Serene

Serene is an action-adventure platformer game planned for the Nintendo Switch and PC, and being developed by Spectrum Studios.

Story
A Labador Retriever named Bee and a beagle named Ace are assigned to go to a school where they learn about the magic around their worlds. However, one day, a dimensional rift opens up, with evil entities coming though. Everyone gets captured into the gas that sends them to another dimension, except for the two. Then, a sorcerer tells them that they're the chosen ones to rescue them. So, the two have to travel though different realms and collect enough Divine Crystals (aka the second currency) to travel to the Glitch Realm, a limbo-like world where the others are held captive. The first playable characters are Bee, Ace, and the sorcerer, who reveals herself to be Akira the Mage. You will earn more playable characters along your journey.

Gameplay
The game is shown as a 2D side-scroller. The player would start in a mechanic-themed HUB with different-themed realms. The Glitch Realm and the locked realms are covered in chains with a lock, and have to be unlocked by doing certain things. The Glitch Realm has to be opened by collecting all the Divine Crystals.

Some realms have a safe zone as your starting point. This is where enemies can't hurt you and where NPCs would most likely appear. Outside of the safe zone, the enemies are located. You start with 5 lives, and you can earn an extra life by collecting fallen divine stars.

Each character has a normal attack and a special attack. Defeating an enemy will give you a certain amount of Zodiac Coins (the main currency), which can be used to buy items, either used for healing, giving you an extra life, summoning a mini-ally, ETC! Earning Divine Crystals are also kind of simple. There would be shards of them, and can be earned by completing a goal. 8 shards would make a Divine Crystal.

Creating enough Divine Crystals will unlock the next realm, and it'll notify you of that.

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