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.
December 23rd, 2020 at 5:11 am
lol i was like 12 the last time i thought about this game. im 24 now.
December 31st, 2020 at 1:21 am
I, too, think about this game from time to time. Good times.
January 5th, 2021 at 7:55 am
i wandered back here in hopes that this game would somehow magically be done. it’s been a decade since i last checked. it still isn’t done. but as long as this page exists, damn it, i’m going to keep on checking. see you in 2030.
January 12th, 2021 at 5:02 am
If you are still working on this game I would like to play It’s appealing or me.
January 14th, 2021 at 10:29 am
I’m glad there are other people who still think about this game. The demo is one of my all time favorite games.
March 25th, 2021 at 5:31 pm
Toby Fox showed me this demo back in 2005. When I asked if the name for Undertale was influenced by this game, he said idunno maybe. LOL
November 21st, 2021 at 1:11 pm
In reply to tree froggy…. it definitely was. The Underside is disturbingly more influential than Cave Story and Earthbound. Which shouldn’t be allowed according to the suits
December 14th, 2021 at 2:19 pm
When is this coming out? I’ve been waiting a very long time.
January 14th, 2022 at 10:12 am
I wish this game had a kickstarter. It was possibly the best platformer a decade ago. Still probably has the best potential because of the whimsical, creative world and ambiance.
January 28th, 2022 at 7:22 am
I dream that one day mr podunkian will finish this. I mean yeah it was a tiny bit derivative of Cave Story but that doesn’t matter because it was so damn good and nothing else since Cavestory and this demo has hit the same notes