Monstro Maestro
Release date: Jan 1, 2026
Developers: Game Academy
Publishers: Game Academy
Genres: Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support
Supported languages: English

Set your own pace : Play as Maestro, a conductor and his traveling troupe who must perform in a mysterious mansion. Explore these places filled with melodious rhythms in search of your musicians who have been captured by the mansion's owner, MONSTRO. Prepare to battle various ghostly monsters that inhabit these grounds and unravel the curse that hangs over this mansion. Monstro Maestro is a 2D action-adventure game inspired by the Megaman X franchise, the rhythmic mechanics of BPM, and platform/adventure games such as Celeste and Hollow Knight. Game features : Discover a mansion populated by monsters, passing through its gardens and exploring its various rooms. Explore diverse biomes, each with unique movement abilities and powers. Face off against the five enemies that live in these places. Flying, jumping, or stationary, you will have to choose the best method to eliminate them. Defeat 5 formidable bosses! Face off against the disciples and the master of the domain in unique battles where the fate of your musicians hangs in the balance. Take on the Kaiso board challenge! After collecting all the bells in the mansion, put your movement and navigation skills to the test in a whole new gaming experience. Enjoy a unique musical experience thanks to the different types of music that emanate from the location and gameplay. Original soundtrack composed specifically for the game. Fight using your wand by casting various powerful projectiles that can be imbued with the rhythm of the surroundings. Background : Monstro Maestro is a project created by second-year Game Development students. The main development of the game took place over a period of nine weeks, during which a team of 12 programming students and 11 graphic design students designed and produced the entire game. It was presented as a second-year final project in June 2025. Following this presentation, a proposal to publish on the Blacknut platform was made by its CEO. Part of the team continued development during the summer of 2025, making adjustments, fixes, and adding new content with an entire new biome. The final phase of production was completed in December 2025. On the technical side, Monstro Maestro uses a custom engine developed by programming students during the year. This game engine, called T.E.DD (Technical Engine 2D), is based on SFML, ImGui, SDL3, and C++. It is based on an Entity-Component model. This engine was developed over a period of three months.