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Bard's Gold Releases on Steam
August 24, in the year of our Lord 2015 -- Essen,
Germany - Pixel Lantern announced today that its highly
challenging platforming game Bard's Gold is available for daring
players. The game has just gone live on Steam after being
greenlit by the game's ever-growing community.
Bard's Gold takes inspiration from early 90's platforming
classics such as Rainbow Island, Rick Dangerous and Erik, which
at the time were popular on the Amiga and consoles. Bard's Gold
is slower paced than most current day platformers, but is
extemely challenging. Players need to avoid enemies, traps and
projectiles in order to progress. Being hit by any of them means
instant death. There are no checkpoints and reaching the end of
a level feels like a true victory. Difficult puzzles and
towering bosses will have to be overcome to reach the evil
goblin that stole the family treasure.
When players die not all is lost. By collecting gems and jewels,
players can level up their character, which will help immensely
in conquering the 2D dungeons. By finding skill books new powers
and abilities are added. There is a "Roguelike-light" element to
the game as players will be presented by a random selection of
predesigned maps each time they retry a stage. With so many
environments to explore and secrets to find, the game never
grows old.
"We are delighted with Bard's Gold launch on Steam," said Erdem
Sen, founder and game designer at Pixel Lantern. "We strongly
believe that the gaming community is ready for truly challenging
gameplay experiences. Games such as Dark Souls have proven that
a lot of players are yearning for old-school difficulty levels.
We have just upped the bar as we think that Bard's Gold is
Steam's most difficult game yet."
Pixel Lantern is planning major updates after the game's release
and is eager to implement community feedback.
Key Features:
Extremely challenging, yet rewarding gameplay
Beautifully designed retro-inspired graphics
Gain powerful new abilities by finding skill books
Death will make you stronger
Solve intricate puzzles and defeat towering bosses
Full controller support
Steam achievements, leaderboards and trading cards
Available for Windows, Mac and Linux