February 2nd, 2025 | Solo indie developer Dr. Kucho! Games is proud to announce the release of Moons of Darsalon, a retro action “save-them-all” platformer including advanced physics combined with an unique retro feel, previously released for PC is launching today for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4|5, Xbox One, and Series S/X, with the base edition at a price of 17.99 USD on all platforms.
Be a hero in charge of rescuing your lost colleagues and bringing them to the closest base station using your commands and their advanced AI. Fight fierceful alien creatures, avoid all sorts of threats and get rid of obstacles with a jetpack, enjoy the advanced physics engine that allows you to destroy terrain, and even make new paths with the ground maker!
"Making this game has been fulfilling the dream I had as a teenager, which I gave up to dedicate myself to music, and which I recovered at 42 years old, eight years later. Moons of Darsalon is a reality in which I have put all my obsessive perfectionism, avoiding following trendy styles and focusing on offering a fresh and quality gaming experience." - Dr. Kucho
More about Moons of Darsalon
Teams of darsanauts got lost during their mining missions on the different moons of the planet Darsalon. You need to complete several rescue missions in which you will have to lead them to the closest base station. They will use their own AI to follow you and to obey your commands. On your way to the base you will have to protect them from dangers and enemies using your laser gun, jet pack, pilot ground and air vehicles, destroy terrain, and even make new paths with the ground maker gun.
Main Features
- Fast-paced laser gun shooting action against dangerous alien creatures.
- Enhanced mobility thanks to accessories like the jet pack and vehicles like the space truck and drop ship.
- Darsanauts implement advanced platforming AI including dynamic terrain detection, jump force calculation, light sensitivity, inter-NPC communication.
- Voice Commands to control companion NPCs.
- Dynamic ground destruction and creation: Destroy terrain and make new paths with the ground maker gun.
- Fully interactive and realistic liquid physics.
- Realistic off road vehicle physics.
- 8 bit music based on MOS 6581 (SID) chip from 1982 and speech synthesis.
- Graphics are generated with a unique render pipeline that combines modern lighting, 2D sprites and 3D models pixelated in real time, all featuring a restricted color palette for an authentic retro feel.
- And of course, we cannot miss the good old CRT filter!
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ABOUT DR.KUCHO! GAMES
Dr. Kucho’s path as a game developer started in 2013, when he began developing his debut title “Ghosts’n Djs”, a homage to the 80s arcade classic platformer Ghosts’n Goblins and a satirical critic to the commercial electronic music industry. In 2020, Kucho released his second title, Pilots of Darsalon, which introduces the Darsalon universe and presents a physics based arcade game. Finally and after more than 8 years of development, Dr. Kucho returns with his largest project to date, Moons of Darsalon, where players will have to rescue and command a squad of darsanauts, mixing physics-based run’n gun mechanics with the save them all genre, in this sequel he applied all the lessons learned about his audience, and how PC self-publishing works.
