Melodescent

Explore an interconnected world, gain new abilities, fight challenging bosses, solve mysteries, and more!

This is an exploration platformer inspired by the likes of Hollow Knight and La Mulana featuring

• Non-linear level design
• Abilities that dramatically alter your mobility as you progress
• Knowledge based unlocks through puzzles and clues

It started as a rhythm platformer, but it turns out it's difficult to make a platformer fun when you fail a critical jump because you pushed the key out of time with the music! However it retains these roots in the form of cooldowns, hazards, enemy attacks, and more still being tied to the music - so it still feels like you're moving in time with the music without being punished too severely if you miss timing.

The game is still very early in the prototyping stage, so expect a lot of jank and placeholders everywhere. This is something I'm working on in my spare time so it's going to take a long time! Some of the next goals are:

• More different enemies / more interesting combat
• Non-hostile npcs with dialogue
• Many more areas to spread things out and flatten some of the difficulty curve
• More elaborate puzzles
• More secrets
• Reactive music

Download the prototype to try it out, or listen to demo soundtrack on bandcamp. And keep an eye on this page for updates!