Greetings, dear colleagues! 🏰✨

🔥 Soul’s Spectrum is part of the Steam Spring Sale with 60% OFF! 🔥 Explore the castle, uncover the secrets of the Elixir of Eternal Life, and survive the dark ritual!

⚡ Offer valid from March 13 to March 20. Get it now! ⚡
👉 Soul’s Spectrum on Steam

We await your success on the field!

🕵️‍♂️ About the game
You wake up in a strange prison with only one goal: escape. But you are not alone—others share your fate, bound by the curse of eternal life.

💀 Death is not the end—it's a key to progress. Each demise transforms your soul, unlocking new abilities to face the trials ahead. Will you master your powers and fulfill your purpose?

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Your journey begins now! 🚪🔮

Welcome to Soul’s Spectrum, where death isn’t the end—it’s the key to progress. Trapped in a mysterious prison, you must navigate its dangers, unravel its mysteries, and harness the power of transformation to escape.

Experience:

Master Death’s Power: With each death, your soul transforms, unlocking new abilities that allow you to assume up to four distinct forms: Human, Skeleton, Umbra, and Anima.
Solve Puzzles and Riddles: Use Nora's unique abilities to outsmart obstacles, solve intricate puzzles, and advance through the prison.

Confront Bizarre Characters: Encounter strange individuals, uncover secrets, and evade deadly traps in an unforgettable adventure.
Epic Tale: Discover a story filled with twists and confessions through your actions and interactions.
16-Bit Soundtrack: Immerse yourself in the captivating original music by Javarnanda, perfectly suited to each form you take.

Get ready for a challenging, mind-bending adventure—now at 60% off! Can you escape eternal confinement and fulfill your destiny?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2181610/Souls_Spectrum

Escape the eternal prison! ⏳💀

The Steam Winter Sale is here, and Soul's Spectrum is now 60% OFF! You wake up in a strange prison, bound by the sin of eternal life. With each death, you transform, gaining new abilities to help you escape.

Your journey:

Master death and assume 4 distinct forms to conquer challenges
Solve puzzles and riddles, using unique abilities like Human, Skeleton, Umbra, and Anima
Uncover bizarre characters, traps, and mysteries in an epic tale
Enjoy 16-bit music that shifts with each form
Get your copy NOW and discover if you can break free from eternal confinement!

Soul's Spectrum is excited to be part of the Steam Sale, featuring a fantastic 25% discount! Explore a chilling castle, delve into the depths of the Elixir of Eternal Life, and navigate through the dark rituals that await you!

Claim your adventure today!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2256810/Souls_Spectrum/

We look forward to your daring exploits!


Awaken in a haunting prison, where your only goal is freedom. You share this fate with others who've tasted the forbidden fruit of eternal life. Here, death is a conduit for evolution. Each demise reshapes your soul, unlocking abilities essential for overcoming trials. Will you harness your new powers to fulfill your destiny?

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As we draw near to this year's conclusion, the Organization is pleased to present a special festive bonus for all of our employees!

Soul's Spectrum is now a part of the Steam Winter Sale, adorned with a 25% discount! Embark on a journey through the frost-covered castle, unveil the mysteries of the Elixir of Eternal Life, and navigate the chilling rituals!

Don't miss the chance!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2256810/Souls_Spectrum/


You wake up in a strange prison with one only goal in mind: find an escape from there. There are other people besides you, all linked by an inauspicious common fate: having committed the sin of eternal life.

Here, death is not the end, but a key to progress. With each passing demise, your soul transforms, granting you new abilities to conquer the challenges ahead. Will you harness your abilities and fulfill your purpose?

Join my social media:

► Twitter
► Discord[discord.gg]
► YouTube

Soul's Spectrum is participating in Steam Autumn Sale, with a 50% discount! Explore the castle, discover the secrets behind the creation of the Elixir of Eternal Life, and survive the dark ritual!

Take it now!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2256810/Souls_Spectrum/

We will await your success on the field!


You wake up in a strange prison with one only goal in mind: find an escape from there. There are other people besides you, all linked by an inauspicious common fate: having committed the sin of eternal life.

Here, death is not the end, but a key to progress. With each passing demise, your soul transforms, granting you new abilities to conquer the challenges ahead. Will you harness your abilities and fulfill your purpose?

Join my social media:

► Twitter
► Discord[discord.gg]
► YouTube

We are happy to announce that Soul's Spectrum is now officially verified on Steam Deck! 🎉


Thank you for supporting Soul's Spectrum, we appreciate your love for our work! Expect to see more news and events in the future!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2256810/Souls_Spectrum/


You wake up in a strange prison with one only goal in mind: find an escape from there. There are other people besides you, all linked by an inauspicious common fate: having committed the sin of eternal life.

