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Kernmantle is a twin-stick climbing game with exploration, platforming, and light puzzle elements. Control a physics-driven character and scale a 2000-meter vertical canyon filled with challenges, characters, and secrets.
In this vertical climbing adventure, you'll scale a two-thousand meter high canyon filled with traps, puzzles, mysteries, and strange characters. Kernmantle is a twin-stick climbing game where a misplaced hand can send you plummeting to your doom and safe spots are few and far between. As you ascend through the canyon's biomes, you'll uncover hidden secrets, overcome deadly hazards, collect items, and fling yourself from one precarious ledge to another. Only the truly persistent will reach the top! One of the following gamepads is currently required to play: • XBox 360 • XBox One • PS4 • Switch Pro Controller • Any XInput-compatible device
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