You control Orpheus, who was a vegan and when the devil got to this bit in his former life... he was furious. As the devil is a sentient raspberry he put Orpheus to a special trial:

"Feed the monsters with your precious fruits and they will wither and die. But feed them meaty products, and they will become stronger! If they catch you, you are dead! AGAIN! BWAHAHAHA!"

Fortunately Orpheus has his trustworthy hardhat and hard boots:

JUMP, or press DOWN while in midair to fall and hit platforms, like the golden platform with food in it. But watch out for the metronome! At every 4th beat the food type changes in them!

As you get rid of monsters every 9th kill will yield a power-up that further helps you:

Power of Liva     

This power-up gives Orpheus 3 lives when low on health, 2 when in the middle and 1 when near to full. This also means more points!

Power of Vega    

This power-up summons fruit on every monster and another 8 on the level.

Power of Waka    

This power-up turns Orpheus into a big hardhat! Hunt down and eat monsters, eat food for double speed and score up! Eating power-ups in Waka form: Liva gives only 1 life, Vega still summons all the fruit (monsters won't eat food when Waka is active) and Waka will extend the Waka power-up time, but the refreshed timer always gets shorter.

"Can you keep up with the ever faster monsters?"

Player 2 entered the fray: presenting Adam, another adventurer in hell!

Now, you can coop-up with a buddy to try and beat the high-score of the levels! Be aware: both of you using the 9 lives, Liva still gives the amount of health as in single player mode, as Vega also works the same. Waka will turn both players to big hardhats!

Made for HEJ game jam January 2025, I used the themes "vegan" and "your favorite song" (out of 4 themes). I do like classical music and I used midi versions of classical pieces and swapped the instruments to chip sounds, but I kept the midi track mixed under the new version, with changed instruments and with lower volume.