MONOWAVE

MONOWAVE is a puzzle adventure game developed around a newborn Guardian spirit named Mono. In its setting, four Emotions (Anger, Anxiety, Happiness and Sorrow) were once nurtured by the Prism Tree at the centre of the world. When the Emotion Shards inside the Prism disappear, the Emotions are scattered and the tree begins to wither, and Mono is tasked with gathering them back together.

Each Emotion grants Mono a distinct traversal ability. Happiness provides a jump for reaching higher areas, Sorrow allows diving underwater and moving through submerged passages, Anger enables wall-jumping, and Anxiety is used to avoid threats and cross difficult terrain. These powers also interact with the inhabitants encountered along the way, influencing whether characters respond as allies or as opponents depending on how the player approaches them.

The game is set across four realms, each shaped by the Emotion that rules it, ranging from fog-covered jungles to caverns filled with fire. The story concerns the different ways emotions appear in people’s lives. Visually, the game uses a style modelled on childhood scratch art, and it features an original soundtrack. A two-player mode is included, and a controller is required to play it.