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Two years ago, I acting on a whim and decided to create a game to pay tribute to my favorite heavy metal band, System of a Down. Did I know it would end up being one of the most ambitious games I've had the opportunity to create? No. Did the project have its ups and downs? Absolutely, but I wouldn't have traded this experience for the world. This passion project was made possible with the love and effort of 13 talented student developers and while we tried to weed out all bugs,  there may have been a few minor ones we missed.  

System Saves Metal is a boss rush/brawler hybrid featuring four playable characters and four bosses. It would mean so much if you took the time to visit our page and give our game a shot.

Find our trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY5VUMtCjps

Find our game's itch.io page here: https://nazazel.itch.io/soad-saves-metal

Thanks so much! I can see how the circus bit may cause some dizziness haha, lots of colors!

Thanks so much for playing our game! Sorry that the carnival segment wasn’t your favorite but we’re very happy to hear that you enjoyed the other parts of the game :) 

Thank you so much! We’re very happy you liked our game!

Thanks so much for playing our game! 

P.S. With a running start, Quinn should be able to make it over the electric fields ;)

Thanks so much! Happy you liked our game. We’re a group of student devs so we aren’t too familiar with (proper) key binding. We were also trying to experiment with implementing different mechanics with this game. We’ll work on a more streamlined set of controls for our next game :) thanks for the feedback!

Try holding down shift to give Quinn a running start. 

We’re working on a patch at the moment to update the controls page to let players know that they can hold shift to run. 

8 :)