Setting out to create a short yet emotional journey is the Kiro Team with their Metroidvania platformer game Souno’s Curse. Giving the world and environment a personal touch, this 2D hand-drawn game is hoping to release on Steam sometime in 2023. Before they can look into officially launching the game as planned, they have launched a crowdfunding page on Kickstarter in hopes of raising just over seventeen thousand dollars.

This game is an atmospheric action-platformer with Metroidvania elements that draws inspiration from games such as Hollow Knight and Journey. It features a story that explores sensitive themes such as friendship, love, regret, as well as the importance of living in the moment.

To help drive interest in the game, they not only released a trailer with gameplay in it but released a playable demo that is available on Steam. It is listed as being part of Steam Next Fest, but there’s a good chance this demo isn’t going anywhere after Next Fest ends. The best news, mostly for the developers, is that this game has already been highlighted by Kickstarter with the Project We Love badge. This is easily the best badge you can get while your project is raising its profits, so kudos to them and a sigh of relief for those who fund.