Hope of Taru
Seidel Games · 2024 · Adventure, Casual, 2D Platformer, Side Scroller, Fantasy
PC
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About Hope of Taru
You wake up to find your world has changed. Can you remember what happened and find a cure to the curse upon the silent village of Taru?
Find the hints to your past and bring back life to your village in this small indie 2D platformer. Enjoy stunning artwork and an original soundtrack while unravelling the story of the petrified villagers of Taru in six increasingly challenging levels.
You’re not alone in this. Collect all stone fragments lost in the village and deliver them to priest Yuri high up in the temple to fix what is broken. Can you defeat all dangers and reach him in time for the final ritual?
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This game was created as our second family summer holiday project (🏝️😎💻🏖️).
Find the hints to your past and bring back life to your village in this small indie 2D platformer. Enjoy stunning artwork and an original soundtrack while unravelling the story of the petrified villagers of Taru in six increasingly challenging levels.
You’re not alone in this. Collect all stone fragments lost in the village and deliver them to priest Yuri high up in the temple to fix what is broken. Can you defeat all dangers and reach him in time for the final ritual?
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This game was created as our second family summer holiday project (🏝️😎💻🏖️).
What Steam players say
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My friend who I play Counter Strike with said if I post a review on Hope of Taru and it gets 50 likes and 20 Awards that he will buy me a RTX 4060. So im just gonna leave this here. Help me bro9 found this helpful
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Here I will leave this beautifull capybara, whoever pass by can pet it. (Give me thumbs up, and you will grow 3cm. Reward this and you will grow 30cm) ⠀⢀⣀⠤⠿⢤⢖⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⡔⢩⠂⠀⠒⠗⠈⠀⠉⠢⠄⣀⠠⠤⠄⠒⢖⡒⢒⠂⠤⢄⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠇⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠈⠀⠈⠈⡨⢀⠡⡪⠢⡀⠀ ⠈⠒⠀⠤⠤⣄⡆⡂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠢⠀⢕⠱⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢳⣐⡐⠐⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠁⠇ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠑⢤⢁⠀⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢰⠀⠀⠀⡀⢄⡜⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⡦⠄⡷⠢⠤⠤⠤⠤⢬⢈⡇⢠⣈⣰⠎⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣃⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢪⢀⣺⡅⢈⠆⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠶⡿⠤⠚⠁⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⡤⢺⣥⠟⢡⠃⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀3 found this helpful
"Hope of Taru" is a rather poorly, if genuinely made 2D retro action platformer. The player wakes up in a changed world and must uncover their past to restore life to the petrified village of Taru. The story unfolds over six challenging levels, focusing on collecting fragments and delivering them to a priest to complete a ritual... all of which involves some really unpolished, low quality platforming. What do you do in the game? It's essentially very weak Mario Bros type casual platforming with a bunch of badly written visual novel text slapped on... you know, another case of a developer not understanding the "Show, don't tell" axiom of game development. The game features really lacklustre 2D visuals (does the developer not know 3D graphics became mainstream in the mid-1990s?). Gamers don't spend thousands of dollars on gaming rigs and the latest 3D graphics cards to play 2D games. Even mobile phones and game consoles can do 3D graphics now. There's no excuse. On pricing, this is only free in a rudimentary sense... the developer has their hand out for a $2 USD "donation" for this as you're expected to buy soundtrack DLC from Steam to "support" the "developer"... digital pa…2 found this helpful
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