Iron Diamond
Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!
Adventure
Released
22 Aug 2024
2 years ago
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VGDB Score
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Overview
Summary
Explore the mysterious island of Kindara in this vibrant 2D action-adventure. Fight and platform your way through jungles, icy peaks, castles, and crystal caverns in a non-linear interconnected world. Adventure awaits!
Description
About This Game
Iron Diamond is a 2D action adventure game across a rich interconnected world that blends sci-fi and medieval fantasy! Immerse yourself in a world that combines versatile combat, challenging platforming, and engaging puzzles. Navigate through great plains, icy peaks, tortuous castles, a treacherous volcano, and forgotten caverns to find your way to the Iron Diamond.
As a futuristic weaponized Iron Extractor, you find yourself lost in the mystical land of Kindara. Tasked with seeking a valuable iron deposit, the IRON DIAMOND, you will encounter friend and foe along the journey while a deeper threat grows beneath the shadows.
You will be fighting a variety of enemies and challenging bosses with your array of close melee attacks (jabs, uppercuts, and downward strikes), as well as an arsenal of stackable projectile weapons (fire, ice, lightning, multishot, homing shot, missiles, and more).
Exploration won't be easy, as various platforming challenges bar the way forward. In order to navigate the treacherous paths, you will need to utilize the abilities given to you by runes that you find in the depths of the island.
Uncover enchanted runes to upgrade your suit with new combat and movement abilities that help you maneuver the island. With each new ability, new pathways open, and new battle strategies evolve! Some runes give passive abilities while others give abilities that you must expend energy points to use.
Increase your maximum health, energy, and attack damage via specialized iron-rich tank pickups! Stumble upon a myriad of other valuable items that each have their own unique part in the story. Some can be traded with NPCs, while others can be used in shops to upgrade your runes further. Many items are critical to the advancement of your quest!
Utilize the ever-growing map menu to your advantage! Rely on the robust set of treasure and item markers to guide you and keep you informed, and use custom markers when you want those extra details.
Unlock elevators, boats, and mine carts to fast travel your way around previously encountered areas, making backtracking and exploration seamless without being tedious.
Experience a rich lore through artifacts and interactions with dozens of NPCs and shops across several evolving villages which bring the world of Kindara to life! Engage in a land of ever-changing weather conditions and a robust day-night cycle.
Climbing, hanging, dashing, jumping, and grappling should be fun in its own right! Enjoy the freedom to go anywhere and do anything!
A QUEST IN KINDARA
As a futuristic weaponized Iron Extractor, you find yourself lost in the mystical land of Kindara. Tasked with seeking a valuable iron deposit, the IRON DIAMOND, you will encounter friend and foe along the journey while a deeper threat grows beneath the shadows.
CHALLENGE YOURSELF
You will be fighting a variety of enemies and challenging bosses with your array of close melee attacks (jabs, uppercuts, and downward strikes), as well as an arsenal of stackable projectile weapons (fire, ice, lightning, multishot, homing shot, missiles, and more).
Exploration won't be easy, as various platforming challenges bar the way forward. In order to navigate the treacherous paths, you will need to utilize the abilities given to you by runes that you find in the depths of the island.
Uncover enchanted runes to upgrade your suit with new combat and movement abilities that help you maneuver the island. With each new ability, new pathways open, and new battle strategies evolve! Some runes give passive abilities while others give abilities that you must expend energy points to use.
Increase your maximum health, energy, and attack damage via specialized iron-rich tank pickups! Stumble upon a myriad of other valuable items that each have their own unique part in the story. Some can be traded with NPCs, while others can be used in shops to upgrade your runes further. Many items are critical to the advancement of your quest!
A LABYRINTH TO UNCOVER
Utilize the ever-growing map menu to your advantage! Rely on the robust set of treasure and item markers to guide you and keep you informed, and use custom markers when you want those extra details.
Unlock elevators, boats, and mine carts to fast travel your way around previously encountered areas, making backtracking and exploration seamless without being tedious.
A LIVING WORLD
Experience a rich lore through artifacts and interactions with dozens of NPCs and shops across several evolving villages which bring the world of Kindara to life! Engage in a land of ever-changing weather conditions and a robust day-night cycle.
HAVE FUN
Climbing, hanging, dashing, jumping, and grappling should be fun in its own right! Enjoy the freedom to go anywhere and do anything!
General Features at a Quick Glance:
- 17 Unique areas
- Melee Combat AND Range Combat
- Platforming challenges involving jumping, climbing, dashing, grappling, pogoing, hanging, leaping, and more!
- Over 20 runes, each representing a unique new ability
- Over 30 additional items that can be used for store purchases, trading, upgrading, and questing!
- A map that grows as you explore, marking areas, pickups, and bosses. Custom markers allow the player to remember areas for a later time!
- Over a dozen bosses
- Unique enemy types in each area. Fight off giant insects, wild predators, armed soldiers, and the corrupted!
- Fast travel systems allow you to traverse great distances (boats, elevators, mine carts)
- Adjustable settings for Music, Sound, Screen Shake, Resolution levels.
- Accessibility features like Rebindable Key mappings
- Support for both Keyboard and Gamepad controller
Specific Abilities (may contain spoilers!):
- Movement abilities like Dash, Crawl, Climb, Hang, and Jump Boost. The world will become your playground!
- Melee Combat abilities like Uppercut, Downward Drive, and Ground Slam
- Projectile modifiers like Elementals (fire, ice, lightning), Multi Shot, Charge Shot, Pierce Shot, Exploding Shot
- Find a Grapple Hook for pulling yourself to even higher heights
