Bologna, Italy - Call to all puzzle-solving lovers: solo independent developer Silent Chicken announced today that its brainteasing explorative puzzle game Sliding Hero will be released on PC via Steam. In this 16-bit era love letter, explore a world inspired by Venice's carnival that will test your wits to overcome challenges, uncover secrets and fight distinctive and colorful bosses.
Sliding Hero is a brainteasing explorative puzzle game where you can only slide in a single direction until hitting an obstacle. The sliding Sokoban movement mechanics are ingeniously interwoven with trap avoidance and enemy encounters.
Utilize environmental hazards and strategic sliding to defeat foes, turning the puzzle elements into combat opportunities. On your path, you will encounter various enemies and traps that introduce new layers of challenge, in an easy-to-learn but hard-to-master movement system.
Explore a sprawling dream-like Venetian villa, meticulously designed with interconnected rooms and hidden passageways.
In classic Metroidvania fashion, gain new tools to backtrack and access previously unreachable areas. Unlock shortcuts, collect clues and deal with strange and eccentric characters in an adventure that will test your puzzle-solving skills.
Take the mantle of Luca Sicomoro, a fierce warrior and captain of the Venetian navy and immerse yourself in a dark and grotesque world inspired by the Carnival of Venice, where masks and elaborate costumes intertwine with an atmospheric original soundtrack inspired by Italian 1700.
When Luca wakes up on a mysterious island after a shipwreck, he finds himself exploring a mysterious villa and learning about the dangerous and eccentric cast of characters that populate it. Help him put all the pieces together and discover an environmental storytelling composed of mystery and supernatural elements, adorned with sophisticated hand-drawn pixel art and unsettling animations.
Experience an atmospheric interconnected world inspired by 1700s Venice and the masks of the Italian Commedia dell'Arte. Stunning hand-drawn art, pixel art graphics and animations bring the eerie yet captivating environment to life and immerse you in a unique dark fantasy adventure.
While you wait for the full release, you can get a first taste of the puzzles and setting of Sliding Hero in the Steam demo, which is available now!
About Silent Chicken
Silent Chicken is an Italian micro-developer studio working on their first commercial title. Coming from an advertising background, Paolo Zito, creative director and main programmer, and Gianmarco Veronesi, art director and concept artist, have embarked on a journey to create innovative games built around simple, yet expansive mechanics.
At the end of 2023, the studio was selected for the Bologna Game Farm acceleration program, which helped us achieve our vision and set us on the right track to go self-publishing.
For more information about Sliding Hero:
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