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Oxtail Games has announced its first game. PhoboPhobia.

Enter the depths of your mind in a 2D Roguelike – Dungeon Crawler game that will challenge your skills.

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July 9, 2024

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Oxtail Games :

Barcelona, Spain, July 9th 2024.
 
Indie game developer Oxtail Games announced a few days ago the studio first game.
 
PhoboPhobia is a 2D Roguelike - Dungeon Crawler game.


The game is highly based on The Binding of Isaac with minimalistic aesthetics and action combat similar to Undertale.
 
In PhoboPhobia we will immerse in a labyrinthine neural world where we will have to destroy the worst phobias that haunt us.

To achieve such a feat, we will find objects that will help us to improve our character or change the world around us.

During our travel we will meet good friends who will help us to complete our goal.
Fight all your phobias in a turn-based combat and get the peace you seek.


Choose your class

Naked with a stick? Armor to protect you? Daggers with poison?
Choose how you want to face your phobias and destroy them all!!
Each class has different stats and unique abilities!


Explore and collect
                                                                                                                       
Go into your mind and navigate through the vast network of neurons.
Get items that will improve your character to free them from your phobias and get rewards for it.
Discover secrets, hidden places and make friends along the way!


Meet friends

Everyone knows that adventures are always more bearable if you are accompanied by people willing to help you. You will find the best professionals that will make your way easier.


Fight your phobias
 
Fight against them in a frantic turn-based combat!
Dodge all the attacks they throw at you with your great moving skills!
Move from side to side, jump, dash, cling to the wall, do whatever it takes to avoid being hit!
The game is currently in an early stage of development. It is expected to be released by the end of 2025 (Q4 2025).


The studio is looking for funding/publisher.
 
Useful Links:
-Web: https://oxtailgames.com/games
-Link to the build: https://oxtail-games.itch.io/phobo-phobia
-Guide with detailed information about the game: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_9xwKnBKzxUTGL4AKpNx9kXPnunRYXByhz6pmTkuZHE/edit?usp=drive_link


About Oxtail Games
 
Oxtail Games is a new video game developer driven by a solo developer named Adrià.
After years in the industry, he decided to take his own path and start a new adventure creating a studio to develop his first game, PhoboPhobia.

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