⚔︎ Chalice of Highland ⚔︎
⚔︎ Embark on an epic adventure inspired by Gameboy aesthetics. Explore the world and dive into six challenging dungeons to recover the Chalice of Miracles ⚔︎
* The game is currently in development. This is the demo version of the game.
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I'm a fan of the freedom offered by Zelda 1, where you're dropped into a map full of monsters with only one piece of advice: "It's dangerous to go alone! Take this!"
Despite its difficulty, I love the technical and precise gameplay of Zelda 2. Unfortunately, too few games have built upon what Zelda 2 achieved at the time.
Like many others, I was captivated by Zelda: Breath of the Wild, particularly by its climbing-based movement system, which offers great freedom of exploration. I decided to combine the structure of Zelda 1, the gameplay of Zelda 2, and the freedom of movement from Breath of the Wild, mixing them together in my own way in this game, which I hope you'll enjoy!
Planned for the full version
- Paid game (low price)
- Available on Steam and Itch.io for PC, Playstore for Android Mobile
- Language: English only, but the game will have very little text (menu and introduction available in the demo)
- The demo represents the beginning of the final game
- Inspired by Gameboy and Zelda (especially Zelda 2)
- Quest composed of 7 dungeons. First on Demo, 5 central dungeons and one final dungeon Each of the 5 dungeons will have a different core mechanic
- Between 16 and 20 new enemies
- During the quest, you will encounter a different boss in each dungeon (7 boss in total)
- Between 7 and 9 dreams telling the story of our hero throughout the quest
Credits
- All sound effects are generated on ChipTone (https://sfbgames.itch.io/chiptone). Thanks to SFBGames for this great software!
- All game music consists of royalty-free classical music
- Developed on Unity (2021.3.20f1)
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Development log
- Developement Progress - 13/05/20251 day ago
- Developement Progress - 13/04/202531 days ago
- Developement Progress - 12/03/202563 days ago
- Developement Progress - 14/02/202590 days ago
- Addition of French, Spanish and Catalan languageFeb 02, 2025
- Developement Progress - 14/01/2025Jan 14, 2025
- Developement Progress - 12/12/2024Dec 12, 2024
- Developement Progress - 13/11/2024Nov 13, 2024
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I was feeling nostalgic today and wanted to play those old Paulok fangames that you made a while back (I was obsessed with them during the pandemic lmao) and when I saw that you were promoting a new game of yours (well, a "new" game announced a year ago that is, I am REALLY late to the party on that one), I immediately went to check it. I wasn't expecting much at first but after playing this demo, I must say that I was blown away by it ! You can tell that this is your passion project, and while it is a bit simple, it sure is damn charming game !
The Gameboy style fits really well and, for once, it doesn't feel like a random "#soretro" game in black and white, everything from the character desing to the music (I especially loved when Winter by Vivaldi played during the boss fight ^^) remind me of real Gameboy games. Form the the game's description, you seemed to have been inspired by Zelda II but it's also close to a Metroid II imo (the Gameboy aesthetic might help on that) and it honestly blend well together. The 16:9 aspect is pretyy sweet I must say, for those who would want a more "authentic" experience, there is a 4:3 ratio though I haven't played with it turned on so I can't really tell but it seems that the game works fine with it as well.
Overall, this was a really great demo and I am looking forward to see the full game as soon as it released, I already put it in my Steam's wishlist ! It's amazing to see how far you've came since your first games in th Godot engine, I hope that your game will find the public that it definitively needs !
EL FAMOSO MrNinchat qui a attendu une ÉTERNITÉ la suite de Paulok !
Comme tu es français je vais répondre en français (j'ai un très très très mauvais niveau en anglais).
Gros merci pour ton commentaire qui m'a fait très plaisir !
Le projet est bien de faire un truc plus "gros" que les autres jeux que j'ai faits tout en restant réaliste (être 1 dev tout seul et ne pas passer 7 ans dessus).
Tu ne loupes pas grand-chose à tester que maintenant vu que je suis en MÉGA phase de finition (équilibrage, détails qui vont pas, sons manquants...). L'objectif c'est de le finir complètement avant la fin du mois et d'être dispo milieu / fin juin (manière d'être large pour Steam).
L'idée était bien au départ de reproduire au maximum l'effet Gameboy (avec le format, le petit effet d’ombrage léger des pixels...) même si j’ai vite plus respecté les limites de la Gameboy ! Le 16/9 est là surtout pour éviter de repousser les gens qui ont du mal avec le format carré (le fait que Shovel Knight soit à la fois inspiré de la NES et full 16/9 m’a rassuré).
Mais c'était aussi et principalement de faire le jeu que je voulais et pas juste style "rétro" comme tu dis.
Le style graphique vient principalement du fait que c’est plus du dessin numérisé et retouché que du pixel art à zéro. Et comme je ne dessine pas SUPER bien, ça a tendance à être le même style. Pour la musique c’est une contrainte / choix. Comme je ne sais pas faire de la musique, que je ne connais personne pouvant en faire pour tout le jeu et que je n’étais pas super chaud pour de la musique Gameboy libre de droits, j’ai trouvé ce compromis : musiques classiques libres de droits que j’ai modifiées pour que ça sonne "Gameboy" (je trouve que le résultat est pas si mal et crée une bonne ambiance).
Ayant pas mal joué, oui, y’a clairement de la grosse inspiration Metroid 2 ! J’ai un peu simplifié la description en indiquant Zelda 2 car ça reste le point de départ. J’aime BEAUCOUP Zelda 2 même avec ses GROS défauts et j’ai toujours trouvé dommage qu’il n’y ait pas eu d’autres tentatives en vue de côté (La Philips CDI n’existe pas (*_*) ). Après y’a plein d’autres inspi à droite à gauche, je suis resté simple dans la description (Zelda 1 pour la structure du jeu, Breath of the Wild pour la jauge, Journey pour le vol, Half-Life pour le côté décors détruits où tu te dis que tu passes pas, Skyrim pour l’XP obtenu par une "action" liée, et d’autres jeux que j’ai plus en tête
PS : J’aurais bien aimé faire un Paulok 3 si KYU N’AVAIT PAS ÉTOUFFÉ PAULOK AVEC SON GROS CUL AAAAHHHH POURQUOI Y’A PLUS DE VIDÉO !!!!!!!
I just played the demo today and was already sold on the game. The gameplay and movement system is overall very sold! I love the different attack options you have integrated, such as the ability to attack upwards and crouching and even the iconic down thrustfrom Zelda 2. I also like how the hovering mechanic is integrated into how the player can allow the player to either hover safely or instantly cancel into a fast fall as they are landing. Honestly, there is a lot more that I can say about how I have enjoyed this game so far. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much for your comment! The development is progressing well (•ө• )
I hope it would be completed. Good luck 🥰
Thank you for your comment! Development is still ongoing and progressing well (•ө• )
walk east simulator :-)
I hope it's a good walking simulator :'(
Great polish on this! Good game design, introducing players to challenges one at a time, and I like how the experience points are gathered not always from enemies, but are placed generally in a challenging area, that's a really cool idea! Cool and well paced project!
I thank you for your wonderful comment! Glad that you like the project (•ө• )