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Bring the dawn back to the Sunspire.

An original handheld-style adventure: gather four elemental adepts, duel and recruit eight spirits, and call down great summons against the Shadow Wyrm. Free, no install, and it saves as you go.

  • Runs in any modern browser
  • Keyboard or touch
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The story

The Sunspire has gone dark

When the Shadow Wyrm coiled around the great tower, the eight elemental spirits that kept its light burning fled across the land, and monsters began to prowl every road.

In the quiet village of Thera, Elder Sorin turns to Ari, a young earth adept. Find the spirits. Gather allies. Climb the spire, and bring back the dawn.

The road runs north through Thera Fields to the mining town of Brindle, down into a mine where something enormous sits on the Spire Key, and up a harpy-haunted trail to the tower itself. Spirits fight before they join you; set them for strength, unleash them in battle, or spend them together on a summon.

4adepts in your party
8spirits to recruit
9summons to call
12monsters and bosses
Ari's sprite

Ari Earth

A young adept from Thera, sent out by the elder. Steady, stubborn, first to swing.

Lyn's sprite

Lyn Water

A sharp-tongued scout holed up in Brindle, the party's healer, and not walking anywhere without her compass.

Bram's sprite

Bram Fire

A broad miner who knows every shaft, and throws fire about as hard as he swings a pick.

Sera's sprite

Sera Wind

A scout pinned down by harpies on the high trail. Fast, precise, and done waiting.

In-game screenshots

Straight from the screen

Every shot below is the game's own 240×160 frame. Pick one, use the d-pad, or change the shell colour; your choice carries over to the play page.

SPIRIT VISION
SUNSPIRESTART

Concept art

From the sketchbook

Character sheets, monsters, spirits and places, laid out from the game's hand-pixeled sprites. Click a sheet to see it full size.

Box art

A cartridge box that never shipped

The front, spine and back of an imaginary retail box, drawn with the game's own sprites. Free to use when you share the game.

Ready to climb?

The whole adventure runs in this tab. Pick a shell colour, go immersive, and bring back the dawn.

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