Press release:
Barcelona, Spain. September 8th, 2022.
The Barcelona-based (Spain) indie games publisher JanduSoft and indie games developer Dume Games Studio, are today very happy and excited to announce that their retro-like Metroidvania “Astronite – Landing on Neplea” (which is the prologue to the video game “Astronite“) is now available for PC via Steam.
You will meet Astronite, a space explorer who has traveled to his home planet to confront an evil enemy.
Just before arriving something hits his ship and he ends up crashing on the surface of Neplea. A complicated landing, but who tried to kill our dear Astronite?. In this prologue you can play the beginning of this amazing Metroidvania.
Astronite will be released on all platforms in November of this year. In the final version you will find an incredible metroidvania with a fantastic pixel-art. The complete game has a lot of secrets, power-ups, different zones and bosses that will not make it easy for our dear space explorer.
Features:
Play the begining of the game and meet Astronite.
Defeat Kronch, the first boss of this adventure.
Original soundtrack created by zeeWave Sound.’
About Astronite – Landing on Neplea:
Astronite Landing on Neplea is the prologue of this fantastic 1bit metroidvania that combines action, exploration, puzzles and platforms. Play the beginning of this fantastic space adventure.
Mission 2205 is the last big chance for the ancient inhabitants of Neplea. Long ago the inhabitants of Neplea discovered that a strange Entity lived in the core of the planet. They studied it carefully but were never able to decipher the riddle.
After a while, the Entity created a great army which ended up taking their home from the inhabitants of Neplea. Now it’s Astronite’s turn, an intrepid space adventurer who will have to do everything possible to expel the invaders from his planet once and for all.
About JanduSoft:
JanduSoft provides “publishing” and “porting” services to developers to bring their games to consoles. We take pride in delivering their games to Xbox/PS4/PS5/Nintendo Switch.
The team has a great mix of passion, experience and is led by people who have shipped multiple games globally.
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Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
Twitter: @TheGamingGround
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Tags: Astronite, DUME Game Studio, Indie games, JanduSoft, Metroidvania, Nintendo Switch, PC games, PS4, PS5, Retro games, Steam