Metapathic

METAPATHIC is a 3D movement-based hack-and-slash, where traversal and combat are closely intertwined – fuel your combos with movement options, and think on your feet as you look for openings in your enemies’ defense!

Centuries into the future after the collapse of global infrastructure due to an apocalypse whose details have been lost to time, a diaspora of humanity has settled around an anomaly left in the wake of this disaster – a pit, descending deep into the earth, known as the Abyssosphere. This pit holds a megastructure snaking throughout its depths, an ethereal blend of urban environments and prevalent flora, holding technologies once thought to be lost. Within these depths, however, lies a sect of automatons which have proven to be a danger to any scouts – “Gardeners”, caretakers and guardians of the ecosystems now found in the Abyssosphere, who are willing to dispatch any intruders.

During this period of adversity and triumph for humanity, an android girl wakes along the outskirts of the city on the surface of the Abyssosphere, without any memories of her past life. Found and refurbished by a citizen of this city, she begins to question her identity and relationship with the pit, while learning to interact and empathizing with humanity. As tensions around the conflicts between scouts and Gardeners seep into the city from the depths, she makes a choice to delve herself – to find a place for herself with this cleaved identity of hers, and to carve a path of her own.

Experience ☆→ 

→ Moment-to-moment gameplay that fluidly strings together traversal and combat

→ A short level that supports player skill expression while showcasing the challenges the game presents

→ Visuals inspired by early 2000s anime, PS1/PS2 games, eco-punk, and cyberpunk media

→ Audio direction that takes inspiration from contemporary rock genres, ambient electronic, and a blend of natural and urban ambience