The Last Sprite is a third-person action-platformer that centres on exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving in a vibrant fantasy world. Players take control of the titular Last Sprite, a fairy-like being created by a dying god, tasked with destroying the harmful machinery that's sapping life from the land.
This machinery was created by the previous inhabitants of the land of Remissar. These irresponsible creatures used their machines to convert life from the earth into energy they could use. The creatures themselves died out, but their machines didn't, and their continued sapping of life from the earth is taking a toll.
Areas of Remissar are now devoid of colour, and can only be restored by destroying the machines. The Last Sprite - encased in a protective sphere of vines - must roll and swing through the world, find these machines, and break them beyond repair.
The Last Sprite features a rolling main character, grappling and platforming mechanics, puzzle solving, and a simple-but-heavy-handed narrative inspired by the real-world climate crisis.
Razor Games
The three games used as main inspiration are:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | Fable 3 | The Eternal Cylinder |
Fantasy World Forests & Ruins | World impacted by player actions | Rolling main character |
Game Pillars
A rolling player character
An abandoned fantasy world
Elemental puzzles
Restore life & colour
Unique Selling Points
These four pillars condense down into three unique selling points:
Roll, swing, and slam your way through a vibrant fantasy world
Utilise elements to solve puzzles
Cleanse the world of harmful machinery
Gameplay Breakdown
The core gameplay loop sees players first exploring to find ruins. Once they find ruins, they must platform, puzzle solve, and destroy machinery in order to restore colour and vibrancy to the area. With that done, they can go back to exploring to find more ruins.
Second-to-Second players will exploring, platforming, rolling, swinging, and slamming.
Minute-to-Minute players will be destroying machinery, solving puzzles, and discovering ruins.
Hour-to-Hour players will be unlocking new areas and islands, and healing the world.
60-Second Gameplay Slice
0-5 seconds:
The player spots strange light shining up into the sky indicating the presence of harmful machinery. Vibrant pink cables lead in the same direction.
6-20 seconds:
The player traverses the world to reach the place where the light is coming from. Along the way they navigate forests and ruins. Upon arriving, they find a closed Elemental Door.
21-30 seconds:
The player finds a Fire Pedestal. By jumping through it, they collect the fire and take it to the door.
31-40 seconds:
The player platforms and puzzles through ruins to reach the machine area.
41-50 seconds:
The player sees the machine surrounded by a desaturated area that damages them.
51-60 seconds:
They dash through the desaturated area to a button. Slamming the button destroys the machine and restores colour to the area.
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