Siactro is the mononym of Indie Game developer Marcus Horn, as well as the name of the studio his games are published under. Siactro mainly publishes 3D platformers with gameplay and aesthetic inspired by classic 3D platformers, particularly those of The Fifth Generation of Console Video Games.
Games and series published by Siactro
- Kiwi 64 Series:
- Kiwi 64 (2014)
- Super Kiwi 64 (2022)
- MacBat 64: Journey of a Nice Chap (2015)
- Tasty Ramen (2019)
- Toree Series:
- Toree 3D (2021)
- Toree 2 (2021)
- Toree Genesis (2022)
- Toree Saturn (upcoming)
- Beeny (2022)
List of tropes common in Siactro's Gamess:
- Bee Afraid: Bees appear as enemies in both of the mainline Toree games. Beeny also encounters unfriendly bees in her game.
- Expy: Kiwi is one for Banjo from the Banjo-Kazooie series. The level in Kiwi 64 is clearly based on the opening area of Banjo-Kazooie.
- Glitch Entity: Glitchy in the Toree games is meant to be one. He will sometimes screw with the level's graphics to get in the player's way.
- Gravity Screw: One of the secret codes in Super Kiwi 64 will give you moon gravity.
- Retraux: Every Siactro game draws on the low poly style of the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation. The only exception is Beeny, whose art style pays tribute to the SNES.
- Secret Character: Most games have a few to unlock, usually characters from other games:
- In Toree 3D, collecting every star in every level unlocks Macbat, and getting an A rank in every level unlocks Tasty. Toree 2 allows you to unlock both characters in the same manner, and also lets you unlock Glitchy as a playable character by collecting all the discs.
- Getting every time medal in Beeny unlocks Toree, who can double jump.
- Secret Level:
- In Super Kiwi 64, collecting all 48 power cell unlocks a bonus area with a 49th power cell, as well as a code panel to input all the codes you can find throughout the game. One of these codes unlocks another secret area, a scaled-down version of the level from Kiwi 64 along with a 50th and final power cell.
- Sequel Hook: Beeny ends with a cutscene setting up the plot of Super Kiwi 64.
- Super Title 64 Advance: Nearly every game is guilty of this in some capacity.
- Surprisingly Creepy Moment: Almost every game seems to have one, usually relegated to one or two levels.
- Toree 3D has Starry Sky, where the initially cutesy stars will don scary faces, cause the music to distort and level to go red, and chase you if you get too close.
- Beeny: Level 7 drops you into a dead forest with a creepy background track, distorted corpses populating the scenery, and dismboded faces that chase you and cause instant death.
- Super Kiwi 64: Stages 5 and 6 are set in a strange otherworldly location with menacing, blood-soaked faces on the doorways, glowing fetuses as the switches to unlock gate, and more of the alien corpses.
