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RSVP HERE to Violette’s Wedding (Kickstarter Launch) 🚩

RSVP TO SLEDGEHAMMER BRIDE

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[email protected]

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<aside> **Developer Melanated Game Kitchen

Genre** Action Beat-Em-Up Platformer

**Release date TBA

Platforms** PC

Players Single Player

**Store page link TBA

Socials** Bluesky | Instagram

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ABOUT THE STUDIO

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Melanated Game Kitchen is a co-op studio and collective of BIPOC game creators dedicated to creating and curating interactive experiences that center culture.

Our growing network of artists, designers, programmers, music creators, producers and other skilled creators collaborates across disciplines to develop bold ideas and bring them to life.

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Listen to MGK’s Micro-Pod

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S08aGzsSUFY0BQX3xRMcNX1NkwLNvV6O/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S08aGzsSUFY0BQX3xRMcNX1NkwLNvV6O/view?usp=sharing)

Listen to MGK’s “Making the Game” to learn more about Melanated Game Kitchen and the team behind this studio’s work.

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ABOUT THE GAME

Sledgehammer Bride is a 2D side-scroller action platforming game built around exploration, action, and a world shaped by characters, creatures, and cultural influences of the deep Black American South.

Play as Violette, a young black woman, as she journeys to save her soon-to-be-wed spouse from dark, spiritual forces that want to keep them apart.

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Key features

2D Action Combat inspired by games like Smash Bros, Guacamelee, and Scott Pilgrim.
Wield a powerful magic-infused sledgehammer as you defeat foes and create new paths through destruction, rage abilities, and combos.
Simple yet innovative “Rage Combo System” where the best defense is a good offense. Combining beat-em-up mechanics, with modern directional combo chains.
Enter a world of mystery, creatures, and dark forces rooted in deep folklore of the African-American south. specifically, Gullah Geechee & Appalachia cultures.
Battle bosses reimagined from classic folktales and cryptids.
A harrowing story about eloquent rage, love, inner demons, spirituality, and fighting against powerful forces against all odds.
An interactive painting. Hand-painted art style inspired by Gullah art featuring environments reminiscent of the Coastal South.