XEARZ

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・Overview
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Title name: XEARZ

Game Type: Action, Side-Scroller, Platformer, Metroidvania-lite
'Metroidvania-lite' means that the game is not mainly about exploration, but it includes a few exploration elements.

Desc: A type of game based on side-scrolling action, with event scenes interspersed in places along the storyline. 3DCG movies are played during the event scenes.
In addition to the usual side-scrolling, the game will feature a multi-plane system, the game's most distinctive feature, which allows the player to move to terrain at the back or front.
The Multi-plane system was influenced by SNK's 'Fatal Fury' and 'TOP HUNTER'. It is, so to speak, a development of that system.

It is a stage-clearing type game, but you can destroy various background objects and enjoy searching for items that may appear after destruction.
The map has branches in various places, and could be called a Metroidvania-lite. A boss awaits at each stage.

As for Story, it is a 'SF Philosophy Story' that combines science fiction and philosophy, as described below.

Sales Schedule: Scheduled to be available on Steam in 2022-2023.

Influenced Games: Castlevania series
Valfaris
R-Type series
Devil Summoner series
Contra series
Ghosts 'n Goblins series
Fatal Fury
TOP HUNTER
…etc

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・System
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[Means of attack]

・Melee attack
(Upgradeable with Upgrade Item)

・Gun attack
(New gun adapters exist in each area, and each gun adapter can be upgraded with an Upgrade Item)

・Sub weapon attack
(Various types appear. Only one type can be possessed at any given time. I can't do Upgrade.)


[Movement system]

・Left-right movement and crouching action with D-pad or analog stick

・Normal jump

・Quick forward dash with invincibility time

・Jump to move to another terrain (plane) in the foreground or in the background (dedicated button)

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・Story
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'SF Philosophy Story'

A future in which AI has developed to the point where it is no longer possible to tell the difference between humans and AI.
Differences in views on these AI-equipped androids give rise to a violent ideological conflict.
A fierce confrontation between the two countries ensues.

What is the difference between an android and a human being?
Can we say that androids really exist in the world like humans?
Do androids have consciousness ......?

In one country, androids with AI do not generate consciousness; they are different from humans, he says.
The other country believes that androids have consciousness and are of the same species as humans.
Moreover, they are actively mechanizing the human brain.
Others believe that humans should abandon their physical bodies and become information-only beings, living in an ideal metaverse space.

The story centers on a newly developed combat android in the conflict between these two countries.
The story depicts the battles and interactions between humans and humans, androids and androids, and humans and androids.
As various incidents occur and the truth is revealed, players will witness a startling sight at the end of the story.