Meander Forth Prevue

Something sinister brews beneath the isle of Westlouia. A chill blows in on the wind, Animals grow aggressive, and people disappear. Fall draws near, and with it comes an omen for times ahead. 

Garret Steps Out!

Finally, Garret Rapids gets some time in the sun! After cooping himself up for so long, his best friends Isaak and Scotty have invited him out to the campsite for one last night together before the weather gets cold. However, things do not go as planned...

Meander Forth

Meander Forth Prevue is the demo of for the upcoming Meander Forth. a story-driven platformer in the vein of Cave Story and Klonoa. In it, you play as an otter named Garret Rapids, who must (reluctantly) use his dark ice powers to save his friends from a curse that has scattered them to the wind!

Prevue?

This demo covers the first chapter-and-a-half of Meander Forth, set in the outskirts of Pivot: Garret's hometown. There are over seven areas to explore, several story scenes to experience, a menagerie of characters to interact with, and a boss to fight.

Since the demo ends before Garret unlocks his signature Ice Dash ability in the full game, you can press [Select] at any time during his gameplay to unlock it! (It is best to do this on the second time through.)

New Tech!

Unlike the previous versions of the game, this demo is the first to be built in the Godot Engine rather than Game Maker! Originally this was for purely technical reasons, but the engine has proven itself to be incredibly useful for this project, especially due to its Free-and-open-source nature. 

Teak's Tall Tale

The Teak's Tall Tale prologue campaign from the previous demos has been faithfully reconstructed in the new engine, albeit with some gameplay tweaks and a revised script that brings it closer to the final game's world and story. 

In this standalone campaign, you play as Oscar Teak, a drummer who gets kicked out of a band, only to discover from a masked child in the woods that his best friend has gone missing! It's up to Teak to uncover the mystery of his missing friend, and the identity of the masked child. 

Support/Follow the Project!

If you want to support the project, please visit my Patreon! Paid members get access to early builds and other sneak peaks. Even if you don't pledge, you can keep up with blog posts and other information. 

I'm also on Bluesky, tumblr, and YouTube!

Controls:

*Controls can be changed at any time through the Options Menu!

Command	Keyboard Input (Default, Qwerty)	Gamepad Input (Default, XInput)
Walk Left, Menu Left	[Left Arrow] Key	DPad Left, Left Stick Left
Walk Right, Menu Right	[Right Arrow] Key	DPad Right, Left Stick Right
Aim Up, Menu Up	[Up Arrow] Key	DPad Up, Left Stick Up
Aim Down (In Air), Menu Down, Enter Doors, Interact	[Down Arrow] Key	DPad Down, Left Stick Down
Jump, Speed-up text, Menu Confirm	[X] Key	A (Xbox)
Fire, Skip Text Scrolling, Menu Back	[C] Key	X (Xbox)
Skip Entire Dialog Exchange	[S] Key	Y (Xbox)
Ice Dash (Press Select to unlock as Garret)	[Z] Key	B (Xbox), RT (Xbox)
Pause Game, Start Game	[Enter] Key	Start ( Xbox 360) Menu (Xbox One)
Unlock Ice Dash (Demo Only)	[Backspace] Key	Select (Most Controllers) Back (Xbox 360) View (Xbox One)
Toggle Fullscreen	[F4] Key	N/A (Use Options Menu)
Window Size Down (integer)	[F2] Key	N/A (Use Options Menu)
Windows Size Up (integer)	[F3] Key	N/A (Use Options Menu)
Exit Game	[Esc] Key	N/A (Use Pause Menu)