Created by Irish games developer, James Doyle, Portalnauts is a 2D platforming action adventure game. According to the game’s official website, it features “multiple characters, each with unique abilities, using their skills to fight an evil invading force all across the multiverse. Players will travel through the game recruiting and unlocking characters to help tackle the increasingly challenging worlds and unique bosses that lie within.”
Specifically, the story follows an evil force that has invaded the earth, as it has done in many other dimensions before. The portalnauts have to join together to take down the darkness before the universe is lost forever. Players have to travel through the game unlocking characters to tackle the challenging worlds and unique bosses that reside there.
Doyle has launched a Kickstarter to try and fund the game, as it needs to be worked on full-time in order to develop it to the highest possible standard. The game was inspired by 16-bit classics, including Super Mario World and Revenge of Shinobi. Portalnauts‘ goal is to emulate the nostalgic feel of 90s games while adding modern standards.
If you want to know more about the game’s mechanics, you can check out the demo here.
