Kitsune Tails will be a platformer to remember, full of mini-games and powerful modding tools

Kitsune Tails, the platformer styled after beloved classics and steeped in Japanese mythology, shows off a bunch of retro minigames and some pretty powerful modding support that will be available at launch.

Coming with full Native Linux and Steam Deck support, I think this is going to be one to remember. Kitsune Games, who previously made games including MidBoss and Ultra Hat Dimension are crafting something pretty ridiculous here.

The new trailer that went up today shows off the power of their hand-made game engine with all the platforming you could want. However, to spice it up the mini-games are a whole lot of something else including Haunted Heist, a first-person maze-crawling experience inspired by early FPS games like Wolfenstein 3D with the chase-and-escape tactics of Pac-Man. There's even games like Boulder Dash and Arkanoid. What more could you want in a retro-styled game?

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If that wasn't enough there's also simple to use modding tools to make your own levels and mini-games with Lua, along with the open source Tiled Map Editor. So, in a way, this is a platformer with a whole fantasy console included.

Main Features:

• Classic platforming action set in a land inspired by Japanese mythology.
• Explore five elemental worlds and various haunted houses.
• Learn new elemental powers and use them to find secrets and optional story content.
• Use cute outfits to power up or stomp around by stealing a giant boot from enemies.
• Uncover the reasons behind your childhood friend's jealous betrayal.
• Stomp on pangos to make them curl into a ball, pick them up, and kick them around.
• Carry lights through haunted houses to reveal secret doors and ward off ghosts.
• Unlock and play over a half dozen minigames for cash and power ups.
• Struggling? Buy more power ups at the shop or change playstyles for an instant-revive.
• Play through the bonus world after rolling credits and prove you've got what it takes to beat the kaizo levels.
• Optional true-to-life CRT filter for maximum nostalgia.
• Make custom levels using mature open source tools.
• Create and play custom minigames using the same Lua scripting the developers used.

You can wishlist / follow on Steam. It releases on August 1st.