HIGH SCHOOLER BY DAY, THIEF BY NIGHT!
ShadowKitty: Thief by Night is the adventure of a teenager catgirl stealing back stolen arts from criminals and bringing it all back to the museum.
The game is a fun
2D Action Platformer heavily inspired by games like
Megaman X,
Spelunky,
Ducktales Remastered and
CupHead, while also being inspired by retro cartoon shows like
Batman: The Animated Series,
DuckTales,
TMNT - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
X-Men and
DarkWing Duck. There´s also a little bit of
Anime influences in the game.
- Since the game is still under development, it might take longer than planned to develop it -❖ GAME FEATURES ❖
· 2D Action Platformer
· Procedural Levels
·
1 Player (Story Mode)
· Language:
English· Stages: 13
· Cartoon Style / Animated Violence
· Visual Novel Story Segments
· Unlock her rival
Arséne Mask after beating the game
· Engine: Unity
· Release Date: TBA
❖ GAMEPLAY ❖
Shadowkitty will be a fast paced
action platformer where you must search every stage for
stolen arts and defeat a
Boss at the end of each stage.
ShadowKitty can make
combos with her claws or use non-lethal weapons (
Gummy Gun,
Boomerang and
Smoke Bomb) against her enemies.
You can
unlock a
Secret Boss if you collect a
secret art piece in each regular stage, but don´t worry, you can
replay, I mean
'Reprise' each stage again anytime, but since the layouts of the stages are all
procedural, the layout will always change everytime you play the game or enter/restart a stage.
There are a few
puzzles in the stages, but nothing really complex, like avoiding lasers, searching for keys, hiding from searchlights or pressing a button in a terminal that unlocks a door for a limited time.
There´s also some
Visual Novel story segments in the game (but you can skip all cutscenes).
Defeated
Bosses will reappear again for a
re-fight in the final stages of the game.
❖ CORE FEATURES ❖
• Exploration (Procedural Levels)
• Time Limit
• Solve Puzzles
• Fight Enemies
• Collect Art Pieces
• Defeat the Boss of the Stage
❖ GAME MODES ❖
There are a few game modes planned for the game:
• Story Mode
• Challenges
• Boss Rush
• Survival
• Gallery
• Leaderboards
Some game modes may have some difficulty options:
Easy,
Normal,
Hard or
Mania.
❖ INTENDED AGE RATING ❖
ShadowKitty aims for a
ESRB +10,
PEGI 12 and
CERO B ratings.
It will have
Cartoon Violence and some slightly
Mild Language.
❖ LANGUAGES ❖
The main language of the game will be
English, with options for subtitles in
Portuguese BR. There are plans to add
more languages if the game gets enough funding for the translations.
Planned languages (subtitles and menus only) may include:
Spanish,
German,
Italian,
French,
Simplified Chinese,
Japanese,
Korean,
Thai and
Arabic.
❖ DEVELOPMENT ❖
This game uses
handdrawn sprites for all the animations.
ShadowKitty: Thief by Night is currently in the
prototype stage.
A short
demo of the game will be available later.
❖ CHARACTERS ❖
Learn about the main character and all the bosses of the game:
✦ ShadowKitty (Alyssia KittyField)A highschooler trying to recover all stolen arts from the museum.
✦ Arséne Mask (Unknown)ShadowKitty's rival. A mysterious thief from overseas that uses a high tech mask.
✦ Ninja Cat Eiji (Eiji Ishikawa)Heir of an ancient ninja clan, he´s being manipulated into making crimes.
✦ Queen Bee Annette (Annette Pantalonia)A dangerous queen bee with hundreds of bee servants.
✦ Big White (Paollo Whitefang)Tony Montiger's Right Hand. He also commands the henchmen of the organization.
✦ Mei Kitty (Mei Ling Guanyu)A powerful Asian feline.
✦ Punk Wolf (Roul Ashnard)A guitarist with shocking skills.
✦ Chimp Lee (Nao Guowang Lee)A martial arts enthusiast.
✦ TV HeadA crazy cat who runs a dangerous tv station in the city. Nobody knows if he's actually a robot, cyborg or something else.
✦ Witch Kitty (Selina Le Rouge)A powerful teen witch from a bloodline of feline witches.
✦ Lydia DarkBunny (Lydia de Caligari)A powerful bunny magician from overseas.
✦ Countess Bloodstone (Aldrid Bloodstone)A lonely singer tricked by her music manager into committing crimes.
✦ Flora AlrauneAn opera singer and the adopted daughter of Tony Montiger. She rules the Casino of the city.
✦ Tony MontigerThe mobster who rules the city through his criminal organization.
✦ Death (Secret Boss)She´s not the "real death", she actually cames from a Nightmare.
❖ ABOUT THE DEVELOPER ❖
StarQuarius Studio is a one person Gaming Studio based in
São Paulo,
Brazil.
Our sole mission is to create innovative and fun
2D games of top quality with modern technologies but always with roots in old classic games.
► Stay tooned for more updates as the game is getting made, Meow!