Hello, Newgrounders!

The moment has finally arrived. After over 10 years of development, the Piroot demo is now available on Steam! If you've been following me for a while you may remember when I first shared the Steam page on Pi Day 2024. A lot has happened since then and I'm excited to finally have something you can play.

Play the Piroot Demo

Piroot is an open world metroidvania where you crash land on a mysterious planet and start with only the ability to roll. From there you unlock new abilities and weapons that open up more of the interconnected world. The whole thing runs on a custom engine with dynamic lighting, physics based movement, and enemies that use real navigation and logic.

Through my career I have worked on games like DOOM, Red Faction Guerrilla, and Mafia 3 but this is the most personal thing I've ever made. Every bit of it, the art, music, code, and even the engine itself, was made by me. The engine is also open source for others to use and learn from.

I am planning to release in early access soon with the first chapter that is 1-2 hours of gameplay. For now I would love to hear your feedback on the demo and how it runs on your system.

Thanks for following me on this journey, it means a lot. Stay tuned for updates coming soon about my other games Driven Wild and Space Huggers. Right now I just need to focus on getting Piroot released in early access.

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