SUNSTONE: A Tale of the Briar King

The Sun King has called to you. The Briar King, god of the underworld, has taken the Sun King's daughter, and as the sun dims the briar spreads across the country. Before she was taken, the princess scattered eight Sunstones and hid them under the old tombs. Their guardians still hold them. Recover the stones, restore the orb at the mountain summit, and go down into the underworld to bring her home.COMING AFTER LAUNCH: CO-OP FOR UP TO FOURTHE DESCENT is a co-op mode in development for SUNSTONE, planned as a free expansion after launch.

Up to four heroes take on wide tomb arenas together, wave after wave of foes, with elites to bring down as a party, under one shared camera that pulls back to keep everyone in view. Couch co-op for 2 to 4 players on one screen, one gamepad each. Play online with friends through Steam Remote Play Together: only the host needs the game. Full online play follows in a later update. Co-op is not part of the Next Fest demo or the launch version.

Wishlist SUNSTONE to hear when it arrives.A CARTRIDGE YOU CAN WALK AROUND INSUNSTONE is an 8-bit adventure at heart: four-way sword play, tile-by-tile rooms, secrets in the walls, all of it seen in 3D. Every overworld screen is stood up as a diorama from the game's own picture of it, and every tomb room is built from its own map.…