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Hi! At n² studio, we've been building, Leybound: a small co-op hunting game in the spirit of Monster Hunter, played from an isometric view, where you and up to three friends track monsters across a world held together by ley magic.
The free playtest is live, and you can play it right in your browser, no download: 👉 https://game.n2studio.net/
How a hunt goes
- Take a contract, or set out on an expedition from the haven.
- Find the monster: read its tracks, keep out of its sight and come at it from behind or the flank (it really does hit harder from there).
- Break its horns or tail, carve what it leaves, and bind gear from its parts at the altar.
- On expeditions, each zone's guardian seals the ley paths onward. Beat it to open them, rest and bank your haul at a waymark fire, and decide as a party whether to push one ring deeper or head home. Faint too often and you lose part of what you carry.
What's in the playtest
- Three classes: the Warden (blade and shield), the Seeker (bow, tracking, flares) and the Leywright (staff, heals and support)
- 7 monsters, from the Bramblehorn to the Stormheart and the Leywarden, each with breakable parts and its own bestiary entry
- A hex leymap of zones in many biomes (snowfields, ash wastes, crystal fields, fens, autumn woods…), with an outpost (Emberwatch) and its own prices
- 34 pieces of gear to bind, plus elemental infusing
- Chapter I of the story, told by the people of Waystone Haven
- Parties of up to 4 with a 6-letter code or open parties anyone can join, party votes, chat and trading
- Browser, Windows, Linux and Android (APK), all playing together
We're already building these:
- Subclasses earned through mentor trials: Bulwark, Trapper, Ashen Avenger, Stalker, Cantor, Riftbinder, each with its own resource and playstyle
- Apex monsters with new moves: shockwaves you have to dodge through, venom pools, monsters that burrow and burst up under you, and a second phase at half health
- Heavier combat: knockdowns, monster combos, hit-stop
- Small wildlife (hares, crag goats, frost foxes, ley wisps…) and calm pursuits like foraging, fishing and new Hearth dishes, for when you'd rather not fight
- Tougher multi-monster contracts, and the rest of the story
What we'd love from you
We're a tiny team, and this playtest is about learning what works. If you try it, we'd really like to know:
- Was it clear what to do in your first 10 minutes?
- How did the fights feel? Too easy, too punishing, unclear?
- Did anything break? In-game there's Menu → Report a problem, which sends us the details.
Comments here, on the itch page, or on our Discord are all welcome: https://discord.gg/Ec9fQT7WG5
Thanks for reading, and happy hunting! 🏹
I just launched the first public demo of Gorwans
The Game consists of incarnating a Gorwan, meeting new characters, following their story, and combat in a friendly sport called Rabble.
I'd like to invite you all to play it to help me gather general feedback, to help me find bugs, areas where the game can be improved, etc.
So far, the demo includes
- A teaser chapter, where the main features are presented
- A smooth tutorial that teaches each feature from a story POV
- 1v1, 2v2, and 3c3 combat
- Recruitable Gorwans
- Infinite loop of combats after finishing the main storyline and unlocking the generic "Expeditions"
At the end, I share with you guys a poll that'll help me organize the feedback.
In particular, I'm interested in getting to know if the main loop works, and if you'd be interested in the story, the combat, the competitive, or the coop aspect.
Thank you so much if you reached here already! I hope you'll enjoy the DEMO.
If you want to see a partial demo playthrough, feel free to watch it here.