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"Metroidbrania" gets first demo.
July 22, 2024
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
Moonlight Kids :
PORTLAND, JULY 22, 2024 - Moonlight Kids, the team behind The Wild at Heart, is excited to release the first public demo of their new upcoming game Echo Weaver, a unique time loop puzzle box, metroidbrania platformer filled with plenty of mysterious atmosphere. The demo is available on Steam as part of the Time Masters Festival celebrating time manipulation games, starting today. The demo is around 30 minutes long and has players solve a deceptively simple puzzle through platforming and discovery. It’s up to you to explore, find shortcuts, locate new abilities and other secrets that will help you get there in time.
About Echo Weaver
Echo Weaver is a time loop metroidBRAINia where time is your currency and secrets are your only upgrades. You are the last Weaver, remnant of a ruined society trapped in a fatal time loop. Uncover their story - and your own - as you explore what remains. Use each loop to chip away at the mystery, exploring beautifully drawn biomes, helping quirky survivors, and tracking down leads. Fine-tune your skills to blaze through new routes, harvest potent “echoes”, and exploit time as a valuable currency. Unearth powerful secrets to reshape the timeline and master the loop, weaving a new fate for all those trapped within. When faced with eternity, knowledge is the only gear you need.
TIME IS YOUR CURRENCY: The loop itself is a consumable resource: grab pickups to extend it, then draw from it to unlock gates, heal, trade, and more.
SECRETS ARE YOUR GEAR : No upgrades, no unlocks, just secrets. In the "metroidbrainia", you can already do everything, you just don't know how yet.
RICH, QUIRKY CHARACTERS: Unravel a deep narrative driven by a motivated, memorable cast. Explore the nature of relationships bound by a loop.
MYSTERY & DISCOVERY: Explore a living, handcrafted world bound to the tick of the loop. In Provenance, secrets hide around every corner.
For more information on Echo Weaver, visit https://www.moonlightkids.co/echo-weaver. Follow them on Twitter.
For special interview requests, get in touch with [email protected].
Find the game on Steam.
About Moonlight Kids
Moonlight Kids is a collaborative indie development team spread across Portland, OR, Atlanta, GA, and Spokane, WA with the goal of creating outstanding games while nurturing positive growth, collaboration, and opportunities in the games community. Their first game, The Wild at Heart, an action-adventure game with li'l buddies, came out in 2021 on all major platforms.
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