Planned Release Date: January 2025

About This Game

About demo version:

Dear Player,

Due to the limitation of energy and time, many contents of the current demo are not the final quality, and the sound effects and adaptation parts are temporary contents. We only want to update the demo first so that players can provide us with valuable suggestions. If you can spare your precious time to play our content and put forward valuable suggestions and adopt them, We will include your name in the thank you! Like the family people bother to add wish list, this is really very important to us!

1.The game background

A long, long time ago, in an era where mythical beasts reigned, humanity was shrouded in endless fear. Among them, the most vicious beast king named "Xi" and its followers committed countless evils, leaving the common people in great distress. Faced with these beasts, people were nearly helpless.

To save the creatures of the lower realm, the Jade Emperor decided to take action. He appointed twelve immortals with boundless magical powers, granting them the title of "Year Stars," and dispatched them to the mortal world with the mission to completely annihilate the beast king "Xi" and its followers. However, the beast king's strength was beyond imagination, and even with the combined efforts of the twelve Year Stars, they failed to subdue it, allowing it to seize a moment of weakness and escape.

Upon learning of this, the Jade Emperor was deeply concerned. To ensure peace and tranquility in the mortal world, he instructed the twelve Year Stars to take turns guarding it, preventing the beast king from returning. But during the transition period each year when the guardians changed, defenses were at their weakest, and the beast king would always take advantage of this opportunity to appear. To address this, the Jade Emperor dispatched another powerful immortal to the mortal world to teach humans a formidable and terrifying power. From then on, humans finally had the ability to protect themselves, and the beast king was completely sealed in battle, while its followers went into hiding, awaiting the chance to emerge again.

2. Game mechanics

"Chuyue" is a horizontally scrolled 2D shooting game developed by Huimeng Shanhai Studio, based on the legend of the "Twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals".

The bosses, modeled after the Twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals, each possess unique forms, diverse abilities, and distinct presentations, bringing more intriguing puzzles and challenges.

During the game progression, the protagonist can absorb the unique abilities of the bosses and utilize them through transformation.

Random items drop throughout the map, and by flexibly utilizing transformations and accompanying skills, the protagonist can create more possibilities for victory.

3.Game features

1.Character design based on traditional elements

2. Boss levels inspired by the Twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals

3. A transformation system with different mechanisms and skills

4.The game supports two-player mode, so invite your friends to join and experience the fun together!

4.Cultural sampling

（1）Zhizha

The origin of paper binding can be traced back to ancient folk religious sacrifices, and later gradually developed into a decorative art to celebrate festivals. During the Spring Festival, paper pricking, as an important folk element, is widely used in various festival activities. And lanterns, window flowers, etc., are actually a kind of paper tying process.

As one of the elements in Chinese traditional culture, paper figures are often associated with mysterious and supernatural elements, with strong Oriental characteristics and local colors. With this choice, we hope to create a unique Chinese atmosphere for the game. Arouse more players' interest and resonance in Chinese traditional culture.

（2）zodiac

Legend has it that Fuxi created the eight trigraphs and sixty Jiazi, twelve animals representing different time cycles, which became the basis of the twelve zodiac animals and have a deep background in Chinese culture, their unique symbolic meaning is closely linked to folk beliefs.

Based on the legend of the Chinese zodiac, the Book of Mountains and Seas, Journey to the West and other classic works are integrated to carefully design different levels and challenges.