A couple of months ago, Retroware and Programancer revealed The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest, a parody/homage to the Castlevania series.
Retroware (publishers of the upcoming Iron Meat and Toxic Crusaders) joins forces with developer Programancer once again to bring you The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest!! (TASQ)It’s a parody/homage side-scroller set in a dark 8-bit world with optional nonlinear progression, discoverable minigames, and customizable settings. Conquer mansions of monsters with your trusty whip, assemble the perfect equipment chains to eliminate bosses, and gather pieces to resurrect Count Dracula!After his rival, Stan Helsing, defeated Dracula, Simon felt cheated. To gain back the glory robbed from him, he sets out on a perilous quest of retribution to resurrect the evil Count piece by piece for one purpose: to slay Dracula himself! Traveling across the world of Transylvania, Simon must conquer mansion after mansion to obtain all the items necessary to raise the vampire lord.Surely, nothing will stop him from getting the credit he deserves!Key Features:
- 8-bit aesthetic harkening back to retro NES classics
- Always-active Day & Night Cycle
- Achievements
- Customizable difficulty and other adjustable settings
- Discoverable minigames spread throughout Transylvania
- “RICHTER” SLIDE-KICKING!
Lead developer Programancer is a Michigan-based dev, artist, and programmer behind several retro-inspired titles such as Prison City and Dumpy and Bumpy. They are also the host of the yearly itch.io RetrogradeJam. In developing TASQ, Programancer has maintained one goal: To make a game that feels like an adventure that lets the player tackle it in their own way, or follow the path the game tries to guide them along.The Transylvania Adventure of Simon Quest is available to WISHLIST now on Steam and will be coming to all platforms. For more information about the game, please visit SimonQuest.com
Now Retroware and Programancer have released a new video showing the progress being made on the game. The seven and a half minute video goes over what is being done and what changes are being made to make sure the game works well and gives a very detailed walkthrough.
The game will arrive in 2025 for PC and consoles.
