Hand-drawn platformer · Chapter 1 of 8 playable now

Spiral U

Travel to the secret university of magic.
Learn from the legends and study with the most skilled.

Play the demofree · in your browser · on itch.io

The full game

Spiral U is an eight-chapter game about Leo's first year at a university of magic hidden inside a living city. Chapter 1, the entrance exam, is finished and playable now. Then the city opens: Leo goes to class, and takes the missions no one else will.

Classes

Repeatable lessons in the four schools of magic: art, science, spirit and technology. Each teaches a power and raises Leo's level.

Missions

Platforming levels out in the city. Defend the university, chase what is going on, meet the cast.

Gear and potions

Swords, wands and artefacts earned in missions. Plants gathered in levels brew into potions.

Competitions

Students test each other. Rivals become allies, or don't. Rank decides what Leo gets access to.

Eight chapters in Spiral Universe City

  1. 01Ava · The entrance exam · the demo, playable now
  2. 02Alex · University life
  3. 03Damian · The first glitch
  4. 04Victor · The political game
  5. 05Cassandra · The spiritual poison
  6. 06Elijah · The hidden pattern
  7. 07Marcus · The false king
  8. 08The true lesson

Eight parts of the university-city, each with its own teacher, students to compete against, and one confrontation, as the attack on the school grows from a glitch into a conspiracy. A cast of 22 characters.

The demo: four trials

Chapter 1 is the entrance exam. Leo Mars dreams about getting into Spiral University, but only a few lucky students are accepted. Ava guides him through one night of trials.

Trial 1

The Woods

Grants: Dash
Trial 2

The Cave

Grants: Missile
Trial 3

The River

Grants: Defense
Trial 4

The Tower

Grants: The final door
Ava the white fox
The final exam

Ava

Grants: Admission

The world beyond the night

Concept art from the full game: a hidden university-city where art, science, spirit and technology are the four pillars of magic. The entrance exam is only the first night.

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