Ollie and the Merchant of Dreams

🌙 The Sleep of Reason Brings Forth Monsters

The world of Hitonero is crumbling. Dreams, the lifeblood of creation, have stopped flowing, and feral monsters now roam freely across the land.

You play as Ollie, a nimble catfolk scout caught in the collapse. To save his world, he’ll need to summon ancient gods, ride mythical beasts, and uncover a hidden conspiracy that threatens the balance of reality itself.

⚔️ 2D Metroidvania with Divine Powers

Ollie and the Merchant of Dreams is a 2D Metroidvania focused on agile platforming, dynamic combat, and exploration. Traverse a fantasy world using acrobatic movement, call upon powerful Archons, and reshape the world through your actions.

🐾 Meet Ollie, the Catfolk Scout from Kindleburg

As a nimble scout trained for hostile terrain, Ollie will gain relics that allow him to scale walls, slip through danger, levitate over traps, and even jump off ceilings to reach distant areas. His swordwork sharpens with each upgrade, unlocking new combos and mobility options. Exploration and combat are two sides of the same coin, and Ollie is forged for both.

🌌 A Pantheon of Archons

Hitonero is governed by six holy Archons, each embodying a fundamental force of reality.

Some say there were once more, now lost to time, vanished as the dream energy that once sustained the Archaic Plane drained into the mortal realm.

Through sacred spheres and hand-chosen Ministers, they guide and protect the world. But now, as dreams fade, their influence wanes.

On his journey, Ollie will cross paths with these divine beings and earn their trust.

Each Archon grants powerful boons, from combat abilities to changing how Ollie moves about the world, allowing players to reshape how they play and explore.

👥 Allies and Opponents

Meet vivid NPCs like Prince Oricoco, Tulipa, and King Lufius, each playing a part in your fate. Face powerful foes, including the Ministers, chosen mortals once devoted to the Archons… now fallen from grace.

🌍 Explore the World of Hitonero

Hitonero teeters on the brink of collapse. Once bound by dreams, its realms now fray apart, yet remnants of forgotten wonders still linger.

Travel through lush dryadic forests, sky islands, buried temples, godly prisons, and sealed sanctuaries. Each handcrafted area features its own architecture, culture, traversal challenges, and soundtrack.

🧭 Seek and Discover

Each region is rich with hidden relics, secret passageways, optional encounters, and lore. Exploration is consistently rewarded, whether with new powers, upgrades, shortcuts, pets, or revelations that let you see the world anew.

⭐ Key Features

• Play as Ollie, a sword-wielding catfolk hero, and battle through beautifully animated enemies
• Explore 12+ interconnected regions, each with unique secrets, lore, and bosses
• Master dynamic traversal: wall jumps, levitation, dodging, and ceiling flips
• Summon 6 Archons, each granting unique powers for combat or movement
• Ride a winged unicorn through unreachable zones and shoot 'em up sequences
• Fast travel across an interconnected world via a magic-integrated system
• Defeat and befriend a stone golem who becomes your personal battle mecha
• Unlock multiple endings, including an early ending and a secret true ending
• Upgrade your sword to enhance combos and special abilities
• Discover labyrinthine areas that change as you play
• Collect relics tied to the game's mythology and reveal
• Find 5 lore cards that piece together forgotten history
• Recruit companion pets and learn new skills from NPCs
• Includes a stylized in-game instruction manual in line art

Release Date: TBA