Paulrus and The Lost Waters (Early Access Demo)
A downloadable Paulrus for Windows
Paulrus and The Lost Waters is a game that aims to bring back some nostalgia that many of us felt growing up when we played our favourite platformer games. Join Paulrus and experience this wonderful adventure that will just keep you smiling.
Hi There! Welcome to the Walrus Kingdom! This is the "Paulrus and The Lost Waters" Demo. It's a game that is heavily inspired by 90s platformer classics such as Banjo Kazooie, Spyro the Dragon and Super Mario 64. In this game you play as a young Walrus, who is tasked to bring back stolen water from different worlds. Levels are affected by the water, and can change once the water is taken out. - "You get to experience, then re-experience these worlds for a full and engaging experience!"
The Emerald Jungle
In this demo you will explore a lost jungle, known for it's treasure and secrecy. Paulrus can choose to extract the water, opening up the level for more to find. There are a total of 82 clams to find, and 7 gemstones to earn. Can you get them all?
Disclaimer - This is just a demo of one of the levels. It is a working progress, and is subject to change. Due to the demo jumping straight into a specific section, please refer to the "controls" in game to know how to play.
Key Experiences;
- Simple, but fun and tight controls.
- An adorable character, that is full of life.
- Nostalgia on steroids'!
- Lots of things to collect!
- No hand holding here folks!
You can also find out more about it's creation at;
Twitter - https://twitter.com/BytesizeP
FaceBook - https://www.facebook.com/ByteSizePlay
Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgTtcEp3eTv1EuBXzarrhw
Or come join in and watch it's creation over at Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/bytesizeplay
Paulrus is being created solely by me, Michael Stump in my company - ByteSizePlay. I'd love for you to let me know what you think. So please leave a comment if you enjoyed it.
Thank you so much for checking out the demo. Paulrus thanks you! :D
Download
Install instructions
All you need to do is extract the folder, and load the exe file. You can't miss it, it's the one with Paulrus' face ;)
Comments
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This looks amazing and giving me serious Banjo Kazooie vibes all the way from movement, collectables, scenery, and music. <3
Oh wow thanks :) it’s heavily inspired by Banjo Kazooie and Spyro the Dragon, so hearing you say that is amazing!
It’s my passion project and was the first game I created, so I’m currently working on remaking it from scratch now that I’m a lot better at programming, albeit progress is a little halted right now. Feel free to join Twitter for updates when they come :)
Very well done
Show post...
so sweet
Glad you liked it :D Come along to my twitter to see more, or even chat with me live over on Twitch to find out more! Links are in the description!
just 1 thing before i go into this, great work for someone who made it alone
man man man, what a demo... the game just feels so AMAZING to play, and dont get me started about the controlls (accept underwater)!!! the only thing I noticed, and what I am sure you are going to fix, it that when you change the water nothing saves...
over all, an amazing demo to run around in!!!
and here is a chalange for any one who likes one, try to get on the edge of the map like i did (you will also get some treats on your way up):
I'm glad you enjoyed the demo! :) Sorry about it not saving, that was something I realised just before the upload :(
The swimming controls were introduced much later into development, and is something that I could refine somewhat.
Haha! Well done! I was hoping no one would find a way up, even though I discovered a way myself. So I did leave a little treat up there just incase. Guess I'll be adding some invisible walls. Or just block off the areas beyond and keep that area ;)
Before I wanna say, that played the demo like 4-5 hours and this is just my opinion on everything I got.
I really liked the balance of collecting and searching. For a demo really well made. The music was amazing and fits the game really well. I also love that you have to explore the map in the way the creator made it. But there are still a few things I wanna say that need to be fixed:
No save after you change the water level, Paulrus and Enemy voice only on left ear hearable.
After all I really think that this game is going in the right direction!
I would give 5 out of 5 Stars for the demo!
Wow! I'm really glad you enjoyed it :D
Yes, just before I was about to upload I noticed that the save didn't take place. It's a simple fix, but an oversight on my part, but sorry about that! I'll look into the sound stuff too, thanks for letting me know!
I played that game.
I really enjoyed playing it although some parts were difficult to clear the tasks.
The characters are also really cute, especially Paurlus:)
The music is amazing too!
For the creater, I'd like to suggest to add some indications to play as I was sometimes confused what I needed to do.
I'd like to play more in the future!
I look forward to the new stages!
Thank you so much your interest! There definitely will be more indications in the near future, don't worry. Especially with a few cutscenes and story arcs added. Thanks for the input, though :) I'm glad you enjoyed it. Feel free to follow me on Twitter, Facebook etc. for more updates.