The Underside is an exploration based action platformer in the vein of games like Castlevania, Metroid, and Cave Story.
Set on a flat planet, called The World, The Underside begins with the legend of the World’s creation at the hands of a figure known as the Almighty King. When evil overtakes the surface of the world, the Almighty King decides to start anew by flipping the flat World upside down, with the upper side of the World now becoming the neglected Underside, and the blank canvas on the under side of the World now becoming the Overside.
You play a character named Ip, who is thrust from the prosperous world of the Overside into the dark depths the Underside. All the while, the once-benevolent Almighty King is on the verge of destroying his creation. Throughout his adventure, Ip must find his way back to the Overside, and maybe prevent the World from being destroyed while he’s at it.
The game’s world, characters, plot threads, and dialogue are heavily inspired by Earthbound/Mother 2, and are quirky, whimsical, and sometimes a little strange.
The Underside has been under development since early 2005.
August 26th, 2013 at 6:44 pm
Any news on The Underside?
It’s been like… 3 or 2 years without news about it?
What’s going on?
I’m-a wanna know!
November 12th, 2013 at 9:02 pm
So…does that mean that IF you complete development on this game that you’ll at least heavily consider releasing it for Android devices? If so, that would be good (but seeing a finished product is better :3).
November 12th, 2013 at 9:04 pm
BTW, I was responding to Mr. Podunkian’s earlier comment.
November 26th, 2013 at 1:53 pm
Can I play it yet?
January 19th, 2014 at 1:15 am
Estimasted release…2016? i found out about this 3 years ago. still no updates. anyway, take your time.
April 14th, 2014 at 3:50 am
Ever going to finish this?
April 14th, 2014 at 4:20 am
Still waiting.
Ten years to develop a good game, that’s sad that you don’t have any team to help you.
May 18th, 2014 at 9:33 am
Please give us some news, Arthur!
July 29th, 2014 at 10:33 am
I wait and wait … and wait…. and wait.. how long do i need to wait.. i am not so behaving waiting 10 years for a good game!!!
August 7th, 2014 at 4:05 am
Is this game not going to be finished or did I miss something?