The Darkness is our take on the Grow theme. The objective is quite simple: defeat the growing darkness.

Controls:
WASD - Move
Left Click - Shoot where mouse is
Right Click / Space bar - Activate aura
Escape - Suicide / Quit

There are a number of cheat codes that we made to test things. These can and will break your game if used. After you're done enjoying the game normally, I highly recommend trying them. To use one, make sure you're in the game (not the menu) and then just simply type the word. If it doesn't work, give it a second try.
power
light
dark
lich
sword
stairs
cats
death
super

And now for our rant! This time around we worked at a significantly more efficient pace. We managed to have the core "game" done in less than 24 hours. There were still tons of bugs and features that weren't in (like the boss), but everything that needed to be there was there. For our third time participating in Ludum Dare, we managed to learn a lot about how much we've grown this year. I, personally, look forward to what lesson we walk away from this Ludum Dare with and I'm incredibly happy to have participated.
We look forward to your feedback, both negative and positive!

Oh, and just a heads up? This game can get incredibly CPU intensive. You've been warned. =)

As always, OSX and Linux builds are completely untested as we have no means to do so. Use at your own risk. Also, for some reason, Avast is catching the game and not letting it run. I have no idea why this is -- it isn't giving a reason. If anyone can provide feedback on exactly how to fix this (seems to be a random Unity game issue according to the internet) that would be great.

UPDATE: Minor bug fix for audio levels not working on rare occasion, fix where two of the powerups were accidentally useless.