Video: a duet with a shadow, bright colors and unlike worlds in the Cosmic metroidvania trailer

Polish publishing house Feardemic, owned by Bloober Team, and developers from the King’s Pleasure studio have presented the first trailer for the colorful Cosmic metroidvania. The game will be released in 2022 on PC ( Steam ), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, and Nintendo Switch.

Cosmic events take place in “multi-layered universe, where light and shadow dictate their metaphysical rules. ” As “ mischievous little creature ” named Vik (Vik), players will embark on an interdimensional journey to save their only friend – their own shadow.

“Once, due to a stupid desire, Vic lost his shadow and found himself in an unknown world, lost and exhausted. He soon found that he had acquired a new shadow. She is larger than his own and belongs to a powerful beast that is already hunting him. Will Vick and his new shadow be able to learn to act together and survive in this dangerous journey through time and space? ” – reads the description.

The developers promise several vast exotic worlds full of secrets, puzzles and challenges and inhabited by “bizarre characters whose shadows represent individuals.” get into previously inaccessible locations. The gameplay is based on two main features: the light releases the beastly shadow of the hero and allows for deadly combinations of blows, and the shadow makes it possible to avoid collisions with enemies.

To the Krakow studio King’s Pleasure includes specialists who worked on Cyberpunk 2077 , Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries of New York and Serial Cleaner . The developers of call Cosmic a dream project that will help them “truly express your creativity” . According to studio founder Łukasz Wiśniewski, action adventure is able to “ resonate with a wide variety of players and make them experience a variety of emotions – from fear and loss to empathy and compassion. ”

Cosmic will be released with support for seven languages, Russian among

In the past, Feardemic, also based in Krakow, has released a roguelike action game One Shell Straight to Hell and horror The Padre by Shotgun with Glitters, action Ritual: Crown of Horns by Draw Distance and shooter 2084, which is now in early access . In the future, the company will help Twisted II with the release of psychological horror Dark Fracture .