Mel's Melody

Mel's Melody

Mel is a violinist. Or she was, until the pressure got too loud.

Now she wakes up somewhere dark, with her violin in her hands and no clear memory of how she got there.

Mel's Melody is a small metroidvania  Hollow Knight clone, where everything runs on music. Your weapon is a violin (later a viola, and a cello you swing like an axe). You heal with Resonance, the melody you gather by hitting enemies. Your abilities are musical markings: Glissando to dash, Fortissimo to double jump, Sforzando to scream a note that cuts through everything in its way.

We made it in Godot as a university side project, mostly for fun and a little bit to see if we could. We're five people, none of us had shipped a game before, and it slowly grew into something we're honestly proud of.

WHAT'S INSIDE

- ~1 hour of gameplay across caves, a forest and a well with no light

- Boss fights, including one that doesn't really want to be fought

- Tuners you can tweak at lampposts to trade speed for power, or hearts for healing time

- Two different endings

- Monotone mode: the whole game with no second chances. Lose all your lives and your save is gone for good

- Conservatory mode: a boss rush through every trial, unlocked once you've seen both endings

- English and Italian

The story is never told directly. It's in the whispers, the places, the things people almost say. If you want to understand what happened to Mel, you'll have to listen.

CONTROLS

A / D or arrows - move

Space / W - jump (press again in mid-air once you've unlocked it)

Left mouse button - attack

Shift - Glissando (dash)

R - Sforzando

Q - heal (hold still)

E - interact

I - inventory

Esc - pause (music, sound effects and language are in there)

Windows only for now. Windows might show a blue "protected your PC" screen the first time, because the game isn't signed. Click "More info", then "Run anyway".

Made by Team Harmony

It's our first game, so there will be bugs and glitches, if you find them we're so sorry :)