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Chikaro / 地下楼

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* This project is in development. 

* Demo version contains the first part of this game.

* The messages in demo version are mainly written in Japanese. English support is partial.

 「地下楼」は、光の表現を取り入れたドット絵のグラフィックが特徴の「幽体離脱2Dアクションゲーム」です。プレイヤーは幽体離脱のアクションを駆使して敵やギミックを操作しながらフィールドを探索します。

 文明が崩壊した後の世界を舞台に、主人公の「ヨカゼ」と、アンドロイドの「シグモ」が文明の残滓を辿り、過去の人物たちの残留思念を読み解き、世界の謎を解き明かしていきます。


Chikaro is a 2D action game featuring pixel art graphics that incorporate light expressions. The player uses the action of out-of-body experience to explore the field by manipulating enemies and gimmicks.

The stage is the world after the civilization collapses. The main character Yokaze and the android Sigmo follow the remnants of civilization, read the remaining thoughts of the past people, and solve the mysteries of the world.


■  ストーリー / STORY

文明崩壊後の世界。

地上には"アモルファス"と呼ばれる自律式ロボット兵器が闊歩し、大半の人々が地下避難施設「地下楼」へ収容されてから、すでに300年もの時間が経っていた。

霊能力を持つ少年ヨカゼは、山奥の遺跡の中で目覚める。記憶喪失の彼は、同じく記憶喪失のアンドロイドの少女シグモと出会う。

敵を倒し、仕掛けを解きながら遺跡を脱出したふたりは、自分たちが何者なのか知るため、荒廃した地上を旅することを決意した。

過去、この世界に何が起こったのか。その情報はほとんど伝承されていない。しかし、ヨカゼはその霊能力によって過去に生きていた人々の残留思念を読み取ることができる。

記憶を読み解き、文明の残滓を辿る。自分たちの出自を知るための二人の旅は、やがて世界の謎の中心へと繋がっていく。


The world after the collapse of civilization.

An autonomous robot weapon called "amorphous" dominates on the ground. Almost 300 years have passed since most people were detained in the underground evacuation facility "Chikaro".

Yokaze, a boy with spiritual ability, wakes up in the ruins of the mountains. He has lost his memory and meets an android girl Sigmo who also has lost her memory.

The two defeated the enemy and escaped the ruins while solving the mechanism. They decided to travel on the devastated earth to find out who they were.

What happened to this world? It is hardly handed down. However, Yokaze can read the residual thoughts of those who lived in the past by his spiritual ability.

He reads the memory and follows the remnants of civilization. Their journey to know their origin will eventually unravel the mysteries of the world.


Development: ruccho (@ruccho_vector)

Sound: MisomyL (@MisomyL), ruccho

Official Website: https://ruccho.github.io/chikaro


StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(11 total ratings)
Authorruccho
GenreAction, Adventure, Platformer
Made withUnity, Aseprite
Tags2D, Pixel Art, Unity
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesJapanese
LinksHomepage

Download

Download
Chikaro Demo for Windows, x64 (alpha-0.2.0.10) 78 MB
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Chikaro Demo for macOS, universal (alpha-0.2.0.10) 88 MB

Install instructions

For macOS, if system says that it cannot be opened due to security problem, reopen the app from right-click menu and click "Open" on the dialog.

macOSにおいて、セキュリティの問題から起動ができないというメッセージが表示された場合は、Chikaro.appの右クリックメニューより「開く」を選択してください。

Development log

Comments

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i am misomyl simp

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recent twitter post: https://twitter.com/ruccho_vector/status/1443984934599675904
HE/SHE/THEY are still working on the game!!!!!

I love the aesthetics and vibes of the game! I really wish there were more video games that would provide this experience.

i think this game has been canceled :( waiting already 1 year

Yeah, I think so too. It's a shame they didn't post any socials to their other accounts. I would love to see their other projects.

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I did some digging and found their github: https://github.com/ruccho

Here's another one of their games that's on a Japanese website: https://unityroom.com/games/colonies

i visit their twitter and i think they are still working ?


I am blown away. Even though I can't speak Japanese, I still managed my way through the demo and will totally support this even if it never gets localization. Absolutely adored my time with this. The game is beautiful, ambient and just perfect. I dig around Itchio a lot and these are the moments it makes it all worthwhile. Love it.

this is really cool unfortunately it's all in japanese so I've been getting stuck at some levels just because i have no idea what i'm supposed to do. but there is some english telling you what keys so that good. and the art and attack combos/animations  are soo beautiful and clean! really good job so far & great level design, 8/10!

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wow, an anime style 2d pixel game, i would really buy this if it's done and i hope the german language will be there (because i'm german) or at least english

and pls also export it for 32bit

edit: (i'm also a programmer and using Unity, if i could get the project , i can make a german and english tranlation for it)

edit(2):(Pls make the game more palyable bc it lag soo much)

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Great work. I don’t read Japanese but I was able to make it through the game just fine, if anyone is curious about trying it but worried about the language. Here’s a recording for the itch.io YouTube channel:

My feedback: The game is really beautiful, and the atmosphere is great. The abilities & gameplay is cool and I think there’s a lot of potential for a full release. The jumping is floaty and the time freeze while attacking hurts the flow of the combat IMO. Regardless, it’s still really well made. I’m excited to see where this goes.

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this game looks awsome but i cant play its in japanes and plz trasalt soon to english

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When I de-compiled/extracted the game assets to translate it, they did not have localised assets. In other words, the text in the game was hard-coded in, making translating much harder.

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I de-compiled and re-compiled Assembly-CSharp.dll, it had some data that I could translate, however I'm beginning to suspect the main text data is located in level0 etc. I'm sure I looked last time, correct me if I'm wrong. Yes, it appears text data is located in level0 and so on, currently I can view the data and have a method which logically should work to recompile it.

i have no idea what u just said

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Thank you for playing my game! I can't afford to translate it into English myself, but I'm working on creating a localization system and localization editor for Chikaro. Please be patient as the text of this game may be easily localized!

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Being that I live in the US I don't understand entirely what is going on from the story perspective, nor do I entirely understand the menus, but it is indeed playable and, with a little experimentation, managed to figure a few things out! I'm loving this game so far! Do you plan to translate the game into English and will the final game be released on Switch??

When will the option to switch languages come out?

sei la