A warm, slightly sad adventure about a repairman and a talking radio.
Aubade is a 2D action-adventure in the Zelda tradition, set on the terraced streets of a seaside city in the summer of 2089. It is being made for retro handhelds, Windows and Linux.
In development. The current build, 0.2.0, has the prologue and two of the eight chapters. It is not released yet.
A repairman, a radio and eight lost memories
Alex is a repairman who never smiles, wrench in hand. Momo is an old radio that talks. One stormy night, lightning strikes the radio and Momo's memory breaks into eight pieces. By morning Momo has forgotten Alex and calls him Mr. Wrench.
The eight memories scatter across the city as sparks of light. Gather them all and Momo remembers who Momo is.
How it plays
- Jump into machines. Momo can hop into street lamps, vending machines and claw machines to solve puzzles, and can drive monsters that have been stunned.
- Read the boss, then dodge. Bosses telegraph their attacks. Watch the tell, roll out of the way, then hit back.
- Dungeons built from machines. Chapter 1 is an abandoned arcade where each room is a machine puzzle. Chapter 2 is a laundromat where one dial, wash, spin or dry, changes the whole building.
- The world hints before it explains. Momo looks toward things worth trying, so the game shows you what to do before any text does.
From the current build
Lantern Steps, the hillside street where Alex lives. 
Momo drives a small claw machine to grab a crate marked with a star. 
The wash, spin and dry dial in Sunshine Suds changes the whole building.
All screenshots on this page, the title screen included, are from the current development build, in the Vietnamese-language version.
The details
- Genre
- 2D action-adventure
- Platforms
- Retro handhelds that run PortMaster, with 640×480 and 720×720 screens. Windows and Linux versions are planned for release.
- Controls
- Controller only.
- Languages
- English and Vietnamese.
- Current build
- Version 0.2.0: the prologue and two of eight chapters, with 34 maps, 23 regular enemy types, 5 bosses and mini-bosses, and 39 music tracks (30 songs and 9 short jingles).
Who makes Aubade
Tri Hua Minh (also known as tri2510) is the founder and solo developer of Aubade. Tri also made The Last Summer: Prologue, a cozy isometric adventure on itch.io.