Graphic illustration for the game 'The Tales of the Elements' featuring a stylized male DJ with long hair, wearing headphones, holding a microphone. The title is in bold graffiti-style text with a blue and white color scheme, and there are images of a microphone, spray can, and vinyl record incorporated into the design.

Save the world from the bad music of the Evil Music Industry in this Hip Hop-HEAVY 2D action RPG!

Demo Trailer

Anime characters with a stylized logo reading 'The Tales of the Elements' and the words 'Demo Download'.

Story

A fantasy map depicting an island with mountains, rivers, and lakes, surrounded by clouds and pink cherry blossom trees.

In Polyphony, a world governed by music, Hip Hop was once a great culture that thrived and existed for the benefit of commoners and those who were impoverished. However, soon after the "Golden Age," The Evil Music Industry took over the world's music and forced those who practiced the 4 elements of Hip Hop into hiding for many years. Meanwhile, mysterious monsters known as "The Darkness" begin to appear around the world without explanation...

Two Branching Tales

Join BeNeVoLeNcE or Mega Ran as they journey to restore the 4 Elements of Hip-Hop and save the world from the evil Music Industry and the Darkness. The story of TOTE follows their adventures as they journey around the musical world of Polyphony!

Choose whether to follow BeNeVoLeNcE or Mega Ran on their quest!

BeNeVoLeNcE

BeNeVoLeNcE, an MC and DJ with long dreadlocks that have blue tips, holding a microphone while dressed in a blue jacket with yellow accents, white shirt, black pants, and brown boots.

Lyon is a musician that specializes in making beats as well as writing rhymes. He uses the microphone blade of which is powered by rhymes that are spoken into his microphones.

Without anything but scrambled mental images of his past and a microphone in his hand, BeNeVoLeNcE awakened in Breakbeat forest under unknown circumstances. All he can recall is his quest to destroy The Darkness and a growing sense of urgency implying that his time to do so is quickly running out.

Mega Ran

Mega Ran, an MC with dark hair and a beard, wearing a brown shirt, black pants and white boots, hidden under his pants, holding a blue and white jersey sweater in his left hand with a matching blue and white cybernetic right hand.

Based on the highly popular Chiptune Hip Hop musician of the same name, Rahm is a highly skilled MC who uses his custom microphone blaster that is powered by the skillful use of his clever, yet powerful rhymes.

Mega Ran has traveled around the world of Polyphony saving the lives of commoners affected by the greedy and wealthy in power. Over the years, his reputation has continued to grow amongst those who support the 4 Elements of Hip hop in secret. Unbeknownst to all except to whom he trusts, he silently schemes to one day overthrow the powerful Music Industry who has taken everything away from him.

Gameplay

A pixel art-style video game scene showing a forest setting with characters fighting and using various abilities. The game interface displays health bars, character icons, and action buttons at the bottom.
A pixel art video game scene showing a character on a dark road at night, with gameplay icons and a car, surrounded by trees, rocks, and glowing light effects.
Screenshot of a pixel art forest scene in a video game, showing a character next to a large tree, with hearts, magic points, and other game stats at the top left, and inventory items labeled with letters at the bottom.
From a top-down perspective, an interior scene features a wooden floor with a bookshelf at the top, filled with colorful books. In the middle, there are five tables with chairs and some items on them, possibly books or supplies. Two characters are present: one with red hair sitting at a table on the left and another with dark hair standing near the bookshelf. The room has three windows with white curtains at the bottom.
Screenshot of a pixel art role-playing video game showing a nighttime forest scene with a character walking along a path, trees, and glowing orbs. The game's user interface displays character stats, inventory, and options at the bottom.
Nighttime scene of a house with several windows, surrounded by trees, with glowing fireflies or lights flickering around.

Soundtrack