Metroidvania meets Gradius sounds like the sort of thing you could only wish for, chin leant your your interlocked fingers, elbows on the windowsill looking out into a rainy day. But by crikey, that’s what Gamesbymo are up to with A.N.N.E. A 2D pixel art hybrid of ship-flying shoot-em-up and physics puzzles, and on-foot platforming that promises Metroid-like progression. Wants.

All that is accompanied by some really beautiful music from Miyamo, which you can see and hear below.



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There’s an inevitable Kickstarter, looking for $70k that I’m now wishing I had to put in there – although he’s already over a tenth of the way there in just a couple of days. Here’s the pitch video:



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Want want want.