Indie game ‘Black Academy’, early access pre-registration begins

Catdoors, an indie game developer consisting of three developers, announced on the 8th that pre-orders for ‘Black Academy’, a side-scrolling shooter X roguelite set in a school run by the devil, will be held until December 31st.

Advance reservation for ‘Black Academy’, conducted through the Naver Game Lounge , is a game where you become a magical girl and defeat the demons who run the school in order to escape the hellish school that teaches overtime and craving. In particular, the combination of a side-scrolling shooting genre such as ‘Parodius’ and a rogue-lite genre such as ‘Isaac’ is characterized by utilizing the pleasure of dodging and attacking shooting, as well as the fun of exploration and growth.

The game wittily solves the difficult subject of a black company with black comedy and cute graphics, and the unique pretty devils appear as bosses, stimulating the anticipation for the next stage. In addition, you can change the projectile of the magical girl through the spells and items found by exploring the map, so you can grow the main character in various ways.

Early access reservations for ‘Black Academy’ will be held until December 31 through the Naver Game Lounge, and the ‘Lounge Ticket’, which is paid at the end of the advance reservation, can be exchanged for various products such as Nintendo Switch and Starbucks gift certificates. In addition, to commemorate the pre-order, you can receive a ‘Celebration March Popo’ skin when you purchase early access later.

An official from CatDoorz, who developed the game, said, “In order to create a differentiated shooting game by adding the fun of exploration and growth to a side-scrolling shooter that can be simple, we repeated a lot of trial and error and research on genre combinations from the prototype stage. ‘ He said, “I want to make a more advanced game by receiving feedback from users through the soon-to-be-released early access version.”

‘Black Academy’ can be experienced in advance through the demo version currently released on the Steam store page.

• Download the demo version of ‘Black Academy’