enemies
    • Energy from killing enemies increased
    • Energy requirement increased by 50%
    • Passive energy gain increased by 133%
    • Knockback increased by 400%

New Additions:

• Chōchibi: Watch out for these living paper lanterns, if they get too close they'll explode!
• Wanyūdo: They're rolling in, be careful of the fireballs they shoot!
• New unlockable weapons:
  • Cherry Bomb: Launches fireworks that explode when releasing the fire button!
  • Cyclone: Charges up and shoots out tornadoes!
• Added Achievement System
• Added unlockable leader board username banners!
• Added News System
• Full Leaderboards can be seen from the main menu.
• Added a codex to the game that displays entries on yōkai, weapons, and tutorials!

Quality of Life:

• Platforms and yōkai now have extended grapple hit-boxes to make aiming the grapple easier.
• Added an indicator of where the grapple will land.
•  Added indicators for the last few yōkai of a wave.
• Added Hand charging/punching sounds
• Gong plays after a wave is completed
• Full leaderboard can be viewed on death screen
• Made improvements to UI and Menus
• Added more Audio options.
• Added more Control configuration settings.
• Added menus to completely rebind all Keyboard and Controller buttons.
• Username changes are updated immediately
• Added controller support*

*May not work with Nintendo Pro Controller through a wired connection

Bug Fixes:

•  Fixed a bug that prevented wave progression
• Enemies no longer get stuck underneath platforms
• Fixed a bug where Tenome could chain punches without charging between them
• Fixed issues when aiming the grapple at platforms from below
• Immensely decreased likelihood of getting stuck while grappling
• Grapple will break if the player doesn't reach its destination within a certain amount of time.
• Fixed issues with the profile settings menu
• Fixed some sounds not stopping when the game is paused
• Fixed a bug where spaces in usernames displayed as "+" on the leader board
• Fixed an exploit were diagonal movement was faster
• Tenome will now flash when hit
• Fixed erratic shotgun spread