Twilight Monk

(VIDEO GAME) PC - TBD


Explore the shattered world of Speria as the last remnant of ancient Kung Fu warriors in Twilight Monk! Destroy demons, or enslave them as you hunt down and obliterate the portals from whence they came. In Twilight Monk, you will explore Metroidvania dungeons connected by an open world.

Ikeda - The Scrap Hunter E.P.

(VIDEO GAME) PC 2019

Wall jump and slash your way through the remains of Facility 32 as legendary Scrap Hunter Iggy Ikeda in this super-tight action platformer with collectibles.

STEAM REVIEWS

“Awesome game by an awesome Artist” - Dominico Pentangelo

“This game was super intense and rewarding for each time you make a jump” - KHangV88

“It really feels like it should be an old arcade game!” - Stormrage02

Ikeda is the first Solo Developed game to be released under the Aquatic Moon.

 

AVAILABLE Books

 

CreeD: Re-Imaginary Books 1 - 2

(COMIC BOOK SERIES 2021)

Contains a 120 pages complete story, reviving the classic series that started Trent’s art career. Mark Farley is a 17 year old comic creator! His comic documents his travels into a DREAMWORLD dimension, where he takes on the persona of "The Legendary Creator" - CREED.  Together with his best pal (CJ), a morphing dreamfrog/dragon, they stomp out nightmares and face Marks most personal demons, manifested as the deadly Skeeziks!

The World of Twilight Monk VOLUME 1

(ART BOOK 2019)

The World of Twilight Monk is a compendium focusing on the Eastern Continent of Speria, also known as "The Mystic Lands",

In this book, you will find in depth bios, illustrations, early sketches, orthographic breakdowns of both characters and architecture, and written history for many of the locations visited in the comics and novels. This book also includes maps, location guides and breakdowns and bios for legendary weapons, and mythical beasts.

Twilight Monk : Books 1 + 2

(ILLUSTRATED NOVELS 2020 - 2022)

2 part Twilight Monk novel with over 130+ illustrations. Raziel Tenza and Rin Torra are likely the worst Moonken to ever train at the monastery on the mystical shores of Crescent Isle. But when an insurgent gang of miscreants (The Red Cobras) threaten to run them out of town, they decide to team up and stand their ground. The only problem is... they stink at kung fu! With no fighting ability whatsoever, (but a whole lot of gusto!) they embark on an epic martial arts adventure in search of a shortcut to ultimate badass kung fulio power. In their desperate struggle, they accidentally unleash raging demons, get wrapped up in a legendary heist, and discover ancient, secret mystical artifacts which will shape their destiny.

 

The Man and the moonken book Trilogy -

(ILLUSTRATED NOVELLS 2018 - 2019)

A Twilight Monk Prequel novel series with over 50 illustrations.
The Man and the Moonken + The Beast of Tuksa + Escape From Giant’s Crown

It is quite well known that when a child falls from the sky in the land of Speria, they are to be taken to the monastery at Crescent Isle to learn to control their powerful supernatural abilities. Their fate not yet sealed, some of these children are thought to be cursed, outcast from society and deemed to be evil by nature. In the enclosed valley of Tuksa, one such child has just begun his journey.

Aquatic Moon

A boutique art house founded in 2012. Aquatic Moon has provided concept art for the worlds top Video Game brands, Currently the entire team is focused on developing the Twilight Monk Metroidvania game.

THE TEAM

TRENT KANIUGA
ARTIST + WRITER + DIRECTOR
-Former concept artist on many AAA video games such as World of Warcraft, League of Legends, Diablo 3, with a passion for world building, writing books, and making videos for Youtube.
Favorite games - Metal Gear Solid Phantom Pain + Snake Eater, Castlevania SOTN, Zelda Ocarina Of Time, Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye. Skyrim.

MATT FITZGERALD (Planet Tobor)
GAMEPLAY PROGRAMMING
-Game developer (SAVAGE: The Shard of Gosen), multi-media artist, musician + composer; Uses a wide range of technical and artistic disciplines to craft games (video and tabletop).
Favorite games - RUNE, Tenchu, Super Mario Bros. 3, Daggerfall, DOOM, King of Dragons, Zelda 2, Castlevania ("oldschool" and SOTN), Warcraft 2.

NATHAN BUCKLEY
SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING
Game Development - Beyond a Steel Sky, Sea of Thieves, Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde, Smash Punks
Favorite Games - Fallout Series, Outlast, Stellaris, Little Nightmares, Cyberpunk 2077

ANTHONY ENRIGHT (WINDYBEARD)
GAMEPLAY + LEVEL DESIGN
- Indie game developer and Twitch Streamer. Developed and released many games including Galactic Mining Corp, Spirit Hunters: Infinite Horde, Dreamstones and many more.
Favorite games - Okami, Recetear, Dark Cloud 2, Zelda Windwaker, Beautiful Katamari, Banjo Kazooie, Paper Mario 100yd, Bangai-o.

AMY SUMMERS
ANIMATION
-Multi-media artist, and part time programmer. A small artist with a big mindset for stories and worlds.
Favorite games - Stardew Valley, Elden Ring, Valheim, Terraria

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