New DS game unveiled – Project Monster, from Henry Hatsworth devs

- Doesn’t have a publisher yet
- DreamRift developing the game (Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground, The Red Star, Dementium: The Ward, Guitar Hero III, and Henry Hatsworth)
- Main character is Ellie
- Ellie finds Chomp, a magical monster
- Gameplay is a mix of Mega Man, Mario, Metroid-like gameplay
- Can raise monsters
- When Chomp takes a lot of damage, retreats to the bottom screen to rest
- Can throw items down for the monster customization system
- Pet character helps Ellie with challenges
- Pet is constantly being raised on both screens
- Pet grows/evolves which can take on tons of different forms/skills/abilities/attacks
- Ellie somehow comes across the Monster World
- Ryan Pijai, the co-founder, was the Lead Programmer on Henry Hatsworth
- Less than 20 developers at DreamRift
- Art director from Hatsworth also working on the game
- Each Monster Kingdom ruled by a human king with their own Pet Monster
- Main character and monster both power up
- Pet Store allows the monster to gain new forms/abilities
- Pet abilities include attacks, being able to help Ellie move through environments, defensive moves – Based on food, toys, equipments, items given to the monster
- DreamRift interested in downloadable and console games, too
- Publisher reception has been positive
- About 1/3 done with development
- Should release sometime in the second half of 2010

Source

• EA Serves a Tea Cup Full of Dual Screen Action with Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure
Published on: March 17, 2009
• Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure videos
Published on: March 5, 2009
• Henry Hatsworth trailer
Published on: September 13, 2008
• Henry Hatsworth Action Gameplay
Published on: March 18, 2009
• GamesTM review scores
Published on: April 19, 2009