SKELOST
SKELOST
Celebrating 27 years of the Game Boy Color with a brand-new yokai shooter!
Immerse yourself in Japanese folklore, fast-paced action, and retro horror as you uncover the fate of your lost family.
Controls:
| Action | Key | GB Button |
| Move or Climb | WASD or Arrows | D-Pad |
| Jump | Z, J, Alt or Space | A |
| Shoot | X, K or Ctrl | B |
Game Features:
- Runs on original Game Boy Color hardware
- Encounter mysterious Yokai
- Classic side-scrolling action
- Tightly tuned 2D controls
- Captivating Soundtrack
Credits:
Created by Casey Atkins & Robert Doman
Coffee “Valen” Bat — SFX
TipTopTomCat — Soundtrack
Special Thanks to Goodgis for inspiring this game!
Made with GB Studio by Chris Maltby
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wooow great one!!! winning with the very last bit of health is always a great feeling. and the plot twist oh man.
Classic gameplay, the levels feel well thought out. I'm going to have to revisit this one. I'm got to level 3 but die by the points of spikes.
Hello there! I saw your comment and let me just say that I'm very thankful for you bringing this game to my attention! I actually had a good time playing it! It's a sweet modern GameBoy Color Gem! And all for free! Here's my playthrough of this game. Thanks again and if you ever make more games I'll love to play!
But if that's to much to ask then... This game feels kind of bland and blah at first but it is a sleeper hit. There are a few weird interactions here and there especially with the bosses, but this game has that flow that carries you to complete it.
As I said above the very first thing that came to my head when I first began this game was "I kind of want to turn this off, it looks/feels a little lame". I kept playing out of respect for the dev asking me to try the game out and I'm glad I did. Not to long after I had that thought I started to get into the flow of the game and I started to lock in forgetting that I needed to talk for a video (this part I cut out). I ended up making it to the end the first time thinking it was over just to be hit with a twist boss, then a twist ever phase. I immediately rebooted and ran through again and I was excited to do so. It wasn't all good though there are a few flaws here and there like the ganky platforms, and the boss cheese spots (one location is standing in the doorways during crab boss fight). The final boss also feels pretty underwhelming but that can be changed by adding an attack as the phases change. Other then that this game feels great and I turned a 10min game into an hour of entertainment, I think that's not to bad.
I'd give this one a 80 out of 100 atm, maybe some changes can be made to the bosses a little and this will go up.
I tried to keep this comment review short and sweet like the game but I left a more in-depth review on the game and you can read it here if you want:
https://tyview.itch.io/games-ive-played-reviewed-daily-indie-horror-series/devlo...
Dev I hope this comment is ok if you'd rather I leave a longer comment lmk I'm just trying something new with how I leave comments. Thanks again for introducing this game.
Such a wonderful game! There were so many kinds of yokai, and it was nice that not all of them were enemies—there were lots of friendly ones too!
The boss battles were full of variety, each with their own personality, and the final boss fight was so intense and exciting—I had an amazing time, meow! (ΦωΦ)
Thanks so much for playing! I’m glad you enjoyed the variety of yokai and the final boss battle!
hahah the friendly ones confused me. i was so wary of them initially
This was short and neat. Did a quick run of it
Thanks for checking it out and doing a run! Really cool to see people speedrunning it.
Wow ! Love this, cool game and great attention to detail, very fun to play. Well done :)
Such an enjoyable game I love the music and the general art direction of this game. Feels like much love and passion was poured into this game and im all for it.
Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
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Haha, thanks for playing!
very fun game very nice
The music is great and I love the world design, it feels super immersive (for a gameboy game) like ,well done my man this is a good game
Thanks JuhoSprite, that really means a lot!