📖 The Story

An adventure spanning 5000 years of Dominican history.

You play as Pepito or Pepita, a 14-year-old with Taíno, Spanish and African ancestry. One day, while walking through a construction site in Santo Domingo, you discover a mysterious relic glowing with a strange light. When you touch it, the ground gives way beneath your feet and you fall into the Cuevas del Pomier — a real cave system with thousands of Taíno petroglyphs.

Thus begins your adventure as an accidental archaeologist. With the help of three companions — a digging robot, a stray dog and a cemí spirit — you will travel through worlds spanning from Taíno settlements to the Colonial Zone of Santo Domingo, facing conflicts between modern development and heritage preservation.

Not everything is solved by fighting. Inspired by Undertale, the game offers a full pacifist route: you can convince your adversaries through dialogue, negotiation and civic activism. Every conflict has a solution that does not require violence.

🗺️ Game Flow

The game follows a linear progression: each world unlocks upon completing the previous one, like Super Mario World. The player moves with a sprite across the map of the island of Hispaniola and activates nodes by approaching them. The worlds are designed to be played in order — each one teaches concepts that prepare the player for the next. Some nodes (such as Lago Enriquillo or LFSD) unlock when specific side quests are completed.

Side Quests

7 optional quests discovered during the main story:

• Manatee Rescue — Dr. Sofía (marine biologist) asks for your help at the Manatee Sanctuary. Free a trapped manatee and clean a damaged reef.
• Good Vibrations — Leonardo (LFSD) needs to calibrate a magnetometer to detect artifacts. Calibration mini-game in the robotics classroom.
• Full Metal Archeologist — Alberto (LFSD) programs a submarine robot to explore shipwrecks. Programming mini-game in the robotics classroom.
• Weird Science — Hugo (LFSD) repairs the carbon-14 dating equipment. Cable-connecting mini-game in the robotics classroom.
• Cathedral Museum — After defeating Méndez in the Zona Colonial, deliver a sacred artifact to Fabiola Herrera at the Cathedral Museum.
• The Idol of Enriquillo — Anacaona (Yucayeque de Marién) asks you to bring a sacred cemí to Cacique Enriquillo at Lago Enriquillo.
• Offerings of la Aleta — Collect 3 submerged artifacts in the Manantial de la Aleta cenote and deliver them to Dr. Veloz at the Museo del Hombre Dominicano.

Mini Games

Special game mechanics that break the main gameplay with unique experiences:

• Batú — Sacred Taíno ball game. 2D physics with hip, shoulder, head and knee strikes. First to 5 points wins. Played against Cacique Guacanagaríx.
• Areíto: Taíno Ceremonial Dance — DDR/Friday Night Funkin style with Higüemota. 4 arrow lanes, 3 difficulty phases, ×4 combo multiplier. S/A/B/C/D ranking.
• Rappel: Descent into the Cenote — Coordinated descent down the vertical shaft of the Manantial de la Aleta. Direction arrows in a sweet zone, grip meter, progressive difficulty.
• Secret Boss: Spirit of the Cemí — Bullet hell on Isla Cabritos. 4 projectile patterns, 3 difficulty cycles, 5 hearts. Reward: Divine Blessing.
• Good Vibrations — Calibrate a magnetometer by adjusting frequency and amplitude until the signal syncs.
• Full Metal Archeologist — Program a submarine robot's route by connecting instruction blocks.
• Weird Science — Connect the C-14 dating equipment cables in the correct order.

Combats / Debates

Combat encounters with a full pacifist route — each one can be won without violence:

• Colonial Combat: Maroon Hunter — At Lemba's Palenque. A slave tracker with his tracking hound threatens the maroon community. Marcos the lookout sounds the alarm. Standard options: attack, talk, negotiate, item, flee. The hound can bite during combat.
• Citizen Combat: Builder Méndez — In the Zona Colonial. Citizen activism against a builder threatening heritage. Options: protest signs, press, legal action, human chain.
• Ecological Combat: Lionfish — At the Santa María Shipwreck. Capture the invasive lionfish with ecological options: trap, spearfish, protect coral, alert divers.
• Legal Combat: Trafficker Rodrigo Torres — At Punta Cana Airport. Legal debate against an artifact trafficker. Weapons: Law 318, forensic evidence, INTERPOL, UNESCO 1970.
• Sword Duel: Soldier Diego — At La Isabela. Side-scrolling fencing with realistic stances (en garde, lunge, block, dodge). Aggressive or pacifist mode via dialogue.