Blessed Surface

Blessed Surface is an open-world 2d platformer, mixing the depth of its complex, detailed areas, with fast-paced, chaotic gameplay. Relaxed exploration, a skill-rewarding, diverse combat system, and high potential character-building make up the core of the game.

▬ You can equip two weapons, which have two unique attacks each. A wide range of builds with diverse movesets is available. You'll need to find weapons that combo well together, and can adapt to any situation.

▬ Use your finishing move to destroy enemies with style!

▬ Timed blocking and other mechanics reward speed and accuracy.

▬ Collect ammo that drops from defeated creatures, and use your gunner mode on any annoying or hard to reach enemies.

▬ Collect armor, guns, melee weapons, and passive or triggered perks. Find what works well together and make your own playstyle!

▬ Nearly every creature you meet has a chance to drop its heart. Hearts give you one passive and one triggered perk, and you can have up to three hearts active!

▬ Hatch a creature as your pet! With a huge amount of potential pets, find the weirdest one to be your companion!

▬ Every armor set has a unique finishing move, as well as a luck stat that gives you a higher chance to meet special encounters.

▬ Level up your weapons by hitting stuff with them!

▬ Events, both random and based on the real-time clock, ensure that you'll always see something different each play session, from different creatures emerging at certain hours, to daily bosses, to flowers changing color throughout the year.

▬ There's also an in-game ecosystem. Every monster you kill makes an impact on the population. Monsters breed and lay eggs. They multiply with the passing of every real-time day. They have favorite foods, and fight each other. It's a living world.

▬ Lore and writing fleshes out a fairy tale-esque world, telling you fantastical stories about its unusual inhabitants through various sources, including item descriptions and an in-depth NPC dialogue system.

And perhaps, if you are determined, you might just find the Blessed Surface...## Features

*** A seamless, dungeon-like open world, including portals, secret passages, and more * Large population of unique enemies and bosses * Skill-based combat system, with different weapons, armor, guns, and perks for variety * Functioning ecosystem allowing for creature population control, invasive species, and other innovative mechanics * Random and timed events * Keyword-based dialogue system, hiding many secrets if you know what to ask, allowing players to take conversation at their own pace * Deep lore and stories to discover * Basic two-player online multiplayer; players are synchronized, enemies from another player's world are not (easily join via Steam, no port forwarding or setup required)**## Why open-world, rather than a Metroidvania?

There are a few subtle differences, in both level design, and the way content is structured. Metroidvanias are usually based on going from place to place to find new things and unlock new areas, whereas this game contains more dynamic systems to give you a unique and fresh experience no matter where in the map you are!

For making it to the end, you have been blessed by the Biter of good fortune.

Source: Steam Store Description