Birth - Life - Death - RepeatPrinciple of Karma is a unique 2D puzzle platformer where you solve challenging puzzles, manipulate time, and escape the loop to rescue your beloved. Find happiness and fulfillment by breaking free from the cycle.
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Principle of Karma is a unique 2D puzzle platformer that takes you on a mind-bending journey of birth, life, death, and resurrection. Trapped in an endless loop, you must solve intricate puzzles and work with your past moves—your "Ghosts"—to escape the cycle, rescue your beloved, and ultimately break free to find happiness and fulfillment.
Set in a retro, minimalist world inspired by early 1980s computer graphics, Principle of Karma features 62 levels of challenging brain teasers, intricate platforming mechanics, and thought-provoking puzzles that require you to think fast and adapt. With the power to interact with your past actions, you’ll experience a true "singleplayer co-op" experience, all while uncovering the dark, atmospheric tale of a man seeking to rescue his beloved from the clutches of an evil demon.
Featuring pixel-perfect hand-drawn animations, a retro soundtrack, and a psychological narrative, Principle of Karma offers both a thrilling challenge and a captivating experience that tests your strategic thinking and ability to outsmart the loop. Prepare for an exciting mental workout across beautifully crafted levels, all while embracing the philosophy of life, death, and rebirth.
✨ 62 levels of challenging puzzles and platforming action
👻 "Singleplayer Co-op" mechanic with your past actions ("Ghosts")
🎮 Color scheme customization: Choose retro-inspired palettes, including styles reminiscent of the 800XL, C64, ZX Spectrum, Amiga, CGA, and classic monochrome systems
🎨 Hand-drawn, high-quality character animations that bring the game to life with incredible detail
🖤 Atmospheric retro graphics and pixel art that bring the 1980s gaming era to life
💘 Psychological, horror-inspired narrative: Save your beloved in this dark, gripping story
⏳ Time manipulation and strategy-driven gameplay that requires precision and quick thinking
🕹️ Dark, minimalist world that challenges your mind while delivering a unique gaming experience
💀 Various enemies to encounter, including skulls, evil spirits, spiders, impostors, and demons, each with unique behaviors and challenges
⚙️ Contraptions like buttons, switches, doors, catapults, and water valves that provide strategic opportunities and obstacles to overcome
💾 A tribute to retro gaming with nostalgia for classic gaming systems and their iconic visual styles
🏆 Leaderboards and achievements to compete and track your progress
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Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Swedish +7 more
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ENG: Small puzzle platformer, with a very good central mechanic: When we revive we see our ghost of the past life and we can use it in many ways, so you have to use your head thinking ahead, interesting. It also has different color palettes and online rankings. Recommended. ESP: Pequeño puzzle plataformero, con una mecánica central muy buena: Cuando revivimos vemos a nuestro fantasma de la vida pasada y lo podemos usar de muchas maneras, por lo que hay que usar bien la cabeza pensando a futuro, interesante. Aparte tiene distintas paletas de colores y rankings online. Muy bueno, lo recomiendo.
[h1]過去の自分と協力して進め[/h1] 序盤をプレイしての感想。 日本語はないがプレイに支障なし。 過去の自分と協力し、黄色い何か(デフォルトカラー設定の場合)を取って、最後の自分がゴールすればステージクリア。 黄色いのを取らずゴールするか、敵や落下で死ぬと次の自分に移る。 [h1]注意点[/h1] ●次の自分に移り変わっても周囲の環境(敵の位置、切替式スイッチのON・OFF、黄色いのの取得状況等)はリセットされない。 スイッチを一度切り替えてONにした前の自分は、次のフェーズではスイッチを切り替えてOFFにしてくるといった塩梅。 ●自滅ボタンがない 今操作している自分が閉じ込められて、周囲に死の危険がない場合は詰みなので諦めてそのステージ丸々やり直せ。 尚、タグの精神的恐怖の要素は序盤では見受けられず、それほど難解でもないので高難易度でもなさげ。
Very unique puzzle-platformer game, deserves more popularity. 62 levels, some very demanding, very nice control over the character and animation. It requires thinking, planning, super brain-training game. Worth trying.
The game seems simple at first, but as you progress, the challenges become more difficult and increasingly engaging. 🙂 Great fun! I highly recommend it to all fans of the genre! 😊
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