Here, death is not the end, but a key to progress. With each passing demise, your soul transforms, granting you new abilities to conquer the challenges ahead. Will you harness your abilities and fulfill your purpose?

Join my social media:

► Twitter
► Discord[discord.gg]
► YouTube

Before the release, Soul's Spectrum had a free prologue for a limited time. Unfortunately, it had to be removed from Steam, but since it had unique content - we decided to add it to the full game as a free update

Now you can play Soul's Spectrum: Awakening, just select the "Prologue" option from the main menu and you're good to go.

We hope that you will enjoy it if you didn't play it before. See you soon!


You wake up in a strange prison with one only goal in mind: find an escape from there. There are other people besides you, all linked by an inauspicious common fate: having committed the sin of eternal life.

Here, death is not the end, but a key to progress. With each passing demise, your soul transforms, granting you new abilities to conquer the challenges ahead. Will you harness your abilities and fulfill your purpose?

Join my social media:

► Twitter
► Discord[discord.gg]
► YouTube

Some time after the release has passed, and I decided to make a Dev Diary, where i will talk about the game, its creation, and a bit about myself and what I do.

My name is Anthony Sinatra, I am an Italian game developer known on the web mainly as Thund or ThundPlayer (also thanks to my YouTube channel). This hobby of mine was born about ten years ago and since then I’ve slowly improved my skills until it has become almost a second job to me.

I made several games before Soul's Spectrum, always with the desire to do something different: classic RPGs, visual novels, puzzles, platformers... in short, I like to experiment! Apart from Cactus Quest which was my first game created (RPG) but only known mainly by the Italian community, my last work before Soul's Spectrum was Quisk!. This short game was made for a jam on itch.io. It is a simple 2D puzzle-platformer game where you have to overcome various obstacles and puzzles… as a squirrel hungry for acorns.

My favorite genre is RPG, but I typically look for games that have an interesting story to tell or have a particular game mechanic that sets them apart from others. In fact, I love indie games because they can be daring in these aspects, sometimes achieving extraordinary results.

Initially, I think I was driven by the most common dream of every gamer: to create my own video game. I remember that, with my very first game, I struggled a lot as I tended to redo it all over again. This was because I was getting better and I was no longer satisfied with the work I had done before. Only by limiting the size of the project I managed to finish it. That was my first push, but now what drives me to create video games is that I want to entertain players with my ideas: for example, watching how a streamer gets excited about what I have created fills me with joy (and determination :D ).

I admit it’s difficult to find precise inspirations as it was more brainstorming on the theme of the jam. Definitely for the atmosphere I wanted to recall the typical setting of a souls-like, so something gothic and mysterious but without necessarily going into horror, I think the game that can go the closest as a reference is Castlevania.

For the gameplay mechanics on the other hand I think the concept of shape-shifting may have taken a cue from Shantae (only they did it through dances and not by dying), while the concept that each shape can do specific things I think is somewhat inspired by Wario Land saga. Finally, in terms of the graphics, there is definitely an inspiration from the old 2D Zelda but with darker tones. I have to say that this mix of ideas makes Soul's Spectrum quite unique, so it is hard to find something similar.

Soul's Spectrum has been in development since early July 2022. I created it for a jam on itch.io: I already had another ongoing project, but since this competition was interesting I decided to put it aside (ending up being almost abandoned). I only had a month for the jam so I did my best to make a prototype.

This one has a few differences from the beginning of the current game: sure, it was much rougher and it was also more difficult to complete. However, people who had played it enjoyed the experience. Thanks to the positive feedback I decided to make it my next project and expand it. From what were five maps now are more than fifty, and the world of Soul's Spectrum has definitely grown in size.

It was not that much different from the actual game. One of the ideas was to make all the visuals in the game in pixel art, including the portraits of the characters, but I took the decision to use illustrations since, in my opinion, it gives more identity to the game. Below is an old screenshot where I was testing whether it might be a good idea to show the characters' portraits.

Creating Soul's Spectrum was really fun and it brought me a lot of experience. Though it wasn't my first game, it was my first commercial attempt to release a game on Steam. It feels incredibly good to see that players enjoyed Soul's Spectrum, and reading the reviews was quite heartwarming.

Thank you for reading! I hope we will see each other in the future, whether here, on Soul's Spectrum, or maybe in my next projects :)

You wake up in a strange prison with one only goal in mind: find an escape from there. There are other people besides you, all linked by an inauspicious common fate: having committed the sin of eternal life.

Here, death is not the end, but a key to progress. With each passing demise, your soul transforms, granting you new abilities to conquer the challenges ahead. Will you harness your abilities and fulfill your purpose?

Join my social media:

► Twitter
► Discord[discord.gg]
► YouTube