Elliot Quest announced

Luis Zuno writes in to tell me about his up and coming side-scrolling action RPG Elliot Quest.

The premise:

Elliot Quest is an adventure / exploration Zelda style game. Defeat all 4 Elements Guardians and acquire their powers. Explore Urule Island in search for treasures and artifacts, earn money and experience by defeating enemies.

So yeah, there’s not much to talk about on the plot front right now. Luckily, this game has a free early demo that you can play; I gave it a shot and quite enjoyed myself.

I can confirm that the developer is not joking around when he says that you can “expect a lot of Zelda 2 in this game.” Elliot Quest is very much in that vein, although it starts you off with a short-range bow and arrow instead of a sword, which means that combat begins less fiddly and frustrating than it does in The Adventure of Link.

Here is a trailer showing off a bit of the game’s variety of abilities and locales:

You can pre-order Elliot Quest for $4.99 via Paypal or via the new Paypal competitor Gumroad. I mentioned the demo–you can try it out right here if you want to see how you like it before pre-ordering.