Prototype N

Hello Tumblr, it's been a long time. While I forgot to post about the SAGE2024 demo here last year, the game had no new release in 2025 because we've decided to change engines to Godot (switching from Clickteam Fusion 2.5+), so we've spent a good chunk of the year rebuilding the game.

The demo ends after the first boss since we spent most of the time recreating the gameplay and all the frameworks. But while we were doing that, we've greatly enhanced what exists in the demo.

Moving to Godot also means that the game is now on Mac and Linux natively. On top of that, the game can be played on higher refresh rates!

Links

Demo Page

Changelog

Sorry for the lack of updates. This game is still happening, obviously, but there had been a lot of health issues that caused me to halt progress for a good while. The next demo 4.6.0 shouldn't be too far from release from now. It will contain several improves and language support (br-pt). The game is coming to SAGExpo this year, but I am unsure if I will get 5.0.0 out for it, but I'll try!

🥳 Prototype N's latest demo has reached a combined 1k total of downloads on both itch io and SAGExpo! Enjoy this wonderful illustration by @rabbitlegs to celebrate! Thank you all for playing!

You can find the game here at arrietty.itch.io/prototype-n

The game first started as an extra option for Prototype N where some levels have a halloween skin (and gems becoming candy corn) back in 2020. But reskinning the levels weren't working out as the shader needed did not cooperate at all. So it ended up having a little level instead (back then known as Phantom Forest, now known as Ghostly Grove in the final game). But time ran out and that level never got released in time for halloween. That was a week's worth of development wasted.

This year, around mid September, I decided to bring it back but I had so many ideas so the scope expanded enough to be its own campaign, detatched from the main game. So I started hard at work, first giving Nadine a witch design to go along with it. Then I have updated the Ghostly Grove level, giving it a new name and new palette along with new objects and enemies.

Throughout the development, I had help from friends with level design and artwork (including some enemy designs, concept art and last minute sprites). So we managed a whopping 6 level campaign and a whole new boss fight. I had a lot more planned but were cut due to time restraints. I do plan to bring them in in the future somehow though...

So in total, I think this took about 2 months to complete. It help it was built on an existing game so that saved a lot of time. Throughout developer, I wasn't sure if I was gonna make it, so I never announced the game and ended up shadowdropping it on late Halloween. But I'm glad in the end we managed to make it!

Hope you enjoyed the game! ^^

We've released a new game! It's a Prototype N side game called "Diamond in the Grave". It's halloween themed and a 6-level + 1 boss level campaign featuring tons of unique encounters and it's only $4.99! Happy Halloween!!

A bunch of bug fixes and QoL has been included. This includes the soft-lock bugs being all fixed.

Change log is found upon expanding this post.

What's New?! ​This demo features more systems than levels. This time, only a boss fight is added. But there are many quality of life changes and a brand new Shop System (complete with a new shopkeeper character!), Inventory, Shields, a brand new menu and the Sound Test!

STORY ​Destructive robots are running rampant across the world! Nadine, an incomplete prototype robot of unknown origin, fights to save the world while searching for her creator.

GAMEPLAY It's a side scrolling 2D shooter platformer. You go through levels from Point A to B by shooting enemies, avoiding hazards and overcoming all sorts of obstacles and gimmicks. Every level has Weapons scattered about to help aide you destroy tougher foes easier or find secret passages. And along side that, there are also item picks up as such Gems which are used to buy Weapons and Shields in shops found in the World Map. DEMO'S FEATURES