Developer RibCage Games is back with exciting news. After the release on PC, stylish rhythm-action roguelite Alpha Nomos will be heading to PlayStation 5 & Xbox Series X|S. Check out the trailer above, showing off the Xynoblades – a pair of xylophone-swords – in action. Each strike is both a hit and a sound, so combat doubles as a performance.
In Alpha Nomos, you play as Cello and her friends as they explore their ruined world, fight murderous puppets, and uncover the mysteries of the powerful force known as music. What caused the destruction of this world? What is music? What is Alpha Nomos? All these answers await Cello in this magical world.
“We recorded every weapon with real players in a real room. You can hear someone’s hands in it. That mattered more to us than almost anything else, and it’s what we wanted people on console to hear,” said Emil Lager, CTO at RibCage Games.
“We always wanted to put Alpha Nomos in front of as many people as possible. Bringing it to every console is how we get there, so anyone who wants to pick up a controller and feel the beat can,” said Itamar Berner, CEO of RibCage Games.
Alpha Nomos – Key Features:
- Beat-Synced Combat: Every attack, dodge and ability locks to the beat, and landing your hits on rhythm is what makes them hit harder.
- Live Instruments: Each weapon sound is a real studio recording rather than a sample library, so you can hear a person playing behind every strike.
- Audio Powerups: Reverb, Flanger, Delay and 4 more reshape both how Cello fights and how the soundtrack sounds while she does it.
- Roguelite Runs: Fight through advancing arenas and build out upgrades that carry across each run into the next.
- Puppetcore: Explore ruined cities and a corrupted circus filled with enemies that were once part of something whole.
- Original Score: The soundtrack comes from Totem Warriors, recorded live to sit inside the game’s rhythm systems.
- Accessible: A timing offset lets players of every skill level tune the game so it feels rewarding rather than punishing.
Check out our impressions to find out more about the game. You can also try it for yourself by diving into the Steam demo.
