A downloadable game for Windows

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Solve ever-changing puzzles as you delve deeper and deeper in the prehistoric underground playing as Anzu!

Collect as many resources and treasures to buy upgrades in the hub! Also make sure to start hatching some dinosaur eggs in your hatchery for some extra treasures! 

You'll need to use everything at your disposal to appease the gods and make sure to stay alive!


Gameplay

🦖 Solve match-4 puzzles while collecting as many treasures as you can
🥚 Build out your hatchery and grow eggs for extra treasure
🏛  Fill the museum with bones for unique buffs
💀 Appease the gods and dodge other hazards to stay alive

Games can vary from 30 minutes up to 2 hours!


How to play:

The goal is to try and make as many connections in the puzzle as you can. When you make a connection you will get the resources you connected, as well as any treasures laying next to it. After finishing a puzzle you will fall into the hub. Here you can spend your resources on building nests for your eggs or purchasing upgrades/items in the shop.

The shop mostly sells healing food, but every so often there will be a special item for sale. If you gather enough treasures you'll be able to buy these items, they are vital for making it far in the underground! One of these items: the museum key, will let you into the museum, where you can play a special 'bone puzzle' that helps you fill up the various museum pieces!

The game holds many secret mechanics and gameplay tricks that can help you get further! Finding them all will help you master the puzzles and the underground!


Controls:

Keyboard:

  • A/D keys to move left and right
  • S to pick up a block under you/swap block
  • W to place a block down
  • E to interact/Open egg
  • ESC to pause/Exit build mode

Controller:

  • Analog stick left right to move
  • Analog stick down to pick up a block under you
  • Analog stick up to place a block down
  • X/A Button to Interact/Open egg
  • O/B Button to exit build mode
  • Options button to pause


About us:

We are two brothers who love making games! Wastyr does the developing for the games and RunninBlood does the pixel-art. Anzu is our first full release of one of our projects, but we have much more to come! if you'd like regular updates of what we are working on you can follow us here!

RunninBlood (Artist): https://twitter.com/RunninBlood

Wastyr (Dev): https://twitter.com/Wasstyr

Thanks for all the support!


Special thanks to @ryan.john.martini on instagram for the menu and game music!

Updated 3 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows
Rating
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
AuthorRunninBlood
GenrePuzzle
Tags2D, 8-Bit, Dinosaurs, Pixel Art, Retro, Roguelite, runninblood, Singleplayer, unique
LinksSteam

Purchase

Buy Now$5.00 USD or more

In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $5 USD. You will get access to the following files:

Anzu_itch.zip 26 MB

Development log

Comments

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Hey man,

I recently came across Anzu, and I’m really fascinated by its world and gameplay. I wanted to ask a couple of questions to better understand your vision and the inspiration behind the game:

What inspired you to create Anzu? Was there a particular story, theme, or experience that influenced its development?

Are there any elements or aspects of Anzu that you’re particularly proud of? What do you think makes it stand out in the adventure or narrative-driven genre?

Thanks so much for taking the time to read this. I’m excited to hear more about your creative process and the journey behind the game!

Best regards,

Jamiu

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The video says it's set to private

whoops, fixed it

Looks great!

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Hi, which engine did you use for this? Cheers.

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We used Unity :)

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you are on the top list 

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dope