Volkstein

Volkstein is a 2D platformer with light RPG elements. You play as Cauflin, a would-be writer who sets out across the land to rescue his kidnapped wife and finish his novel, though he would much rather stay home. His journey takes him through a country full of monsters, madmen, bandits and bosses.

Story

Ouvbane, an insidious presence who spent a couple of thousand years trapped in limbo, has returned to sow chaos. He believes he was imprisoned for trying to make the world more interesting. His interventions include turning desert-dwelling cyclopes into man-eating monsters with matching robes and a cult, infecting a fair Baron and his people with a disease that transforms them into the Grim, placing a witch at the head of an all-male Warlock University, trapping the people on the mountaintops and releasing an alien into the Darco lands.

Ouvbane is also contractually required to kidnap a girl, and he takes Cauflin’s wife. Cauflin is no warrior: he has never learned magic, wielded a blade, explored the lands or even killed a fly. He is a wannabe writer working on the Great Volkstein Novel, and his wife was the breadwinner. With her gone, he leaves home to find her, despite having little idea how to manage without her or whether he can face the long journey. Along the way he encounters, among others, insane orb monsters, ghost-costumed bandits on stilts, literal moosemen, bats of all varieties and his ex.

Level up and explore

You choose how to spend each level-up, boosting health, melee, armor or magic. The game includes eight types of armor, a number of swords and spells, and distinct lands with their own challenges.