Run, gun and explore an open undercity in this otherworldly non-linear Metroidvania adventure about the Old Gods, strange creatures and the remnants of a lost world!

## About This Game

Enter Bahlam, a sunken city of the Old Gods, located deep in the South
Atlantic Ocean. Following a shipwreck, adventurer and maritime archaeologist
Nikolay Bernstein regains consciousness 36.000 feet under the sea. He’s
severely wounded and unwillingly connected to a supernatural Buddy-unit.
Searching for answers about his displacement our main protagonist digs deep
into the lost undercity, gradually realizing an ominous presence hollowing in
its shadowed caverns.

On your journey home you will share your fate with a friendly tribe of mining
creatures, the Wozan, who fear the Old Gods and strive to get back to the
surface since their ancestors had been enslaved 5000 years ago. Some of them
were able to flee and founded secret colonies deep inside the sunken ruins,
others are still exploited by the hostile creatures that have overtaken the
city since the Old Gods suddenly disappeared.

Experience real non-linear Metroidvania gameplay and uncover five distinct
areas, all with remarkable puzzles, environmental hazards, epic boss
encounters and captured Wozan to uncage. Your Buddy unit will procedurally map
the area and function as a handy quality of life tool that can be controlled
at will to manipulate your surroundings using various abilities like hacking,
scanning, and telekinesis.

Explore Bahlam with high freedom of movement like climbing, crawling and
diving right from the start. As you progress your set of options will expand
by discovering ancient weapon systems, suit upgrades and hacking protocols for
your droid. All gear will be carefully balanced in terms of combat abilities
and has to be used selectively to overcome specific hazards and puzzles.

The local Co-Op option invites a second player to explore and experience this
adventure together by taking control over the invincible Buddy unit. Support
each other on your journey home, solve puzzles and overcome Bahlam’s hostile
maze. This will also provide an opportunity for team-speedrunning as a very
unique take on the scene.

Outbuddies DX is a humble budget project but that does not mean it will run
poorly or lack the quality of life features. All pixel art will scale crisp
and free of distortion artifacts to your native screen resolution. The game
runs at 60 FPS. A hybrid physics engine ensures realistic accelerations and
object movements while maintaining the pixel perfect control of the old
classics. Enemy and boss AIs are carefully crafted and will kick your ass in a
Souls-like manner! Outbuddies DX also supports various mappable devices like
keyboard, mouse and multiple gamepads to ensure you´re able to play with your
preferred setup. We listen to feedback, so shoot us a mail anytime!

* Explore an open vibrant fantasy world
* Real Metroidvania gameplay with lots of gear, puzzles and Easter eggs
* Unique dual-hero scheme with local Co-Op support
* Epic boss battles & believable enemy AIs
* Intriguing narrative and memorable characters
* High freedom of movement @ 60 FPS
* Handcrafted pixel art with distortion-free scaling to your native display resolution
* Support for various input devices & key rebinding
* Original soundtrack by OGRE music

OUTBUDDIES DX