Spine & Quill
Take up spine and quill in defense of your homeland of New Rodentia! Control the fight with a unique physics based combat system that spotlights the spear. Follow the story of Quillary the porcupine and Dandy the spider on their quest, battle robots, bugs, and more in this indie action game.
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Summary
Take up spine and quill in defense of your homeland of New Rodentia! Control the fight with a unique physics based combat system that spotlights the spear. Follow the story of Quillary the porcupine and Dandy the spider on their quest, battle robots, bugs, and more in this indie action game.
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Key Features
Spine and Quill is a tactile, high speed, physics based action game like nothing else you’ve played. Skewer your enemies, tear them apart piece by piece, wrestle them into hazards and other threats, find their weak points and strike.
Every strike you land causes your weapon to get stuck in the enemy, leaving you exposed, but giving you opportunities to deal more more damage or reposition them by force. Spine and quill is set apart by this combat model: It's not just dodge and hit, it’s dodge and hit, and whatever you want to do after that hit.
The default experience will test you to your limits, and require thought and creativity in how you approach each enemy and each encounter.
Quillary, the porcupine princess, embarks on a quest to find her long lost mother, a great rodent warrior who could turn the tide. Along the way she meets Dandy, a friendly spider who was waylaid on a journey of discovery from a far off land. Together they’ll battle robots, meet strange characters, and learn what it means to be a porcupine- to sometimes hurt the people you want to hold close.
- A unique, rewarding combat model that’s fun to learn and satisfying to master
- Streamlined, stage-based design that makes replay and speedrunning painless
- A difficult but rewarding experience (with accessibility options available)
- A family friendly story, appropriate for ages 10+
- Accessibility options make the game playable for all skill levels
- Keyboard, Controller, or steam deck compatible
Gameplay
Spine and Quill is a tactile, high speed, physics based action game like nothing else you’ve played. Skewer your enemies, tear them apart piece by piece, wrestle them into hazards and other threats, find their weak points and strike.
Every strike you land causes your weapon to get stuck in the enemy, leaving you exposed, but giving you opportunities to deal more more damage or reposition them by force. Spine and quill is set apart by this combat model: It's not just dodge and hit, it’s dodge and hit, and whatever you want to do after that hit.
The default experience will test you to your limits, and require thought and creativity in how you approach each enemy and each encounter.
Story
An army of robots made of scrap metal and discarded appliances march on the kingdom of Rodentia, intent on capturing animals and bringing them to a dreaded land known only as ‘Zoo.’Quillary, the porcupine princess, embarks on a quest to find her long lost mother, a great rodent warrior who could turn the tide. Along the way she meets Dandy, a friendly spider who was waylaid on a journey of discovery from a far off land. Together they’ll battle robots, meet strange characters, and learn what it means to be a porcupine- to sometimes hurt the people you want to hold close.
