Meet Up-and-Coming Brazilian Developers Lunic Games and Check Out Their Tactical Rogue-lite Game Evertried
Lunic Games is another critically-acclaimed example of the great things happening in Brazil’s thriving games industry and a prominent member of Brazil Games — an export program created by the Brazilian Game Companies Association, ABRAGAMES, in partnership with Apex-Brasil, the Brazilian Trade, and Investment Promotion Agency.
Selected as part of the “Best by Brazil” selection during Brazil’s Independent Game (BIG) Festival 2021 as well as participating in the “Brazil’s Panorama” event at BIG, Evertried is a tactical rogue-lite game with a tiled, isometric perspective. Players must ascend the enigmatic Tower — a sort of purgatory for lost souls to prove themselves worthy — by completing 50 floors jam-packed with enemies, using Skills and Modifiers to boost their abilities during each run. Of course, when (not if) the player dies, they start all over again at the ground floor, albeit a little stronger, a little smarter, and more prepared than before thanks to permanent upgrades and combat experience.
Key Features of Evertried:
- I Get Knocked Down…: 50 floors of fun await you as you battle your way to the top of the Tower, but death is only the beginning! In classic rogue-lite fashion, your skills — as a player and in the game — will only grow sharper and more powerful upon each death.
- Pace Yourself: In Evertried, your actions dictate when enemies are able to move and attack — a free-flowing turn-based action combat system allows you to carefully plan each series of actions several moves ahead. Take your time, employ tactics, then leap into action!
- Skills Pay the Bills: Increase your powers with each floor by acquiring Modifiers, which make you stronger during that particular run. Skills, on the other hand, remain as permanent upgrades, allowing you to become mightier and more capable on the next attempt
- Let’s Go Shopping: Collect shards to be used as currency in conveniently located shops every ten floors, where you can buy all sorts of nifty items, skills, and modifiers.
- Stay Focused: Attacking and defeating enemies will increase your Focus level, which determines the amount of shards you receive when fighting enemies. Keep pressing the attack and Focus goes up; if you begin to stall or hesitate, however, your Focus will start to drop.
About Lunic Games
Lunic Games was founded in 2019 by longtime friends Pedro Colmenero and Eduardo Fernandes and is currently situated in the city of Santos, southeast Brazil. The studio was created upon the foundation of “minimum complexity; maximum polish” with the intention to foster a culture of sustainable growth within the Brazilian game development market. Colmenero initially set out to be a doctor, attending medical college until deciding he’d rather focus on more creative endeavors, like creating fun, immersive gaming experiences.
The company’s first title was the self-published Tower Smash, a mobile title with a nearly 5-star rating on the Google play store. Not one to rest on their laurels, Lunic Games quickly began work on their next title, the old-school 2D platformer Lumi and the Dark Nebula. The company’s big breakout moment came when they launched the Kickstarter for Evertried, a game developed in partnership with Danilo Domingues. Evertried not only met its goal in under 34 hours, but achieved a staggering 400% of its funding goal by the end of the 30-day period. Suffice to say, people are pretty excited about the title, and there are a few great reasons for that. A small studio with a big heart, Lunic Games is a developer to keep an eye on.
Evertried will release on PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series S/X, and PlayStation 5 in Fall 2021.
