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Zebulon: A Lost Cat

Zebulon the cat is lost in a strange place, but he has a lot of courage and curiosity quickly replaces fear as he explores and unravels the world around him. It also helps that smelly green food is everywhere to grab!

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Potico Games, NuSan
Publisher
Potico Games
Release
August 5, 2024
1 year and 362 days ago
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Positive29 reviews100.0%

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About the Game

Zebulon the cat is lost in a strange place, but he has a lot of courage and curiosity quickly replaces fear as he explores and unravels the world around him. It also helps that smelly green food is everywhere to grab!

No matter the traps and falls, Zebulon can always get back up, he will learn new tricks and reach higher and deeper places. Even death is not the end but only a slight set back and an invitation to wander further

Zebulon is a tiny 2D platformer with metroidvania mechanics where you will have to use skills and observation to awaken Zebulon's powers in a world filled with surprises and tricky environments

This game is made using “fantasy console” Pico 8 with its recognizable 16-color palette, crunchy sweet 128x128 resolution pixel art and 4-channel chiptune

Thanks to the use of Zepto 8 emulator, an optional wide mode is included to go beyond Pico 8’s usual square screen, as well as visual filters to tweak your experience (scanlines, CRT, toon, minit...)

The Pico 8 cartridge and all source files are included in a separate free DLC that you can pick up if you want to play it in Pico 8 itself or see how the game was created

7 challenges modes exists in Zebulon, each game mode is associated with an achievement:

  • Normal mode : Explore the game and find powers and collectibles

  • Bonus mode : You will need to find every bonus before finishing the game

  • Explorer : no map for you, have fun wandering around and make your own path

  • Minit : you die every minute, you better go fast or you will never get anywhere

  • Half-Minit : you die every 30 seconds, only for the bravest of cats

  • 9 lives : you can only die 9 times, like every cat

  • Deathless : just don’t die, not even once...

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