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Bolt of Whalington

Orca Studio, UltraPlayers, OKJOY

A Metroidvania built around discovery and curiosity. Play as Bolt, a Siamese cat exploring a flying castle where you might melt walls with soap, become a rat to talk to enemies, or even rewrite the world’s rules. Explore, experiment, and uncover Whalington’s secrets. Curiosity doesn’t kill this cat.

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

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About This Game

Welcome to Whalington, a giant moving castle filled with mysteries, unexpected discoveries, and new possibilities.

Exploration here goes beyond unlocking new abilities and uncovering hidden paths. Think outside the box and experiment with the world around you. Sometimes, the most unconventional ideas lead to the most rewarding discoveries.

Follow your curiosity and find your own way forward.

Look more than twice, poke around every nook and cranny, and try the idea that probably shouldn’t work. A bottle of soap might get you through a wall, and a room that looks completely sealed might be hiding a secret passage. You never know what a little curiosity might uncover.

What if you could rewrite the rules yourself? Turn HP into keys. Become a bomb-laying hen. Or transform into a rat and suddenly talk to the enemies you used to fight.

Change your abilities to alter the world around you, and discover just how far you can bend the rules. Who knows what else you might find?

Every area in Bolt of Whalington is unique. In one section, walk along walls in anti-gravity zones to move and dodge danger. Or maybe a location is only reached via teleporting through a toilet. In another area, encounter Schrödinger's platforms, where light plays tricks on reality. Just when you think you've figured out how things work, Bolt of Whalingtongives you something entirely different to discover.

Explore an interconnected world, switching between Bolt's agile feline form and the power of his mech to overcome different challenges. Unlock new abilities, discover new routes, and reach places that once seemed impossible to access.

Return to familiar areas with new abilities and uncover secrets you never knew were there.

Every boss has a few tricks up their sleeve, and what worked in the last fight might not work in the next. Dodge unexpected attacks, learn their patterns, and find the right moment to strike.

Unlock new weapons and combat abilities, grow stronger, and take on even tougher challenges.

There's more to discover than hidden paths and secret rooms. Keep an eye out for little surprises scattered throughout the game. Some are almost impossible to find, but that's half the fun of finding them..

And who doesn't love a game within a game?

Community Activity

  1. Bolt of WhalingtonSteam announcement
  2. Bolt of WhalingtonSteam announcement

    Devlog: Cat City

    Hello everyone, this is Bread, producer of Bolt & Whalington, who has somehow just wandered into a city full of cats. Why a Cat City? 🐱 Why is there suddenly a whole cat…

  3. Bolt of WhalingtonSteam announcement

    Devlog: Weird Weapons

    Hello everyone, this is Bread. When making a game, designing normal weapons can sometimes be surprisingly difficult. But whenever our team starts working on strange weapons, the…

  4. Bolt of WhalingtonSteam announcement

    Devlog: Sequence Breaking

    Hello everyone, this is Bread. In this devlog, we would like to talk about sequence breaking. In our game, if you follow the normal progression route, it takes around half an…

  5. Bolt of WhalingtonSteam announcement

    Devlog: The Magical Setting Machine

    Hello everyone, this is Bread.As many of you may know, our game features quite a few meta elements. During exploration, players will also come across a strange device called the…

  6. Bolt of WhalingtonSteam announcement

    Devlog: A Cat Roundup

    Hi everyone, I'm Bread, the producer of Bolt & Whalington. As many of you know, our protagonist Bolt is a Siamese cat. Many players are immediately drawn to his strangely…

  7. Bolt of WhalingtonSteam announcement
  8. Bolt of WhalingtonSteam announcement

    Devlog: Making a Quirky Cat Metroidvania

    Hi everyone, I'm Bread, the producer of Bolt & Whalington. As I mentioned before, both the world and the main character in our game were never designed to be dark or overly…

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