Horn of Balance - demo

Devlog

• 29. Bigger enemy roster!
  July 16, 2025 by HornofBalance

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  #Action-Adventure, #Exploration, #Pixel Art, #Singleplayer, #Zeldalike, #Zelda, #action-adventure, #retro, #metroidvania, #exploration, #snes, #pixel-art, #puzzle

  Hello gamers, Another month deserves another progress update. And this last month has seen some great progress on the enemy front. You can read the latest Kickstarter news update here: https://www.kic... Continue reading

  
• 28. Another dungeon completed
  June 17, 2025 by HornofBalance

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  #Action-Adventure, #Exploration, #Pixel Art, #Singleplayer, #Zeldalike, #Zelda, #action-adventure, #retro, #metroidvania, #exploration, #snes, #pixel-art, #puzzle

  Hello gamers, Development of the full game has been going well, with the next dungeon now fully build. You can learn more about this dungeon and the project progress here, in the latest Kickstarter ne... Continue reading

  
• 27. Small demo hotfix
  June 11, 2025 by HornofBalance

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  #Action-Adventure, #Exploration, #Pixel Art, #Singleplayer, #Zeldalike, #Zelda, #action-adventure, #retro, #metroidvania, #exploration, #snes, #pixel-art

  Hello gamers, Just a quicky post to accompany the hotfix build uploaded just now. There was a small problem with the area music volumes acting weird in a few cases. Which has now been resolved. If the... Continue reading

  
• 26. Small demo update (including map markers)
  June 08, 2025 by HornofBalance

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  #Action-Adventure, #Exploration, #Pixel Art, #Singleplayer, #Zeldalike, #Zelda, #action-adventure, #retro, #metroidvania, #exploration, #snes, #pixel-art

  Hello gamers, Time for another small demo update! The game now contains the ability to add map markers! ------ Changes in demo 2.11 (compared to v2.10): Added the ability to add map markers! Expanded... Continue reading

  
• 25. Map markers incoming
  May 05, 2025 by HornofBalance

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  #Action-Adventure, #Exploration, #Pixel Art, #Singleplayer, #Zeldalike, #Zelda, #action-adventure, #retro, #metroidvania, #exploration, #snes, #pixel-art

  Hello gamers, The latest KS update just got posted. And as the title implies, there is a demo update with map markers incoming. You can read the update here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/horno... Continue reading

  
• 24. Greetings mortals!
  April 07, 2025 by HornofBalance#Action-Adventure, #Exploration, #Pixel Art, #Singleplayer, #Zeldalike, #Zelda, #action-adventure, #retro, #metroidvania, #exploration, #snes, #pixel-art

  Hello gamers, So I had a little bit of fun with the backers on April 1st. Making this latest project progress update a bit... different. (I actually intended to skip posting about it on here entirely,... Continue reading

  
• 23. Lots of new pixel-art implemented
  March 02, 2025 by HornofBalance#Action-Adventure, #Exploration, #Pixel Art, #Singleplayer, #Zeldalike, #Zelda, #action-adventure, #retro, #metroidvania, #exploration, #snes, #pixel-art

  Hello gamers, That's right! It's once again time for a progress update! How time flies. The latest development update can be read here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hornofbalance/horn-of-balan... Continue reading

  
• 22. Backer lore completion (and more progress)
  January 19, 2025 by HornofBalance#Action-Adventure, #Exploration, #Pixel Art, #Singleplayer, #Zeldalike, #Zelda, #action-adventure, #retro, #metroidvania, #exploration, #snes, #pixel-art

  Hello gamers, The latest development blog can be read here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hornofbalance/horn-of-balance/posts/4295069 This past month has primarily been focused on the backer lo... Continue reading

  
• 21. December development update
  December 22, 2024 by HornofBalance

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  #Action-Adventure, #Exploration, #Pixel Art, #Singleplayer, #Zeldalike, #Zelda, #action-adventure, #retro, #metroidvania, #exploration, #snes, #pixel-art

  Hello gamers, The latest development blog can be read here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hornofbalance/horn-of-balance/posts/4274937 This month has primarily been focused on the game's various... Continue reading

  
• 20. Demo update (= now also playable in German)
  December 04, 2024 by HornofBalance

  Hello gamers, Another small demo update has been uploaded: The game now displays controller icons (when playing with controllers) Made a few small dungeon design improvements Made the intro boss sligh... Continue reading

  
• 19. Improved controller support
  November 03, 2024 by HornofBalance

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  Hello gamers, A small demo update has been uploaded with the following changes: The game now displays controller icons (when playing with controllers) The demo text and lore have been refined Made a f... Continue reading

  
• 18. September development update
  September 22, 2024 by HornofBalance

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  #Action-Adventure, #Exploration, #Pixel Art, #Singleplayer, #Zelda, #Zeldalike, #action-adventure, #retro, #exploration, #metroidvania, #pixel-art, #snes

  Hello gamers, Here is the latest progress update regarding for the past month: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hornofbalance/horn-of-balance/posts/420366 Greetings, Martijn... Continue reading

  
• 17. News catch up
  August 18, 2024 by HornofBalance

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  #Action-Adventure, #Exploration, #Pixel Art, #Singleplayer, #Zelda, #Zeldalike, #action-adventure, #retro, #exploration, #metroidvania, #pixel-art, #snes

  Hello gamers, Sorry for the longer period of silence! I must be getting old or something cause I actually thought I had kept up with posting about the latest news on here, but apparently not. It's a l... Continue reading

