
Beyondhollow
hi! this is the second game i'm making from my drawings.
beyondhollow is a small metroidvania set in the world of a place beyond. you play the dog with stars for eyes. its traveller followed his lantern into the black water and didn't come back, so the dog went down after him.


bite, bark and howl your way down through hanging graves, drowned choirs, bone orchards, frozen gates and bell mines.

- dash, double jump, slide down walls, bounce off enemies with a downward bite
- swim, ride the old lifts, catch updrafts, fly on a thread
- five bosses, each with its own tricks: the bellkeeper, the many-handed saint, the drowned cantor, the unlit prior and the unremembered
- one connected map, drawn to scale. doors you can't open yet will open later
- bonds: a small tree of upgrades you choose at lantern refuges

this demo is the beginning of the descent: the forgotten parish and the sunken belfry, all the way down to the bellkeeper.

it's still a prototype, so some things will be rough.
i'd love you to try it and tell me what you liked, what felt weird or where you got stuck. leave a comment.

keyboard, gamepad (dualsense works great) or touch on a phone. turn the phone sideways.
controls
| keyboard | gamepad | |
|---|---|---|
| move | a / d or arrows | left stick |
| jump · wings | space | × / a |
| bite (aim ↑ ↓) | j | □ / x |
| dash | shift | ○ / b |
| bark | k | r2 / rt |
| spell (aim ↑ ↓) | c | △ / y |
| mend (hold) | q | l1 / lb |
| thread flight (hold) | f | l2 / lt |
| rest · read | e | l3 or touch pad |
| map | m | create / view |
part of a place beyond
beyondhollow comes out of a place beyond, my bigger game. a place beyond isn't abandoned: it's still in active development and keeps getting updates. the latest one made it playable on phones and tablets.
it's the same world, the same drawings and the same dog. the hollow lies beneath blackwater, past the frozen lands, and the plan is that one day you'll walk into it from a place beyond. what the dog learns down here (wall claws, wings, the dive, thread flight) may find its way back up into the bigger game.

psp
i'm also porting beyondhollow to the psp, on the same engine as a place beyond's psp edition. it's going really well: the whole campaign, the sound and the saves already run natively. the psp version will come out together with this demo.
made with my drawings and art direction, with AI helping on assets, audio and code.
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español · un pequeño metroidvania hecho a partir de mis dibujos, en el mundo de a place beyond. eres el perro con estrellas en los ojos y bajas a las aguas negras tras tu viajero. muerde, ladra y aúlla; cinco jefes y un mapa conectado. todavía es un prototipo. teclado, mando o pantalla táctil. beyondhollow es parte del mundo de a place beyond, que sigue en desarrollo. la versión para psp saldrá junto con la demo.
日本語 · 私の絵から作っている小さなメトロイドヴァニアです。舞台は a place beyond の世界。星の目をした犬になって、黒い水の底へ消えた旅人を追いかけます。噛みつき、吠え、遠吠え。ボスは5体、マップはひとつにつながっています。まだプロトタイプです。キーボード、ゲームパッド、タッチ操作に対応。beyondhollow は、今も開発中の a place beyond と同じ世界の物語です。PSP 版もデモと同時に公開予定です。
한국어 · 제 그림으로 만들고 있는 작은 메트로배니아예요. a place beyond의 세계가 배경이에요. 별 눈을 가진 개가 되어 검은 물 아래로 사라진 주인을 쫓아가요. 물고, 짖고, 울부짖으며 다섯 보스와 싸워요. 맵은 하나로 이어져 있어요. 아직 프로토타입이에요. 키보드, 게임패드, 터치 지원. beyondhollow는 지금도 개발 중인 a place beyond와 같은 세계의 이야기예요. PSP 버전도 데모와 함께 나올 예정이에요.
简体中文 · 一款用我自己的画作做成的小型银河恶魔城游戏,发生在 a place beyond 的世界里。你扮演那只眼睛像星星的狗,追着消失在黑水中的旅人一路向下。撕咬、吠叫、长嚎,挑战五个 Boss,探索一张相连的地图。目前还是原型版本。支持键盘、手柄和触屏。beyondhollow 与仍在开发中的 a place beyond 同属一个世界。PSP 版将与试玩版同时推出。
українська · невелика метроїдванія з моїх малюнків, у світі a place beyond. ти — пес із зірками замість очей, що спускається в чорну воду за своїм мандрівником. кусай, гавкай і вий; п'ять босів і одна пов'язана мапа. це ще прототип. клавіатура, геймпад або сенсорний екран. beyondhollow — частина світу a place beyond — гри, яку я досі розробляю. версія для psp вийде разом із демо.
русский · небольшая метроидвания из моих рисунков, в мире a place beyond. ты — пёс со звёздами вместо глаз, который спускается в чёрную воду за своим путником. кусай, лай и вой; пять боссов и одна связанная карта. это пока прототип. клавиатура, геймпад или сенсорный экран. beyondhollow — часть мира a place beyond — игры, которую я всё ещё разрабатываю. версия для psp выйдет вместе с демо.
| Published | 3 days ago |
| Status | Prototype |
| Platforms | HTML5 |
| Author | bcaa777 |
| Genre | Platformer |
| Tags | 2D, Atmospheric, Boss battle, Dark Fantasy, Dogs, Exploration, Gothic, Hand-drawn, Metroidvania, Singleplayer |
| AI Disclosure | AI Assisted, Code, Graphics, Sounds, Text |






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