Issac: Time-Past!

### Platform(s)

Jeremy Neptune, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Funcom, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft Windows

### Released

JP September 2, 2018
WW August 30, 2018

### Input methods

Keyboard (PC), Steam controller, Joy-con, Nintendo Switch Pro Controller, Xbox One controller, PlayStation 4 controller, PlayStation Vita

**Issac: Time-Past!** is a side-scrolling platformer video game developed by WayForward Technologies and published by TakaWave. Set in an alternate reality, the game follows Issac the Jaguar, Redcat "Sidney" Two-Tailed, and Punch the Bear as they try to keep Dr. Chickson from harnessing a mysterious new energy source. The storyline of the game also ties with Issac: The Battle Forces.

*Issac: Time-Past!* was developed by WayForward Technologies, who had previously worked on *Shantae* series and *Olivia Robo Blast* trilogy, with the aid of StudioMDHR, who is the developer of *Cuphead*, and Yacht Club Games, who is also the developer of *Shovel Knight.* who were chosen for their work in the *Issac the Jaguar* fangame community, and was published by TakaWave. The game emulates the gameplay and 2D sprite animation of the original *Issac the Jaguar* games. The game was announced on March 30, 2018, and will be released on August 2, 2018 for Jeremy Neptune, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Funcom, Nintendo Switch, Steam and Microsoft Windows.

## Gameplay

Similar to *Sonic Mania*, Emulating the style of the original *Issac the Jaguar* games, *Issac: Past-Time* is a 2D sprite-based side-scrolling platform game with Issac the Jaguar, Redcat "Sidney" Two-Tailed, and Punch the Bear as playable characters. The game uses an autosave feature that saves the player's progress at certain points.

The main playthrough of the game takes place in "Twisted Mode", upon which a playable character is selected.

*Coming soon!*

## Development

*Issac: Time-Past* began development in December 2017, after released of *Issac: After the Sequel*. The game was first announced at debut trailer.

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## Characters

### Playable characters

* Issac the Jaguar
* Redcat "Sidney" Two-Tailed
* Punch the Bear

### Bosses

*Coming soon!*

 Levels

*Coming soon!*

## Other modes

### No Save

**No Save** is an additional mode within Twisted Mode. Selecting this mode lets the player play the game without it saving their progress. Exclusive to No Save is also a "Secrets" menu where players can set additional bonus features exclusive to playing on No Save. These features are unlocked by collecting Medallions in the Bonus Stages and include the following:

* **Debug Mode**: Enables Debug Mode during gameplay. While Debug Mode is active, two lines of hex code appear in the screen's top-right corner: the top line designates camera coordinates, and the bottom line designate player coordinates.

### Options

**Options** is the settings menu for *Issac: Time-Past* which holds the following options:

* **Video**: Various video settings can be changed here:
	+ **PC**:
		- **Screen filter**: Choose a screen filter.
		- **Window Size**: Choose a Window Size in non-full screen mode.
		- **Window Border**: Display or hide the window border.
		- **Full Screen**: Choose a resolution size.
		- **VSync**: Turn VSync ON/OFF.
		- **Triple Buffering'**: Turn triple buffering ON/OFF
	+ **PlayStation 4/PlayStation Vita/Xbox One/Switch/Sega T23**:
		- **Clean**: Displays a soft gamescreen.
		- **CRT-Sharp**: Displays sharp on a cathode ray tube TV.
		- **CRT-Soft**: Display soft on a cathode ray tube TV.
		- **None**: No screen filter.
* **Sound**: Set the volumes separately for "Music" and "SFX".
* **Controls**: Shows the controller diagram and basic commands. On the PC version, the player can change the key assignments here. Conversely, the player can restore the key assignments to default here with the "Default" function.
* **Language**: Change the language of the messages to be displayed between "English", "Français" (French), "Italiano" (Italian), "Deutsch" (German), "Español" (Spanish), "Portugués" (Portuguese), "Nederlands" (Dutch), and "日本語" (Japanese).

### Extras

**Extras** is a menu containing various bonus game modes which are unlocked as the player progresses through the game.

*Coming soon!*