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A promising new Dungeons & Dragons and Golden Axe-inspired beat 'em up has just been announced for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis.
Morning Star is the work of a five-person team that includes lead programmer Jorge Adriano Luna, artists Paulo Italo Medeiros and Thiago Limaverde, the homebrew developer @amaweks (responsible for the levels), and musician RDiggoSilva. It was announced on social media over the last 24 hours, with a small tease showing one of the main characters, a hammer-wielding dwarf, pounding on a bunch of cloaked goblins and orcs against a scrolling backdrop of mountains and sky.
Clearly, from the looks of things, it's still a work-in-progress, but it definitely shows some promise, especially when you consider some of the features being teased by Luna on social media. According to the lead programmer, the game will feature 4 playable characters, 2-player co-op, magic attacks and items, and mountable creatures, with the developers obviously being keen to pick up where Sega's Golden Axe left off in the '90s.
The reaction to the tease on social media so far has been pretty positive, with beat 'em up fans praising the sprites, but it obviously remains to be seen whether the team can develop this small showcase into something worthy of standing toe-to-toe with games from the era it's influenced by.
You can follow the project's development here.