Meowstery of a Growing Aurora (Demo)

About the game

'Meowstery of a Growing Aurora' is a 2D side-scrolling adventure set within an exciting, but familiar setting. Travel through the world of the VR-MMORPG Shenanghia and help Rhyn find a way to shrink her pet cat, Aurora!

Key Features

• Meticulously created levels spanning from dense jungles to monster infested castles
  
• An engaging story with multiple endings (should you be quick and bold enough to earn them)
  
• Non-Metroidvania progression; “Mystery of a growing Aurora” is a linear game, with different stages, and upgrades being awarded once a level has been reached
  
• The ability to pet Aurora (in both her small and large state)

Story
The year is 203X, and Eleanor (in-game name Rhyn), a player of the mega-popular Virtual Reality MMORPG Shenanghia has agreed to an interview with Mr. Slater, a freelance gaming journalist; to tell her side of the story from that fateful afternoon in December 203X, when Aurora, her in-game pet cat grew to massive proportions.

Released in the not-so-distant future of 203X, Shenanghia is a Virtual Reality MMORPG that took the world by storm.
Built on the promise that its servers will never go offline, and anything that happens in the game’s world is persistent, its players have started calling it their new home, almost like a second (virtual) life.
Bonds are made, relationships built (and ruined), and jobs are created.

However, every game has its dips in popularity.
And every time the number of players active on Shenanghia’s servers starts to dip, a near cataclysmic event happens!
From Lizardfolk rising up from the swamplands and briefly taking over the central kingdoms, to Werewolves massively increasing their numbers every time they kill something in the game; something always occurs.
And from those occurrences the Bounty Bands were born!
Consisting of high-level players with a thirst for glory, these groups take on the deadliest challenges, clear the trickiest dungeons, and hunt any creature (or player) that would pose a big enough threat to be noticed by the community.

Is Aurora another such occurrence? Are the Bounty Bands going to hunt Rhyn alongside her pet kitty-kat? Or is Rhyn going to find a way to make Aurora regular sized again?

Only one way to find out.

Note:

This is an early demo of the game. Levels, powerups, environments, abilities, and story is subject to change.

The game also has full Xbox controller support (I haven't fully tested PS controller support, so there might be bugs there), as well as Keyboard+Mouse support.

Feedback:

I've included a feedback button on the main menu, which opens your device's default email client. If that doesn't work for you, feel free to DM me on Twitter (@SbeveEntertain), or if you found the game via Reddit, the thread where you got here from!

Socials:

If you liked the game (or its potential), follow me on any of the social media here:
https://linktr.ee/sbeve.entertainment (note that at the moment I'm most active on Twitter, but all socials receive regular DevLog-style updates)