About This Demo

Black Hollow is a dark fantasy roguelite FPS where you play as a lone plague doctor defending a remote farmstead from waves of plague-stricken villagers. Fight through the night with your staff, lantern, and unstable plague mixtures, then use the remains of the infected to unlock new attacks, potions, and upgrades at an ancient runestone.

The town of Black Hollow has fallen to the Hollow Plague, a strange sickness that twists its victims into violent, rabid, demon-like creatures. As the last plague doctor still searching for a cure, you have retreated to an abandoned farmstead to continue your research. Each night, the infected come through the fields. Each corpse leaves behind plague ichor, organs, and corrupted materials that may bring you closer to understanding the sickness.

BECOME THE DOCTOR THE PLAGUE FEARS

Step into the mask of Aldren, a plague doctor forced to fight the disease with weapons born from the disease itself.

Survive the Night

Defend your farmstead from waves of infected peasants, rabid villagers, bloated plague victims, corrupted healers, armored guards, and stronger boss-like threats. Every night becomes more dangerous as the plague sends more of Black Hollow’s dead toward your refuge.

SURVIVE THE NIGHT

Defend the farmstead against escalating waves of plague-ridden peasants, fallen guards, corrupted doctors, and grotesque creatures.

HARVEST THE INFECTION

Every fallen enemy releases plague ichor. Gather enough before the bell tolls to increase your chances of receiving stronger rewards.

BUILD SOMETHING MONSTROUS

Combine randomized upgrades, runic powers, alchemical attacks, and permanent improvements to create increasingly destructive builds..

FIGHT YOUR WAY

Crush enemies with your staff, strike from range, throw volatile potions, and unleash plague-powered abilities.

Demo vs. Final Release

This demo represents an early version of Black Hollow and is intended to showcase the game’s core combat, atmosphere, and progression systems.

The final release is planned to include significantly more content, including:

• Additional enemy types, elite variants, and bosses

• More weapons, abilities, relics, and upgrade combinations

• Expanded permanent progression between runs

• Additional environments and encounter types

• Improved animations, visual effects, sound design, and balancing

• More polished menus, interfaces, tutorials, and accessibility options

• Further optimization, bug fixes, and quality-of-life improvements

• Additional lore and story elements surrounding Aldren and Black Hollow

Some mechanics, visuals, balance values, and content featured in the demo may be changed, expanded, or replaced before release.

The demo is not intended to represent the full scope or final quality of Black Hollow, but it provides an early look at the foundation being built for the complete game.

Key Features

First-person plague doctor combat

Wave-based survival at a remote farmstead

Roguelite upgrades and progression

Plague ichor resource collection

Ancient runestone upgrade system

Staff attacks, ranged plague shots, and thrown potions

Low-fantasy medieval horror atmosphere

Multiple infected enemy types

Dark alchemical abilities and plague-based weapons

A grim story about survival, research, and the search for a cure

Black Hollow is about surviving one more night, gathering one more sample, and pushing one step closer to the truth behind the plague.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

AI was used to troubleshoot coding issues, generate some game model assets, and some UI elements.

All code, models, and UI elements were edited and finalized by me before implementation into the game.