ARTMESS
Maya and a mysterious companion enter a fairytale world turned nightmare. Explore stunning locations, meet mythical characters, and battle the darkness to uncover the truth!
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THE MAIN STORY
The main character of ARTMESS is a girl named Maya. She lives in a small town, in a regular old house, and she’s desperately trying to get her parents back together. Then, one day, a mysterious creature shows up to help her - it looks like a glowing blue blob.
Together, they run away to an amazing but rapidly fading world of Slavic folklore, searching for something that could help fix her parents’s relationship. There, the heroes will meet incredible characters, uncover the secrets of this place, and fight off the darkness that’s been trying to swallow everything up for ages!
KEY FEATURES
- Classic hand-drawn frame-by-frame animation
-A story that will make you think about the complexities of life.
-A variety of beautiful locations. Each chapter of the game features recognizable but distorted fairy-tale biomes filled with battles, obstacles, and secrets. Explore the locations carefully to find secrets and lost Maya drawings!
-Unique environmental mechanics for each biome, which are inhabited by various fairy-tale creatures. Some of them will help you on your adventure, while others will become obstacles.
-Challenging levels, dynamic combat, and boss battles!
With the help of her new friend, Maya will discover the abilities of the higher beings who inhabit these lands to fight evil, but it won't be only the forces of light that will aid her.
The darkness threatens to destroy this world, but Maya and her faithful companion will do everything possible to recover what was stolen and help cleanse it of the forces of evil.
