The story-driven, Metroidvania RPG with a colourful art style is coming to PlayStation early next year. Inspired by Symphony of the Night and Xenogears.
Hey everyone! I’m Alonso Martin, the lead developer of Heart Forth, Alicia — an upcoming Metroidvania RPG about a young wizard on her journey to stop a Spirit from consuming her homeland.
Heart Forth, Alicia is a ’90s-inspired adventure that combines the electrifying gameplay of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, the expansive world & dungeons of the Zelda series, and the unfolding story style of Xenogears… except it’s a little darker and has its own fantasy twist. You can watch the trailer here.
Up until May last year, I’d been the sole developer of this game for a few years. Thanks to the incredible support of the Kickstarter crowd and the outlets that covered the campaign, the game grew into a much bigger project, and it’s thanks to them that we’re able to bring the game to PS4 and PS Vita in early 2016.
Even the legendary Manami Matsumae (composer of Mega Man, Mighty No. 9, Shovel Knight) came aboard to produce a few tracks for the game! These past months have been one of the best things that’ve ever happened to me.
Features of the game
Heart Forth, Alicia is inspired by games that hold a special place in my heart and by the things I loved about them. There’s always been something magical about the open-world nature of games like Zelda and Super Metroid where everything’s filled with content, and the compelling story style of games like Xenogears or Final Fantasy VII.
These two things are seldom packaged together in Metroidvanias, so I took it upon myself to make a game where the player can enjoy both the fun, open-ended exploration experience with upgrades and unlockables, and the excitement of taking part in an epic storyline like those in some of my favourite Square games of the late ’90s.
Making this happen is a tall order for sure, but if Heart Forth, Alicia can even bring back part of the wonder and magic those great games had, I’ll consider it a job well done.
Adventure through an intricately detailed world filled with wonders, creative puzzles, secrets and lethal dungeons.
- Engage in fast, agile melee combat with over 20 special attacks & upgrades, and devastating magic spells to annihilate your enemies.
- Play with powerful RPG elements that include the gear, loot, side quests, and gameplay depth that make for a classic RPG experience.
- Discover 5 secret fairy familiars to crush, shock, freeze, and burn your enemies, or save you at your most dire moment of need.
- Experience a deep and unfolding story that takes place centuries after the War of the Fatherlands, starring a cast of fascinating and complex characters.
Going to GDC!
The nice guys at PlayStation gave us the opportunity to showcase a PS4 demo of the game at GDC this Wednesday, 4th March at their South Hall Expo booths. We will be showing a part of the recently overhauled introduction, which is also sporting the recent change into widescreen mode, adding 80 sexy pixels horizontally.
This is both really exciting and thrilling for me, as it will be the first time the game will be shown in public after several years in the making. The team and I have worked our best to make this PS4 demo as fun and engaging as possible, so it’ll be really rewarding to watch people play through it.
Stay tuned for more updates on Heart Forth, Alicia, and thanks for reading!
I don’t care. Where are the plus free games for the March……..
Don’t be a loser.
Back off. The plus delay has nothing to do with this dev blog. Go complain on a Sony post if you must.
I feel bad for the developers for getting posted at this moment. People are anxiously waiting for Sony to make an announcement and are acting like jerks. On the other hand, communication on Sony’s side has some room for improvement as well.
OT: The game looks great, I’ll keep an eye on it.
Another thread, another hijack – go do something with your life while you wait…
@umariqbal78 show some respect, this article is not written by anyone related to PS Store or PS+.
And when they announce it you will probably still whine about the games your getting.
These people don’t care. They probably didn’t even read the blog post..
You’re an idiot.
@kcbeaker79 Except he isn’t going to get them anyway because its just another newly created troll account by the one and only.
Thanks to the PSplus announcement delay a lot of people enter this post and see the animated gifts of this game. Sure this same post 2 weeks ago didnt have so much entries.
Ahahaahahahahahaahahwhw nice one bro
http://www.gamespresso.com/2015/03/02/possible-playstation-plus-games-for-europe-leaked/30801 Playstation germany leaked? Lego marvel and octodad
The timing of the announcement is irrelevant. All that matters is that the free games are coming.
@umariqbal78 Well the 11 PS Plus games across the 3 consoles were just announced. What’s that? You don’t actually care because you are simply back again with another troll account that you created on the SEN website just to troll? Okay then.