Overview
Guide two twins, born of song, on a mythic journey to lift a curse that makes them the target of eldritch horrors from beyond the stars in this innovative two-character, single-player game.
Crater Song is a short, single-player co-op adventure puzzle game for the 8-bit NES based within the sci-fi fantasy world of Orebody.
In this unique NES game, players hold controllers 1 AND 2 sideways, like Switch Joycons (see below), and control two characters simultaneously, the twins Arco and Menuett. Crater Song is inspired by the game Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.
The game was initially developed for the NESMaker Byte-Off IV competition. The completed version is available to download here for free for use via emulation or on original NES or NES-compatible hardware.
Story
On the planet Orebody, the nomadic Melodic tribe communicates only in song.
Every few generations, a baby is born to the tribe with cursed harmonics, a poisoned frequency that calls out to the mysterious extradimensional threat known as the Nox. This generation, the twins Arco and Menuett were born with the curse.
Having attracted the Nox throng to their tribe’s doorstep, the twins are cast out.
Even as they are hunted by eldritch horrors from beyond the stars, Arco and Menuett must journey to a faraway sacred crater with an ancient, pulsing meteorite at its center. It is said that the space rock’s pulses will lift their harmonic curse and allow the twins to once again rejoin their people in song.
Features
Innovative Single-Player Co-op (or regular Co-op) gameplay!
Engaging singing mechanic to help solve puzzles!
Puzzles that build in complexity and challenge over time.
A mixture of run/dodge and puzzle sections!
A moody sci-fi fairy tale narrative!
Playable on actual NES hardware!
Source: The Developer Website.