Stardust Demon

Stardust Demon is a retro adventure metroidvania about exploring alien planets and following a story of quirky demons and aliens. You platform, fight enemies and solve puzzles, using abilities to reach hidden rooms, upgrades and secrets across hazardous environments and cozy towns.

Planets and characters

Algol is a sleepy demon living quietly on the demon-planet Klonix until a spaceship crash disrupts their community and possibly the universe. Algol finds Scringles, an odd creature trapped in the ship who is feisty, has plenty of attitude and stays on Algol’s side. The Anuracanth is an omnipotent statue overlooking Algol’s planet, and is always hungry.

You can explore several planets:

• Wexia: a heavily forested world with dangerous flora and fauna, home to the worm-like, quirky Wexoids.
• Klonix: an ethereal planet with ghostly devices, home to Algol, The Anuracanth and other friendly demons.
• Purrafiny: an aquatic planet with a robust ecosystem of moist creatures, where nefarious poachers and animal-collectors have established an outpost.

Some destinations may not be planets.

Abilities and challenges

You can gain an array of abilities and discover surprising skills as you explore. Challenges include platforming, combat and puzzles, with hidden rooms that test your skill and knowledge of Algol’s powers. Finding all the upgrades and secrets takes dedication and many hours.

Abilities include:

• Fire breath to blast enemies.
• Bombs that stick to anything.
• Teleporting boxes to solve puzzles.
• A beam that reflects off walls and neutralizes static charges.
• A forward dash that plows through weak enemies.
• A pogo stick for bouncing.

Art and soundtrack

The game combines pixel-art environments with 3D CGI FMV cutscenes. Its soundtrack includes over 50 tracks spanning retro FM synthesis, metal and electronica.