Overview
Join your childhood friends to play silly games in the local area.
But, oh no! Your sweet and caring grandmama gets kidnapped by the villain "Heimgartner" and his colourful group of thugs! It falls upon your shoulders, as the young excitable golem "Linden", to go in hot pursuit and brave a labyrinthian tomb in order to return her safely!
How can a golem have a grandmother?
Who is this villain doing such a terrible thing?
What is up with the quirky floating skull following you around?
All will be explained in the full game, coming in the future. This is a pre-Kickstarter demo, which contains opening sections and one full sized early-game dungeon, in order to give a taste of what it's all about: vast non-linear level design in a classic Zelda-like style. Play this if you're looking for a sense of discovery, love the classic 2D Zelda games, or want a game that's not afraid to also challenge your spacial awareness a little.
[Features]
[How to play]
Just unzip the game to start playing.
You can review the controls and settings from the starting menu or in-game menu.
[Content creators]
The following link provides several title pages for your convenience.
There is also a whole set of free to use emotes, in case you feel like adding some extra streaming flavour.
Press kit (via Google drive)
[Socials]
Discord (for weekly dev updates) - https://discord.gg/redHXyZ2Gc
Mastodon - https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@HornofBalance
X/Twitter - https://twitter.com/HornofBalance
Future builds: https://hornofbalance.itch.io/horn-of-balance-pre-ks-demo
[Kickstarter (coming in 2024)]
Pre-launch page:
But, oh no! Your sweet and caring grandmama gets kidnapped by the villain "Heimgartner" and his colourful group of thugs! It falls upon your shoulders, as the young excitable golem "Linden", to go in hot pursuit and brave a labyrinthian tomb in order to return her safely!
How can a golem have a grandmother?
Who is this villain doing such a terrible thing?
What is up with the quirky floating skull following you around?
All will be explained in the full game, coming in the future. This is a pre-Kickstarter demo, which contains opening sections and one full sized early-game dungeon, in order to give a taste of what it's all about: vast non-linear level design in a classic Zelda-like style. Play this if you're looking for a sense of discovery, love the classic 2D Zelda games, or want a game that's not afraid to also challenge your spacial awareness a little.
[Features]
- One full non-linear demo dungeon, good for over an hour of gameplay
- A compact introduction area for added context and world building
- Several secret chests for added challenge and special items
- A solid gameplay engine that feels just like the games of old
- Modern conveniences like auto-saving, controller support and button remapping
- A lot of love and passion put into the art and animations
[How to play]
Just unzip the game to start playing.
You can review the controls and settings from the starting menu or in-game menu.
[Content creators]
The following link provides several title pages for your convenience.
There is also a whole set of free to use emotes, in case you feel like adding some extra streaming flavour.
Press kit (via Google drive)
[Socials]
Discord (for weekly dev updates) - https://discord.gg/redHXyZ2Gc
Mastodon - https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@HornofBalance
X/Twitter - https://twitter.com/HornofBalance
Future builds: https://hornofbalance.itch.io/horn-of-balance-pre-ks-demo
[Kickstarter (coming in 2024)]
Pre-launch page:
Updates
The game can now also be found on Steam:
