Samson's Task © Beta Demo

A Castlevania (specifically Simon's Quest) and top-down Zelda inspired collectathon puzzle adventure game made in a traditional NES style using (mostly) the same artistic limitations. All custom sprites, tiles, and music! This beta demo contains the entirety of the first and second stage. Explore the town and graveyard! Find and defeat the second stage boss to receive a password to pick up where you left off in future updates! (First stage passwords from version 1.2 can be input via the hooded NPC on the starting screen, this is also where you'll receive your new password after meeting the requirements for beating stage 2)

- Explore the mysterious world of your birth and unravel it's deep dark secrets

- Collect "Love" scattered around the world and use it to purchase new items, heal, and save

- Find hidden objects and use your puzzle solving skills to progress the story

- Seek out the mysterious broken hearts in a futile attempt to understand the world and your purpose in it

- Battle spooky foes and fierce bosses armed with only your whip and courage

Game currently contains...

Broken hearts: 31

Halloween eggs: 4

Sub weapons: 3

Secret minibosses: 2

Bosses: 2

How much could you find? How far could you get? What was your time? What did you enjoy? What do you feel could be improved on? I'd love to hear all your feedback! Found a bug? Report it here as well and I will address it ASAP.

*CONTROLS* (Added as of 1.2)

(Controls may vary / not work on certain controllers)

(LOOKNG FOR TESTERS ON PLAYSTATION AND XBOX CONTROLLERS)

Arrow keys to move (Joystick or directional pad)

Enter / "Z" / or "Space" to interact / use whip (A button)

"Shift" to use equipped sub weapon (X button, may vary)

"W" or "Pgedwn" to open sub weapon menu (Y button, may vary)

"Esc" to open menu (Pressing B at any time will bring up the menu, including to exit from dialogue and choices. To avoid this in most cases selecting any item or even no item at all when prompted will push you through the choice with no effect)

(Unless it's the hound... then press B)

*KNOWN BUGS*

- (FIXED) (IF THE ARROW IS SHOWING BUT YOU CANNOT TRANSFER MAPS THEN SIMPLY BACK UP AND STEP BACK ON THE TILE AGAIN) Occasionally when being hit by an enemy at the edge of the screen the map scroll will bug out and continuously shuffle back and forth, sometimes it can be fixed by moving around a bit, sometimes it can't. If it does fix the screens may be slightly offset until you hit the edge of a map or enter and leave a building where it will even out properly again.