Planned Release Date: August 2026

About This Game

Welcome to the world of Nyaginata!

Test your reactions as you brave your way through an onslaught of fierce enemies. Play as a frail kitten armed with nothing but a naginata and the determination to get past the obstacles ahead, One-hit is all it takes to end your journey!

Strike with precise timing to make rapid progress challenging foes and gods alike. Explore the secrets beyond the end as you struggle your way past bosses and search for power and glory!

"This battle will be hard fought! Challenge your fate! Go forth, make rapid progress!"

Game Features

• Explore a 2D metroidvania-style world as you travel the decaying depths beyond and uncover secrets of your struggle. What lies at the furthest reaches of the world? What is your purpose of your adventure?

• Carve your own path with a pole-arm in hand! Explore 3 areas with a variety of challenge rooms including mobs, puzzles, and bosses!

• Attack, outwit, and overcome enemies in a test of skill and reactions. Take part in reaction tests, requiring quick button presses in rapid succession in order to one-shot opponents!

• Master unique power-ups as you challenge the very construction of the world around you. Gain abilities to control the pace of the game with speed, light and sound adjustments! Choose the right settings to conquer the challenge at hand!

• Collect cards to sharpen your powers! Increase the damage of your naginata, potency of your power-ups, gain extra lives, critical strike chance, and more!!!

• Adapt to changing environments and creative bosses to keep the upper hand.

• Enjoy a mixture of chip-tune and live recorded instrumentation, immerse yourself in a unique mixture of modern and retro game styles.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Includes some graphic pixel art violence