Explore a colorful Metroidvania world in this retro-inspired platformer. Players navigate non-linear domains hand-animated frame by frame, collecting ability-granting toys and PJs to defeat bosses, grab collectibles, and access new areas. Tight controls deliver responsive action, with damage sending you back to Nemo's bedroom before returning via the last bed.
Upgrade PJs at the dresser to alter abilities and looks, while toys help battle enemies and cross hazards. The game offers an accessible core that ramps up for experts, paired with an original Anamanaguchi soundtrack. Retro platforming fans find a nostalgic fit here.
A Colorful Metroidvania Adventure
Little Nemo and the Guardians of Slumberland takes the retro NES-era
platformer gameplay of Capcom and Nintendo favorites and brings it to a
vast, non-linear world that has been lovingly
hand-animated frame-by-frame. You’ll
explore as you
collect new ability-granting toys and PJs, discover enchanting lands inspired by Winsor McCay’s
Little Nemo comics, and encounter a colorful cast of characters — all through the nostalgic lens of an ‘80s/’90s kid.
Key Features
- A lush, hand-animated world, composed of many distinct thematic domains, all seamlessly connected.
- Defeat challenging bosses, discover collectibles, and unlock new abilities to progress.
- An original soundtrack composed entirely by Peter Berkman of Anamanaguchi.
- Tight and responsive controls for retro-inspired platforming action.
- Designed with approachable and accessible baseline experience, that can be ranked up for more skilled players.
Upgrade your PJs
While you're awake in Nemo's bedroom, you can change out which pajamas you're wearing using the dresser. Each pair will empower your toys and abilities in different ways as well as change Nemo's appearance.
Find new Ability-granting Toys
In Slumberland all of Nemo’s favorite toys bestow new abilities! Use them throughout your adventure to fend off enemies, traverse hazards and open new pathways to different zones.
Be careful or you'll wake up!
If you take too much damage, you'll wake up back in Nemo's bedroom. You can hop in bed and fall asleep to get right back to Slumberland at the last bed you visited.
