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Sparklite

Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Genre: Action/Adventure
Publisher: Red Blue Games
Developer: Merge Games
Release Date: Nov. 14, 2019

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'Sparklite' (ALL) Reveals Collectible Signature Edition

by Rainier on June 24, 2019 @ 7:00 a.m. PDT

Sparklite is a roguelite brawler-adventure set in a whimsical world where players invent guns and gadgets to solve puzzles and defeat enemies.

Battle foes in top-down action using an arsenal of gadgets, guns, and gear. Explore dangerous corners of the world, take down titans of the mining industry, and save the Sparklite!

Players assume the role of Ada, a genius engineer, lost in a strange new land thrown into turmoil by gremlins. Ada must help save the world by stopping the invaders from extracting the last of its life-blood, the magical Sparklite.

But nature is fighting back too! Violent earthquakes, known as  disruptions, periodically shake up the terrain, causing new arrangements and layouts within the world. After each disruption come new quests, minigames, and challenges for Ada to overcome as she builds up her strength to defeat the mysterious “Baron”.

Everything in the world of Geodia is tied together by Sparklite... it's the life force of the planet, and the inhabitants have learned how to channel it for their own gain. The blue, glowing ore can be harnessed providing a low-level, rechargeable power source, or it can be consumed for a huge surge of power with grave consequences. Geodia’s self-titled "Baron" has devised a plot to mine the world’s Sparklite core to meet his own ends. Mining Sparklite in large quantities, the Baron repurposes the ore to fuel his powerful war machines, but the pollution from the consumed Sparklite is corrupting the world. Animals have turned into violent monsters, and the environment is rotting away.

The stricken land of Geodia has a natural defense in its Sparklite core. Periodically, the core causes a Disruption which rearranges the world, setting back the Baron’s efforts. Our heroine, Ada, must stop the Baron before he can obtain the core and gain the power to create a new world in which he has ultimate power. A plucky mechanic, Ada will need to use her cunning and skills to defeat the Baron’s henchmen across five distinct zones. Ada will have to work with Geodia’s weird and wonderful inhabitants if she’s to face the Baron and put paid to his deadly plans before it’s too late.

Developer Red Blue Games and publisher Merge Games announced that Sparklite will be getting their super exclusive Signature Edition treatment bringing a physical edition to Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One.

Pre-orders for the Sparklite Signature Edition go live on June 28th, 2019 and will include:

  1. A region free copy of Sparklite
  2. Signature Edition Sleeve and Box
  3. Original CD Soundtrack
  4. Nano Block Figure
  5. Numbered Certificate

Our hero, Ada, must travel to each zone of the world to shut down its Digsite, lowering the Baron’s defenses so that she can stop him before it’s too late...

A delightful mix of roguelite and adventure, Sparklite lovingly leans into the games that inspired it such as The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Rogue Legacy while still creating an identity all its own.

Key Features

  • Five beautiful, procedurally generated biomes
  • Invent gadgets to solve puzzles and defeat enemies
  • Take on the Baron Mining Corp and its epic gremlin Titans
  • Befriend the people of Geodia and help build The Refuge
  • Discover collectibles scattered throughout the world
  • Play with a friend in assistive co-op mode
  • Intricate pixel art aesthetic inspired by retro classics
  • Gamecube inspired soundtrack by composer Dale North (Wizard of Legend)

Sparklite is coming to PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch in Oct. 2019.


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