Elly

Elly is a 2D adventure platformer with metroidvania-style exploration. You wake up on a planet that is not your own, where you can turn into a gun. You speak with locals, level up your power and search for the truth as you explore large zones and uncover the planet’s secrets.

Explore and move

Movement is central to exploring Elly and revealing its hidden secrets. The game combines challenging platforming with a fast-paced movement system that includes dodging, wall slides, wall jumps and a glider for moving through the air. Wall jumps have been refined, and a downwards melee attack and weapon projectiles are also included.

Story and characters

Elly has a dialogue system where choices matter, along with deep and strange story lore to uncover. Journal entries are scattered among the bosses.

Weapons and upgrades

You can level up your power and improve your character. The inventory displays your level, maximum health and stamina, experience needed, current experience, melee damage and EllyCoins. It also lets you select and equip weapons, which have flavor text. Once unlocked, you can switch between a gun and a ray gun from the inventory.

The game adds 11 weapons with status effects, including chances to poison or freeze enemies and bonus fire, lightning or ice damage on certain weapons. Enemies are weak to status effects, with an indicator appearing beside their health bar when they are affected. Dash and jump potions are collectible, stack in the inventory and can be used by selecting them there.

Zones and features

The game includes hand-drawn visuals, unique original music and large zones to explore. A new area includes test items such as a teleporter, new seeking enemies and water mechanics.