Garden Souls Demo Hits Steam Ahead of Multi-Platform Launch
A demo arriving roughly a week after the game's announcement, with wishlist sign-ups already past 10,000, gives the Brazilian studio behind the Game Awards 2023-nominated Pocket Bravery an early read on demand before committing to a four-platform launch.
Reporting from 1 source: Denfaminicogamer.
Statera Studio has released a free Steam demo for Garden Souls, a pixel-art roguelite side-scroller where players pick one of four princesses and fight to save a garden from a corruption called Mandrake. The demo adds elements from feedback gathered during a public playtest in early September and includes part of the story. A full release is planned for Steam, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox.
The demo builds on a public playtest held in early September, and Statera says it folds in changes drawn from that feedback. Alongside the combat, players get a slice of the story, which the studio is keeping quiet about. The game's pitch rests on a combo system borrowed from fighting game design: a Cancel Gauge lets players chain attacks into dashes, jumps, and specials, and elemental attributes stack into synergies. Each princess plays differently, and runs unlock Strikers, allies that fight alongside you.
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