--- title: Check Out Acrolyte, a 2D Platformer with Responsive... description: Developer CyberKomodo has showcased a gameplay demo of Acrolyte, an upcoming 2D action-adventure platformer inspired by Super Metroid. The demo highlights a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/check-out-acrolyte-a-2d-platformer-with-responsive-inverse-kinematics-xbruvqbk4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Check Out Acrolyte, a 2D Platformer with Responsive Inverse Kinematics | daily.dev og:description: Developer CyberKomodo has showcased a gameplay demo of Acrolyte, an upcoming 2D action-adventure platformer inspired by Super Metroid. 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The demo highlights a highly responsive inverse kinematics system that smoothly rotates the character's arms and torso to match crossbow aiming direction, resulting in fluid, reactive motion. The game is set on the alien planet Eyra-31B, where players explore the ruins of an uncontacted civilization after a space station crash. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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