🧠 Bear Blog Entry — Part 1: Power Loop vs Grief Loop
Subtitle: What Happens When Vampire Survivors Has a Soul
Some games make you feel strong. Others make you feel seen. And a rare few? They make you feel haunted.
Vampire Survivors is all chaos and catharsis. You level up, auto-attack, and melt hordes in a dopamine storm. No story. No sorrow. Just you and the grind.
Then Reverie in the Shadows steps in— And it plays like the ghost of that genre.
Same gameplay rhythm. But something's off.
You’re not farming wins. You’re fighting off memories. You’re reclaiming something you lost.
Where Vampire Survivors says:
“Grow stronger. Survive longer. Break the game.”
Reverie in the Shadows says:
“Survive your own shadow. And see if anything is left after.”
It’s not a power loop. It’s a grief loop—a vigil disguised as a game.
This isn’t just roguelike. It’s grief-coded.
And that twist? That pain? That’s the point.
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