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Canto I
Face the Dark Forest of the Divine Comedy in this action platformer inspired by the Sommo Poeta’s masterpiece! Help Dante avoid pitfalls, spikes & specters using double jumps, magical attacks and dashes. Find the scrolls containing the triplets of the Canto exploring this gloomy, pixelart forest!
Released:
Aug 13, 2024
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Developer:
LudosGD
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Publisher:
Neoclassic Games
The Developer Says...
Midway upon the journey of our life…
In Canto I, you take control of Dante, the Sommo Poeta, in a small adventure that reimagines the first canto of the
Divine Comedy as a videogame. Finding yourself in the Forest Dark, you’ll need to use all abilities at your disposal to traverse it!
• Double jump: Up arrow key or W in the air.
• Attack: C, P or Space.
• Dash: X or O.
• Looking down: Hold the down arrow key or S.
Then he moved on, and I behind him followed.
Canto I is a personal, small love letter to the platform genre and to the Divine Comedy. Thank you for reading all the way down here and I hope you’ll enjoy the game, if you wanna try it. Have a wonderful day! :D
In Canto I, you take control of Dante, the Sommo Poeta, in a small adventure that reimagines the first canto of the
Divine Comedy as a videogame. Finding yourself in the Forest Dark, you’ll need to use all abilities at your disposal to traverse it!
Features
- Spread your wings and overcome every obstacle, bounce on magical books, dash through spike traps and defeat helmet-equipped specters!
- Fun pixelart style that will get a laugh out of you even when you’ll fall into a pit (there are lots of them)
- Rebuild the Canto I — Spread around the four levels, scrolls containing the triplets of Canto I hide. Find them all and read the poem in the menu page!
- Different game modes — play Classic mode for an experience without modifiers, Story mode for a relaxed experience or Hell mode for a real challenge!
How to play
• Movement: Arrow keys or WASD.• Double jump: Up arrow key or W in the air.
• Attack: C, P or Space.
• Dash: X or O.
• Looking down: Hold the down arrow key or S.
Then he moved on, and I behind him followed.
Canto I is a personal, small love letter to the platform genre and to the Divine Comedy. Thank you for reading all the way down here and I hope you’ll enjoy the game, if you wanna try it. Have a wonderful day! :D
Back of the Box Details
Steam Deck
Playable
DLC
1
DRM/EULA Notices
None
Achievements
None
Ratings
None
Demo
None
Metacritic
None
Content Notices
None
Controller Support
Xbox
Reviews
80%
Very Positive
Based on 55 reviews
Individual reviews are not available yet.
