Melomys

Travel the underground wastes in search of hope

Explore the sprawling caves of New New York and lead the denizens to a brighter future.

Melomys is a precision platforming metroidvania that follows a young rat trying to make sense of the unknown and unforgiving world.

The caves of New New York are relatively safe, however the real danger lurks below - the caves are prone to flooding, blocking off useful paths and forcing you to always move up.

Tips and tricks (mild spoilers)

• Controller is the recommended input device. (Rumble go brr)
• A wall looks too tall to be scaled normally? Chances are that a ledge jump is the solution. When you jump off a platform at the very last minute, you get a significant speed boost. That's a technique necessary to progress to the upper levels, so you'll need to get the feel for the timing.
  • Psst - you can also ledge jump after bouncing off a bouncy wall. It's kinda like a very powerful wall jump.
• Stuck? Try looking for another way. There are many paths to the top.
• A part is irritating you? The game automatically saves your progress every 10 seconds, so feel free to close the game and take a rest.

Credits

Made by a passionate team of Lithuanian high school students (in alphabetical order):

• Linas Baltrėnas (Writing) (itch.io)
  

• Monika Krylaitė (Art)

• Simas Kamuntavičius (Programming, Art) (itch.io)
  

• Simonas Poviliūnas (Music)

• Vytautas Butėnas (Lead, Writing, Programming) (itch.io)
  

Known issues

• Wonky camera movement
• Backgrounds sometimes de-spawn
• There is no way to cleanly exit the game. Press Alt-F4