  
• 16. Small demo update (now includes bombs)
  June 16, 2024 by HornofBalance

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  Hello gamers, Time for another small demo update! It now includes bombs! (As I'm completing the underlying engine for the full game I will also be periodically updating the demo to reflect this progre... Continue reading

  
• 15. Successful kickstarter and latest demo update
  May 11, 2024 by HornofBalance

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  #Zeldalike, #alttp, #action-adventure, #Zelda, #Action-Adventure, #Pixel Art, #Pixelart, #Singleplayer, #lttp, #metroidvania, #snes, #retro, #pixel-art, #exploration, #zelda, #Exploration, #singleplayer

  Hello gamers, The Horn of Balance Kickstarter has ended. And I can happily report that it was a success!! You can read about the Kickstarter over here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hornofbalan... Continue reading

  
• 14. ONLY 27 HOURS LEFT!
  April 06, 2024 by HornofBalance

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  #Zelda, #Pixel Art, #Zeldalike, #Singleplayer, #Exploration, #Action-Adventure, #alttp, #lttp, #retro, #snes, #metroidvania

  Dear players, There are only 27 HOURS left to back this game on Kickstarter! Backers get the full game at a discount plus exclusive rewards! We are only 1.5k removed from funding the rest of developme... Continue reading

  
• 13. Halfway funded on Kickstarter!
  March 24, 2024 by HornofBalance

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  #zelda, #snes, #retro, #action-adventure, #exploration, #metroidvania, #pixel-art, #singleplayer, #lttp, #alttp

  Dear players, I'll keep this one short and sweet: We have officially made it past the halfway point on Kickstarter! Funding sits at a solid 51% (at the time of writing), with roughly half the campaign... Continue reading

  
• 12. GREAT NEWS!! The Kickstarter just launced!
  March 08, 2024 by HornofBalance

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  #zelda, #snes, #action-adventure, #exploration, #metroidvania, #pixel-art, #singleplayer, #lttp

  Dear players, IT IS FINALLY HERE! After 2,5 years of work, many preparations (and a last minute flu infection), I can finally happily report that the "Horn of Balance" kickstarter has just started! KS... Continue reading

  
• 11. Demo 2.2 released
  February 10, 2024 by HornofBalance

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  #action-adventure, #exploration, #metroidvania, #pixel-art, #singleplayer, #zelda, #lttp

  Dear players, I hope you are all doing well today! I've just uploaded another small demo update, containing the following changes: Made the intro boss fight a little easier Added more subtle hints for... Continue reading

  
• 10. Demo update and Kickstarter launch date!
  January 19, 2024 by HornofBalance

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  Dear players, Great news! The Kickstarter dates have just been set! The 'Horn of Balance' Kickstarter will launch on Friday March 8th! Be sure to give the project a follow over on the pre-launch site:... Continue reading

  
• 09. A look behind and a look ahead!
  January 02, 2024 by HornofBalance

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  Dear players, First up: Happy New Year everybody! I hope you all are doing great and have been enjoying the holidays! Given the date I though it might be a good time to take a little look back at 2023... Continue reading

  
• 08. Demo 2.0 has just been released!
  December 08, 2023 by HornofBalance

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  #Action-Adventure, #Exploration, #Pixelart, #Singleplayer, #Zelda, #Zeldalike

  Dear players. It is finally here! Demo 2.0 is now available! You can play the game on this site, or you can find it over on the online Christmas SAGE event, found here: https://www.sagexpo.org/index.h... Continue reading

  
• 07. Demo 1.5 released - Bugfixes
  October 15, 2023 by HornofBalance

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  #Action-Adventure, #Exploration, #Pixel Art, #Singleplayer, #zelda

  Dear players, I've been informed about bugs in demo 1.3 and 1.4 regarding controller support. My apologies! I've now released demo 1.5, which solves these issues. The following issues have been resolv... Continue reading

  
• 06. Demo 1.4 released
  October 01, 2023 by HornofBalance

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  #Action-Adventure, #Exploration, #Pixel Art, #Singleplayer, #zelda

  Dear players, I've just released another small demo update (1.4)! This one is focused on improving the shield, adding new items and refining the overall dungeon experience even further. While I had ho... Continue reading

  
• 05. Demo 1.3 released
  August 06, 2023 by HornofBalance

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  Dear players, Demo 1.3 has just been released for Horn of Balance! This demo contains small incremental improvements, primarily focused on addressing the feedback received over on discord. If you like... Continue reading

  
• 04. Demo 1.2 release and new boomerang item
  June 14, 2023 by HornofBalance

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  Dear players, Another small demo update has been released for your enjoyment. Mainly, the goal of this specific release is to fix the issues reported by kind folks over on my Discord. The new demo fea... Continue reading

  
• 03. Demo 1.1 has been released
  May 20, 2023 by HornofBalance

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  Dear players, It has been a little while since the big demo release. Hope you all liked it. Development has not stood still since then. Work on the next (bigger) demo has started, but also a lot of ti... Continue reading

  
• 02. All known issues now fixed
  April 18, 2023 by HornofBalance

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  Dear players, Here´s a short follow up to yesterday's devblog: The remaining error messages (along with all other known lesser issues) have now also been resolved in demo version 0.27.01, which I jus... Continue reading
• 01. Fatal bug fixed + more updates underway
  April 17, 2023 by HornofBalance

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  Hello players, My apologies! It has just come to my attention that two fatal issues exist in the demo I release just the other day. The first has now been fixed in the new version I just uploaded. The... Continue reading