strategy to defeat. The gameplay of Robbie Swifthand and the Orb of Mysteries allows for some open-endedness as well as some order of difficulty. The player starts in a central hub, from which four worlds can be accessed. These worlds consist of a world map comprising dozens of levels, which can be selected from in order to gradually reach a final boss level. Plot Robbie Swifthand is a self-involved common thief and burglar. At the start of the game, Robbie awakens in an abandoned tomb, and is told by a benevolent spirit that he needs to save mankind from the evil spirit that lives in it. Motivated only by the promise of treasure along the way, Robbie embarks on a quest to collect three crystals that will help him seal the villain in its tomb forever. Development The original Robbie Swifthand was made entirely by Nick Larin, co-Founder of Pixel Reign. The game was developed in GameMaker, and was released as freeware in 2008. In the original, players control Robbie, a thief who wants to free a demon from an ancient temple in hopes of being handsomely rewarded. Development on Robbie Swifthand and the Orb of Mysteries began in 2017, when Larin teamed-up with music composer and sound designer Vicky Fysika and level designer Angelos Gkamiliaris to form Pixel Reign, and set out to fully realize the original's potential. The entire game was made within a year and a half by this team of three people. The demo for Robbie Swifthand and the Orb of Mysteries was released on Game Jolt in July 2017, where it became the no. 1 platformer for 4 consecutive months. The game entered Steam Early Access on December 5, 2017 and featured the game's first two worlds, each one packed with 26 levels. The game's full release was announced on September 21, 2018. As the new game had switched to the Unity game engine, and had already garnered significant interest from the gaming community, Robbie Swifthand and the Orb of Mysteries was selected as a showcase game for the engine's 2D capabilities at Unite Berlin in 2018, which further brought Pixel Reign into contact with private investors in Greece, as well as game publishers. On July 23, 2019 Robbie Swifthand and the Orb of Mysteries was ported to the PlayStation 4, published by East2west Games, with a Nintendo Switch port following on August 1 by