ECHOBORN

Every death rewrites the world.

ECHOBORN is a dark 2D action-platformer roguelite where every fallen character becomes part of the next timeline. Run, wall-jump, dash and fight through the Echo Foundry, Biological Archive and Temporal Ruins. Evolve a synergistic genome, defeat two multi-phase bosses, and discover what your previous Echo became.

PLAY THE 30-MINUTE BROWSER DEMO

The browser build includes the complete three-biome vertical slice, persistent local progression and a clear 30-minute session ending. For unrestricted sessions, download the Windows build.

WHAT IS PLAYABLE NOW

• Expressive movement: variable jump, coyote time, jump buffering, wall slide, wall jump and air dash.

• Reactive combat: three-hit combos, aerial attacks, dash strikes, core dives, a charged Temporal Lance and Perfect Echo dodges.

• Modular timelines: nine-chamber runs assembled from 24 handcrafted rooms.

• Buildcraft: 27 mutations with stat and behavior-changing effects, named synergies, rerolls and a persistent Genome Archive.

• Timeline forks: choose immediate power and an empowered chamber, or recovery, Echo Shards and lost story memories.

• Three Echo frames: Vanguard, Riftstrider and the unlockable Weaver.

• A world that remembers: past Echoes can return as shrines, caches, nemeses or founder havens.

• Controller and keyboard support with remapping, reduced motion, screen-shake control, high contrast, color-vision modes and UI scaling.

CONTROLS

Keyboard: A/D or arrows to move · Space/W/Up to jump · J/Z/click to attack · Q to charge the Temporal Lance · F/Shift to dash · E to interact · Esc to pause.

Controller: Left Stick to move · A to jump · X to attack · RB to charge · B to dash · Y to interact · Menu to pause.

CURRENT VERSION

0.23.0 — New Predators in a Larger Timeline. Feedback on route choices, combat readability, difficulty and replay value is especially welcome.

Disclosure: ECHOBORN includes AI-assisted visual, audio, text and code production. Every asset and system has been selected, edited, integrated and tested as part of the game's authored creative direction.Every death rewrites the world.

ECHOBORN is a dark 2D action-platformer roguelite where every fallen character becomes part of the next timeline. Run, wall-jump, dash and fight through the Echo Foundry, Biological Archive and Temporal Ruins. Evolve a synergistic genome, defeat two multi-phase bosses, and discover what your previous Echo became.

PLAY THE 30-MINUTE BROWSER DEMO

The browser build includes the complete three-biome vertical slice, persistent local progression and a clear 30-minute session ending. For unrestricted sessions, download the Windows build.

WHAT IS PLAYABLE NOW

• Expressive movement: variable jump, coyote time, jump buffering, wall slide, wall jump and air dash.

• Reactive combat: three-hit combos, aerial attacks, dash strikes, core dives, a charged Temporal Lance and Perfect Echo dodges.

• Modular timelines: nine-chamber runs assembled from 18 handcrafted rooms.

• Buildcraft: 27 mutations with stat and behavior-changing effects, named synergies, rerolls and a persistent Genome Archive.

• Timeline forks: choose immediate power and an empowered chamber, or recovery, Echo Shards and lost story memories.

• Three Echo frames: Vanguard, Riftstrider and the unlockable Weaver.

• A world that remembers: past Echoes can return as shrines, caches, nemeses or founder havens.

• Controller and keyboard support with remapping, reduced motion, screen-shake control, high contrast, color-vision modes and UI scaling.

CONTROLS

Keyboard: A/D or arrows to move · Space/W/Up to jump · J/Z/click to attack · Q to charge the Temporal Lance · F/Shift to dash · E to interact · Esc to pause.

Controller: Left Stick to move · A to jump · X to attack · RB to charge · B to dash · Y to interact · Menu to pause.

CURRENT VERSION

0.22.0 — Timeline Choice & Presentation Update. Feedback on route choices, combat readability, difficulty and replay value is especially welcome.

Disclosure: ECHOBORN includes AI-assisted visual, audio, text and code production. Every asset and system has been selected, edited, integrated and tested as part of the game's authored creative direction.