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About This Game

The sun has a name, and someone is keeping its heart in a cage.

A hundred years ago the King asked the Maskmaker for a face strong enough to hold the sun. Then he raised his mask to the sky, and caged the heart of Aurel, the sun itself. The world has lived in twilight ever since. Masks cracked, souls leaked out, and only the unmasked-born of the Twilight Blade Order resisted. They fell. You didn't. And Aurel, a single ember of the caged sun, is still talking to you.

Duskblade is a story-driven metroidvania told in stylized silhouettes: dark figures against glowing skies, with light as the only colour that matters. Every region is a chapter of the same crime, and every boss is a memory of it.

Six weapons, one hero

Twin Blades for fast combos, the Cage Scythe for wide sweeps, Ember Whips that pull enemies in, Warden Fists that charge and shatter shields, a Twin-Edged Axe that splits the ground and a Sun Spear that rains light. Switch weapons mid-combo without breaking the chain, parry, execute staggered foes, and burn everything down in Ember Rage.

Evolve every weapon: Ember or Frost

Each weapon grows through tiers and evolves down one of two paths. Ember hits burn and explode in flame; Frost hits chill, freeze and shatter. Twin Blades become Ember Blades or Frost Blades, the Scythe becomes a Sun Scythe or a Moon Scythe, and every weapon gains its own soul arts.

Borrow the power of a caged god

Fight well, without taking hits, and Aurel's grace fills. Spend it on one of six god powers: a Sunburst, slowed time, a shield of light, a rain of ember meteors, an army of shadows, or the Hand of Aurel itself.

Summon the echoes of the fallen

Each guardian you lay to rest leaves an echo. Seher's chain drags enemies to you, or you to iron rings; Toprak's shield-arm splits the ground and breaks walls. Each echo strikes differently with every weapon.

Thirteen connected regions, one map

The Forgotten Shore and a sunken archive. A maskmakers' spire where every face in the kingdom was shaped. A silent hollow where the bells never rang again. A severed sky, an ashen garden, a dawn frozen on a mountain, a lake whose moon is only a mirror, a sleeping titan, and the Sun Forge at the top of the world. Over 160 rooms, crossed with wings, a dash, the Cage Claw, an ash step through thorns and the Dawn Rush.

Every boss is a tragedy

29 bosses and mini-bosses, each with an entrance and a death that shows what they were before the mask.

And nineteen more wait off the main path.

The Throne of Dawn

The Masked King waits on his throne with his royal eagle, and he does not fall in only one shape.

Choose what the morning is worth

Three endings. Free the sun and let it burn. Take the King's mask and become the cage yourself. Or find the four lost members of the Order, lift the veil, and see the sun for what it really is. Then fly with Aurel to the horizon and see what became of every place you passed through.

Features

• Stylized silhouette art, light as the only colour
  
• 6 weapons, each evolving on an Ember or Frost path, with weapon-specific soul arts and mid-combo weapon switching
  
• Parry, execution, Ember Rage and 6 god powers fuelled by Aurel's grace
  
• Boss echoes as allies that combine with every weapon
  
• 13 interconnected regions, 160+ rooms, benches, shortcuts and secrets
  
• 29 bosses and mini-bosses with entrance and death cinematics
  
• 29 charms, mask shards and a journal to complete
  
• 3 endings and an epilogue
  
• 4 difficulty levels from Story to Nightmare, New Game+, boss refights, a Boss Rush, and an unforgiving Wild Mode after the first ending
  
• Keyboard and gamepad, with fully rebindable actions
  
• Accessibility: four difficulty levels, screen shake off, reduced flashes, and a guide that points the way

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

AI tools assisted parts of development, such as drafting and translating in-game text and speeding up the creation of 3D models in Blender and music in FL Studio. All content was directed, edited and finalized by the developer. Sound effects come from licensed libraries.