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Nick Reckless in
The Curse of the Lost Cause

A 2D game with
A retro feel!

A terrible curse has fallen on our hero. To get rid of it, he has to put certain things back in their place. Nick Reckless must overcome the obstacles that stand in his way. May he survive the curse.​

The butterfly effect

This nod to chaos theory will follow you throughout your journey. Your quest will evolve to the rhythm of its wings. Who can know what this might cause?​

The Curse

You will be able to exercise your free will allowing you to voluntarily activate the curse to deal with it and potentially gain some benefit from it.​
No clue, this is an old fashioned game, to find the hidden parts and / or reach them you can only rely on your skill as a player. Choosing the right weapon in the right situation is one of the skills you will need to learn. The sound is not in 8 bits, the music is in "contemporary" format. In our game we add special effects like transparency effect. We have more than 8, 16 or 256 colors in our first game. Nick Reckless in The Curse of The Lost Cause is in 640x360 pixels. It's up to you to manage the pressure and the danger. The difficulty of the game is progressive
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The Jungle

Avoid the dangers of a ruthless and exotic world. Stung by the poisonous thorns of the jungle, you will be the bruised of a lifetime. Unstable clods of earth and broken branches hide totems whose arrows could hit you right in the heart.
Wings, winds, eternal rebirth, poisoned feathers ... a sacred cocktail! And that's just the first boss Nick Reckless has to deal with. Swimming in the piranha infested water doesn't seem like a good idea; and yet it is a necessary step.
With his blowpipe the native awaits you at the bend of a bush. She is not the fiercest in the jungle, static but starving the carnivorous plant will cause a platforming challenge. The monkey, the invincible enemy, sometimes unreachable, will throw coconuts at you until his friends have finished making fun of you. Due to its shell, you will not be able to tame the beetle which engages in crisp combat.

The Ruins

A mystical universe full of dangers. Crushed by a pillar, impaled by a point, pursued by a wall, burned by flames, trapped in a scree, uncertain on a ruined ground. It has never been pleasant to receive a bone in the face, yet the skeleton will know how to stalk you. The saber tooth will not hesitate to attack! But danger also comes down from the ceiling, watch out for the frightening timing of the ghosts. Don't think you are safe in the water. You could get an adrenaline rush from electric eels. The Sorcerer teleports and summons the spirits to resurrect the skeletons from the ruins, hitting an energy circle, it's an evil challenge to overcome. The octopus is no exception, its tentacles whip and threaten your life
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The Cave

Molten lava and toxic clouds slow down your quest. Gooey worms will find you when you attempt to escape this form of slime that appears and disappears unexpectedly or unable to kill it. Once in its web, how to continue your quest: find the answer before the spitting spider helps you. Pursued by bats, you will have to get up and not try your luck in the water. Hands of stone, blood of lava, the lava golem awaits you for a fiery and destructive face-to-face. Poisonous and random jellyfish will not allow you a serene escape. The instability and penetration of the cave will not give you any respite.
Scorpions with their claws and their acid spray aren't the most terrifying guardians. An icy wind will strike you as you enter a spirit's force field. The mummies will seek you out to draw you into their world. You could lose control of your controller. A circular flamethrower will not help you balance yourself on the stabilizers. Pierced through and through, you will play cat and mouse with the curse.

The Temple

The temple protectors will give you a hard time, and as they meander, they will have only one mission: to prevent you from completing your quest! They protect the cradle from curse, ice or fire, they will challenge your playing skills.

​Partnership with
Montreal Rubika

A special thanks to Rubika Montréal who welcomed us to their premises during Nick Reckless's  in The Curse of the Lost Cause initiation. ​Thanks to Mireille Mallol for opening her arms to Akedo Studio with so much enthusiasm and spontaneity
Kathy Lee,
Prithvi Kumar,
Mathew George Pulinat,
Sandra Liz Sleeba,
Alexandre Delfolie,
Emma Dupuis,
0livier Paquette,
Mike.A DJing,
Zoé Toussaint,
​Nicolas Juspin.
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Once upon a time ... a pixel ..
On the Spotlights

​2019 | De la DreamHack de Montréal ​à la MEGA MIGS

  • November, 16 – 19 | MEGA+MIGS ;
  • October, 31 | Halloween Playtest in Gameplay Space ;
  • October, 24 | Playtest in Hangar 51 ;
  • September, 6 - 8 | Selected by Loto Québec for Zone Indie of DreamHack ;
  • August, 29 | Playtest in Gameplay Space.
A demo tested by 299 gamers.

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