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Tower of Samsara is an adventure pixel art platform game that represents an adventure which the player will seek spiritual ascent. The in-game “kopper” is not a character, its an avatar representing the player; The game mixes a lot of lores and concepts, mainly from buddhism, the solar system, and philosophy. As the wheel of life, that spins indefinetely, will be the challenges that take the player through the planets of the solar system, collecting good karma, until reach of nirvana. The game has a unique spatial-medieval aesthetics, and will feature collaboration between players – you can share a haiku with players on the same map. The game lore will include a lot of philosofical ideology, such as platonism and stoicism. The game starts with the Plato's allegory of the cave – you need to get out of the cave to see further.

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Now we will present The UI style of our game, title screen, pause menu and write message menu. The message system will be similar to dark souls in the sense that ou can leave messages though the scenario.

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Continuing development, we recently implemented the first UI windows.

First, we present the message writing window. The message system will be similar to dark souls in the sense that ou can leave messages though the scenario.

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In our game, you will leave a 3 line poetry, also called "haikai" from the japanese culture, to inspire, help, or even trick other players.

Also, the pause window, a simple menu inside the game.

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Following, this is the effect of fixed messages that appear through the game. Besides the player messages, some fixed messages will exist through the world.

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Now to the title screen, still to be animated.

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Now leaving the Ui a bit to focus on gameplay. Here is a portal opening. Portals will open once you find the seals to open it.

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And for last but not least, the critters will be creatures that will add immersion and life to the scenario. You will be able to interact with them in various ways.

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Thats it for now! We are going fast on development and hope to have a demo build soon!

Thanks a lot!

Martelo Nero Team

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ICHNICERO
ICHNICERO - - 622 comments

Kinda has a Hyper Light Drifter thing going on... Pretty sweet!

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