Iji
Iji is a freeware 2D action game featuring over-the-top explosions, specialization through stat upgrades, an original story, and hidden secret areas.
StoryEarth is under attack by evil aliens called "Tasen".
It's up to the cyborg Iji to save the remaining people of the planet. She is guided by her brother Dan through loudspeakers that are placed throughout the levels. Dan convices Iji to call on an alien taskforce consisting of a different alien race, the Komato, to help Iji wipe out the Tasen. But the Komato are not the salvation that Dan and Iji thought they were. In actuality they, also, try to destroy the Earth and all its inhabitants, because their sworn enemies the Tasen are there - fleeing from the ruthless Komato.GameplayThe combat in Iji is real time, each enemy has a Nano-shield that can be taken down a number of ways before the actual enemy can be defeated, once the enemy is defeated Iji can assimilate the remnants of their nanoshield to gain experience.Iji can access 8 basic weapons unlocked through skill points and these weapons can be combined to create new more powerful weapons provided that Iji's crack stat is high enough.For example, combining the Shotgun and Machine gun will give Iji the Buster gun, a more powerful automatic shotgun which uses machinegun ammo.InfluencesDaniel Remar, creator of Iji, has admitted that System Shock 2 was a major influence, despite the game being almost nothing like System Shock 2.The game also has echoes of Castlevania and Metroid and utilizes some basic cover mechanics from games like kill.switchSoundtrackThe music for Iji was done by Chris Geehan and Dan Byrne McCullough with the exception of Further by VNV Nation.The music for Iji also had some contributions from Tom Mauritzon and Daniel Remar.Make Your Mind Up - Chris Geehan & Dan Byrne McCulloughKinda Green - Chris Geehan & Dan Byrne McCullough3 Cans Later - Chris Geehan & Dan Byrne McCulloughWelcome to the Party, Pal - Chris Geehan & Dan Byrne McCulloughFor Stronger Bones - Chris Geehan & Dan Byrne McCulloughSeven Four - Chris Geehan & Dan Byrne McCulloughFace to Face - Tom MauritzonTor - Chris Geehan & Dan Byrne McCulloughFurther - Composed by VNV Nation (Covered and performed by LifeForce; edited for length by Daniel Remar)Main menu - Men And You - Chris GeehanLevel Clear - Chris Geehan & Dan Byrne McCulloughDark Stroke - Chris Geehan & Dan Byrne McCulloughLightstroke - Light Stroke - Chris Geehan & Dan Byrne McCulloughAll That Can Wait - Chris Geehan & Dan Byrne McCulloughHade Shade - Chris Geehan & Dan Byrne McCulloughGlass Soldier - Chris Geehan & Dan Byrne McCulloughAsha - Chris Geehan & Dan Byrne McCulloughGame Over - Chris Geehan & Dan Byrne McCulloughHero (Wretched8 Remix) - Composed by Machinae Supremacy (Covered by Captain Goodnight)Doom - Chris Geehan & Daniel Remar½ fabrikat - Internal SFX sequence player by Daniel RemarLinksOfficial Website
