Ignis Dei
Jam Bell Games · 2025 · Adventure, Horror, Dark, Puzzle, Story Rich
PC
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About Ignis Dei
Foretold by a comet, which many regarded as a harbinger of doom, the Black Death reached Florence in 1348.The epidemic spread rapidly, killing a large portion of the population and leaving a profound impact on European society, economy, and culture.Ignis Dei is a puzzle-horror game inspired by the aforementioned events.
The player will find themselves wandering through a forest to escape the plague, solving various puzzles, interacting with mysterious creatures, exploring, observing, and becoming lost in dark and haunting environments.
What fate awaits them?
The player will find themselves wandering through a forest to escape the plague, solving various puzzles, interacting with mysterious creatures, exploring, observing, and becoming lost in dark and haunting environments.
What fate awaits them?
EXPLORATION
Every step will lead you into the unknown.PUZZLES
Interact with the Messanges.MYSTERY
Discover what lies behind the arrivial of the comet.Of the great mortality and famine that befell Florence and its surroundings, and of a comet that appeared.In the year 1348, at the end of March, a comet appeared in the sky toward the east, at the end of the sign of Virgo and the beginning of Libra—both human signs, signifying great affliction and death upon human bodies, as we shall say hereafter. The comet itself lasted only a few days, but many evils followed its ominous signs, especially upon our city of Florence.Soon after, a great mortality began, such that those who fell ill scarcely survived. More than a sixth of the citizens died, and many were the best and most beloved—both men and women. No family was spared, with two, three, or more members perishing. The plague lasted until the coming winter.(Giovanni Villani, Nuova Cronica. Florence, 1348)DISCLAIMER
Ignis Dei was originally made for the Spaghetti Horror 2025 Game Jam, as such it is a short game aimed to entertain you for about 30 minutes.Some improvements have been made for the Steam release but you might encounters bugs and some parts of the game might appear unfinished due to the short development time.We hope you will enjoy the experience nonetheless.What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Ignis Dei is a short puzzle game about a person trying to escape the black plague by running into the woods. Movement is grid-based and you're solving about five puzzles total. About two of those puzzles are a little obtuse, but otherwise it's a good time spent due to the atmosphere and the creatures you'll meet.
Beautiful.
While short it is very visually impressive even if i'd say it leans more cosmic in horror than anything else which gives it a nice atmosphere.
[b]My score: 7/10[/b] [h2]Overview[/h2] A short Lovecraftian experience set in Florence during the 1346 plague. The lack of enemies (or any real sense of threat) feels somewhat detrimental to the horror atmosphere — until you realize that "Ignis Dei" is essentially a small collection of puzzles wrapped in a simple but effective "biblically accurate meets Lovecraft" aesthetic. Enjoyable for what it is. [h2]Key Points[/h2] [*][h3]DIFFICULTY:[/h3] A couple of "Eureka!" moments, nothing mind-bending. [*][h3]PRESENTATION:[/h3] Barebones but somehow effective. [*][h3]STORY:[/h3] Vague and unobtrusive. There’s a small surprise at the end. [*][h3]GAMEPLAY/GAMEPLAY LOOP:[/h3] You crawl your way from puzzle to puzzle, collecting keys to unlock the final door. [*][h3]TECHNICAL POLISH:[/h3] I haven’t encountered any glitches or bugs. [*][h3]MONEYxCONTENT VALUE:[/h3] It’s free. If you enjoy this aesthetic, give it a try. Pay attention to the clues and you can finish it in about 20 minutes — so even if it’s not your thing, no harm done. [/list]
"Ignis Dei" is not a real, full, proper game, it's just a game jam demo that was hacked together in a short time and dumped on Steam FOR PROFIT, which is never okay. The game itself is a simple grid movement first person perspective puzzle horror game where you move around Florence in the time of the bubonic plague, and I guarantee playing hacked together, rushed game jam demos makes the bubonic plague look like a mild hangover. This is the product of a game jam, which immediately tells us it isn't a sincere piece of software. Real games take years of professional work, not a single weekend of amateur hacking. You cannot expect a product slapped together in a week or less to have any value, and "Ignis Dei" shows that these rushed game jam entries are just shovelware impersonating a real game. Badly. Also, products created in game jams were never intended for gamers. They exist only to stroke the ego of amateur developers who can't get a real job in the industry. When untalented developers put their own vanity before the needs of the player, garbage like "Ignis Dei" is the result. Imagine if airports ran a "plane jam" to see who which amateur enthusiast could build an airplane…
has nothing to do with any story and if you just want a puzzle game with some creepy elements this your game
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