Dante
The poet, lost in the dark wood. He fights with a quill and his Book.
The game
Fight by writing
Dante carries no sword. Every attack is a verse he writes in his Book with a quill, and the letters tear off the page to strike. Combos are lines of poetry; spells cost Inspiration, which landed hits restore.
The Weight of the Soul
Every choice makes Dante's soul lighter or heavier. The judges of the dead read it, and the fights change with it.
A souls-like core
Deliberate fights, stamina and parries. The Souls you lose when you die must be recovered.
The poem, faithfully
Places, guardians and verses come from the Commedia. Dialogue in Italian and English.
Characters
Who walks with Dante
Virgil
The guide sent by Beatrice. He rises from the fog as the beasts close in.
Minos
The judge of the dead, half man and half serpent: he coils his tail to pass sentence.
Gallery
From the game
In-game captures from the vertical slice.
The journey
The whole poem
Dante's journey does not end in Hell. The game follows the whole Commedia.
First
Inferno
The nine circles of Hell, from the dark wood to the frozen lake of Cocytus.
Then
Purgatorio
The mountain of penance, terrace after terrace, up to the Earthly Paradise.
At last
Paradiso
The nine heavens, up to the Empyrean.
Follow
Follow the journey
A devlog post every few days: new places, creatures and verses as they are made.
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