Chasm is a retro, action, side scrolling RPG that will test your skills and tug at your Metroid loving heartstrings. We know you love randomly generated dungeons and Chasm gives you that randomness with the added special touch of hand-crafted rooms. Everybody say oooh “oooooooooooh!!”.
Chasm is also going to bring you leaderboards, permadeath hardcore modes, spells, weapons, magic, mini-bosses, mega-bosses and all you need to do is pledge your love and money to Kickstarter to make this a reality. In a move we wish more Kickstarters would take the team at Discord Games have even released a demo so you can check it out live. Don’t have time to play, then take a minute and check out the trailer read up on the awesomeness of Chasm in the press release below.
Source Link: YouTube | Chasm on Kickstarter | http://www.chasmgame.com/
PRESS RELEASE
New Chasm Demo and Trailer
April 26, 2013 – Discord Games is excited to announce the release of an updated demo and new trailer for Chasm. Chasm is a 2D action-RPG platformer currently in development for Windows, Mac, and Linux. The game features procedurally-generated Metroid-style dungeons and authentic 16-bit pixel art. Discord is raising funds for development of Chasm throughKickstarter, and is currently 65% funded with 16 days left. The updated demo contains overhauled graphics, two new game modes, mappable keyboard controls, fan translation support, tweaks and bug fixes.
In Chasm, players take up the role of a soldier passing through a remote mining town on their journey home from a long war. The town’s miners have recently disappeared after breaching a long-forgotten temple far below the town, and reawakened an ancient slumbering evil. Now trapped in the town by supernatural forces, you’re left with no option but to explore the mines below, battle enemies and bosses, and increase your abilities in hopes of finally escaping and returning home.
Features
– Explore Metroid-like dungeons procedurally assembled from hand-crafted rooms in six diverse areas.
– Challenging retro gameplay and gorgeous authentic pixel art (320×180 native resolution)
– Discover new special abilities and powers to reach previously inaccessible areas
– Play how you want by equipping weapons, spellbooks, shields, and more to both hands
– Uncover random loot drops and rare items
– Battle massive bosses & mini-bosses
– Includes Normal and Hardcore (Scored with Permadeath) Modes
– Leaderboards for Hardcore playthroughs featuring quickest time, least damage taken, and more
– Windows, Mac, & Linux versions with Gamepad support
Links
Kickstarter – http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/discordgames/chasm
Trailer – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_-BHR5vo5E
Press Page (screenshots/trailer/logos) – http://discordgames.com/presskit/sheet.php?p=chasm
Official Site – http://www.chasmgame.com
Quotes
“…a stunning sidescrolling Action-RPG” – PC Gamer
“… the Metroidvania I’ve been waiting for” – Destructoid
“…astonishingly gorgeous” – Gamespy
“…it would probably be hard for any old-school gamer to walk away” -Cinema Blend
About Us
Discord Games is a small independent game studio founded by James Petruzzi in 2011. Our goal is to combine modern game design with classic 2D gameplay. Our debut release Take Arms was released on XBLIG in August 2011, was featured in the Indie Games Summer Uprising, and has sold over 20,000 copies to date. We remastered our formerly unreleased 2009 title 48 Chambers for Windows and XBLIG in 2012. Since late 2012 we’ve been hard at work on Chasm.
Contact
Email: team@discordgames.com
Web: discordgames.com
Twitter: @DiscordGames
Facebook: facebook.com/DiscordGames
