Midway upon the journey of our life

I found myself within a forest dark

For the straightforward pathway had been lost

Then he moved on, and I behind him followed

Speak will I of the other things I saw there

The beautiful style that has done honor to me

Thee it behoves to take another road

Canto I

Face the Dark Forest of the Divine Comedy in this action platformer inspired by the Sommo Poeta’s masterpiece! Help Dante avoid pitfalls, spikes &amp; specters using double jumps, magical attacks and dashes. Find the scrolls containing the triplets of the Canto exploring this gloomy, pixelart forest!

<strong>Midway upon the journey of our life…</strong><br><br>In Canto I, you take control of Dante, the Sommo Poeta, in a small adventure that reimagines the first canto of the<br>Divine Comedy as a videogame. Finding yourself in the Forest Dark, you’ll need to use all abilities at your disposal to traverse it!<h2 class="bb_tag" >Features</h2><ul class="bb_ul"><li>Spread your wings and overcome every obstacle, bounce on magical books, dash through spike traps and defeat helmet-equipped specters!<br></li><li>Fun pixelart style that will get a laugh out of you even when you’ll fall into a pit (there are lots of them)<br></li><li>Rebuild the Canto I — Spread around the four levels, scrolls containing the triplets of Canto I hide. Find them all and read the poem in the menu page!<br></li><li>Different game modes — play Classic mode for an experience without modifiers, Story mode for a relaxed experience or Hell mode for a real challenge!</li></ul><h2 class="bb_tag" >How to play</h2>• Movement: Arrow keys or WASD.<br>• Double jump: Up arrow key or W in the air.<br>• Attack: C, P or Space.<br>• Dash: X or O.<br>• Looking down: Hold the down arrow key or S.<br><br><strong><i>Then he moved on, and I behind him followed.</i></strong><br>Canto I is a personal, small love letter to the platform genre and to the Divine Comedy. Thank you for reading all the way down here and I hope you’ll enjoy the game, if you wanna try it. Have a wonderful day! :D

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