Queue #4 · Sidescroller ARPG
Hollow Ascent
Betrayed Hollow-class student Ren Vakur falls a hundred floors into the Abyss — eat monster cores to grow, forge weapons from void materials, break a divine seal to free ancient vampire Seris, then climb back through ten biomes to settle the score. Dark pixel art, brutal combat, a personality shift you watch calcify floor by floor.
Core Pulse · Void Forge · Bond
No XP levels — growth through combat choices
Combat
Core Pulse · Void Forge
Sidescroller combat with dodge i-frames, wall jump, and air dash unlocks. Store up to three monster cores — Fire, Shadow, Stone, Void, Life — each triggering a type-specific burst. Safe rooms hold a Void Forge: five crafting tiers from bone to Abyss, synthesis that inherits weapon properties, and campfire dialogues that raise Seris Bond Level.
Only one weapon equipped at a time — Bone Blade through Abyss Rifle across the climb.
Party
Seris · Mira · Theron
Seris — sealed vampire, ranged dark magic, Blood Drain heal. Mira — archer DPS, trap sets, cheerful contrast. Theron — samurai burst, manually commanded Iai Strike. Betrayer Kael Dross waits at the surface.
MVP demo: Floors 1–3 Hell Entry · free on itch.io → $9.99 Steam.
Story
Four acts · one hundred floors
Act 1 — The Fall (1–30): survival horror. Ren wakes alone on Floor 87, discovers Core Consumption by accident, forges his first bone weapon.
Act 2 — The Deep (31–60): Seris joins at the seal chamber; Mira found on Floor 45. Partnership transforms combat.
Act 3 — The Climb (61–90): Kael sent to verify Ren is dead. Theron joins Floor 72. Academy kill squads descend.
Act 4 — The Surface (91–100): Divine Warden reveals the Hollow was a prison, not a trial. Ren confronts the Academy with evidence — not rage. Original dark-fantasy tone; Arifureta-inspired structure only, no borrowed IP.
