A Circle Among Squares
You’re a circle. You’re the good guy. But you’re surrounded by squares. Some are irrelevant. Others are useful and/or annoying. Then there are the black squares. They want to kill you. They are the bad guys. Be a good guy and pulverize those baddies, will you?
Survive and shoot all enemies in 200 levels (or make them shoot themselves). Each level cleared opens the next one permanently (autosave). Enemies come in a variety of types, speeds and action patterns, while other squares do a multitude of things, ranging from reflecting bullets to teleporting you. Enemies are killed with a single hit, and so do you. Failing a level has no consequences. While the first levels are easy and often, very quick, difficulty increases greatly in later levels.
Game Elements
This is you. You shoot in the same direction the arrow is facing.
This is the floor. Anyone can move freely above those squares.
This is the bullet you shoot.
This is an enemy. The rectangle indicates the direction it will shoot.
This is an enemy. It shoots in 4 directions simultaneously.
This is the bullet enemies shoot.
This is an enemy. Instead of shooting, it may kill you by touch.
This is a block. Nothing can pass or destroy it.
This a reflective block. Nothing can pass it and bullets are reflected.
This is a selective block. Only enemy bullets may pass it.
This is a selective block. Only bullets coming from the same direction the arrow is facing may pass it. Has 4 variations.
This is a reflective/deflective block. Depending on the direction of the bullet, it may turn 90º or be reflected. Has 4 variations.
This is a teleportation square. It always comes in a single pair and only you can step over it.
This is a hole. It blocks movement but not bullets.
Features
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200 Levels
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3 Types of Enemies
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Enemies' speed and shooting rate may vary between slow and very quick
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Each type of enemy may be static, move in predetermined routes, follow or flee you or alternate movements
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Block, reflection, deflection and teleport elements
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Autosave
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Minimalist design
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Game Walkthrough inside game files - video
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100 Achievements
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Xbox Controller Support
Keyboard Controls
There’s no mouse input.
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Start/Confirm/Shoot: Space/Enter
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Move: Up/Left/Down/Right, W/A/S/D, Numpad 8/4/2/6
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Exit: Esc
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Raise sound volume: M
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Lower sound volume: L
Xbox Controller Controls
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Start/Confirm/Shoot: A
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Move: Arrow Buttons/Left Analog Stick
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Exit: Select
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Raise sound volume: RB
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Lower sound volume: LB
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TOWER
The Tower continues to stifle the darkness at the world end.
Waiting for the rapture time that has erased all the darkness.
You are archer and guardian of the tower.
The mission is defeat spilling darkness while crossing the cubes.
Let’s collect the pastel colored cubes to strengthen yourself, And defeat enemies more faster and more accurately.
Which color you collect more is the key of strategy.
Features:
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Simple controls, You can concentrate on attacking enemies, moving between cubes and collecting.
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Just collect the cubes and you will be strengthened. There is no trublesome skill point system.
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There are various effects for each color. The effect of the most collected colors will be applied to your attack.
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Even if the game is over, the number of cubes at that time determines the initial number of cubes in the next game, so you can restart more favorably.
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The interface only of icons and numbers that are language independent.
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This sentence use Google Translate. It maybe a bit strange, but please forgive me.
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MISKATONIC
HARRY POTTER BUT IT’S A SCHOOL FOR MIDGETS INSTEAD CAW CAW
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
Read More: Best Shooter Shoot 'Em Up Games.
MISKATONIC is a Free VR game. It worked on my HTC Vive system, played ?, sounded ok, looked ok. It needs more room in your playspace than it requires, button required to start playing is a reach too far. Has a tutorial room, with instructions but I don’t know how to pronounce the words used for the 3 spells. Reads like the 3 spells are audio activated. Supposed to be a wave defense game where you can blast flying demons, use a shield to protect yourself and make stuff levitate. You are rooted standing to a point on floor, and yeah it is for midgets, so you are looking at inside your body if you are tall.
– Real player with 0.2 hrs in game
Orbatron
This is a very polished game. Relaxing game play as well. I found zero bugs thus far, and it looks like they released this game at just the right time, without having to keep patching it up, like most VR Titles do. It may be a bit overpriced at $15, but I got it on sale for less than $10, and that is worth it in my opinion if you like relaxing type games like this one. There is plenty of good content as well.
– Real player with 1.9 hrs in game
Space Aliens Invaders
Invaders come back from Space in this modernized top-of-the-art version.
Get back into 80’s with this old time classic alien shooter game. Enjoy the enhanced version with today device capabilities and revive the gameplay simple yet addictive of first generation video-games.
Collectable weapons, many different types of invaders will guarantee hours of intense fun.
Show off your shooting skills and destroy aliens waves after waves.
It’s time for you to protect the planet from deadly invaders. Best of luck, Captain!
NEON Ultra
After spending a few hours (340!) with NEON Ultra, and working up to a high score over 163,000,000 (no cheats), I can honestly say that I like this game. Alot. One screen. Just a handful of power ups and one weapon (upgrades). Only six or so different enemies. Relentless fun and challenge! Yes indeed I do love this game more than many of my $20-$60 dollar efforts. I will always play it. Try and stop me! This game costs $5. I would pay $50. What are you waiting for? Get your copy today. Now! Stop reading! GO!!
– Real player with 392.1 hrs in game
Neon Ultra is a fantastic, fun and addicting twin-stick shooter. Its gameplay is a clone between Geometry Wars and Asteroid. There are a varieties of unique baddies with different behavior and the incoming asteroids will flood the screen when least expected. There are plenty of powerups to pick up and once you max out your weapon, you feel invincible and mowing down everything in your path. The graphics is bright and colorful and I love the particle graphics. The soundtracks is uplifting and fast pace that blend in nicely with gameplay.
– Real player with 12.1 hrs in game
Return Home
The reactive difficulty keeps the game challenging as you improve.
Great game, and very replayable.
– Real player with 17.0 hrs in game
Blinding little score attack game with a great soundtrack and a devious auto difficulty mechanic.
Check it out.
– Real player with 6.2 hrs in game
Save Data
A BYTE-SIZED ROGUELIKE ANTI-SHOOT-EM-UP
You are a data-integrity program inside of a computer and your job is to prevent other programs from having their data corrupted!
“Enemy” programs emit electron projectiles and your job is to deflect them to “ground” and not accidentally damage the programs themselves in the process. Features 3 worlds of crazy bullet-heck action with semi-randomized room order and an upgrade system that provides a bevy of interesting ways to progress!
The story behind Save Data
Save Data is part of what has retroactively been termed a “molasses jam” run by the Bay Area Dev Collective. The theme of the jam was to make a violent genre non-violent. As I’ve had a growing interest in action games, specifically of the shoot-em-up variety, naturally I wondered what it would be like to make such a game non-violent. The result is shoot-em-up where you have to protect the “enemies”!
The other molasses game jam games are also on steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1603590/My_Cousin_the_Rogue/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1556660/Shell_Out_Showdown/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1585350/Cooperative_Chess/
Shoot Trip Die
The Story so far…
When our strung-out hero, Chester BoDean, quits his job at Brappy’s pizza he comes face to face with their demon of a boss named Melvin the Most Foul! whos angry at Chester’s resignation letter. Chester could care less, and simply flips him the bird! This sparks the journey of a lifetime for our beloved junkie, as Melvin opens a portal to a strange dimension and tosses Chester down into the strangeness! Chester’s only option? Kill Melvin OR die trying!
#### You got what it takes?!
Shoot Trip Die is a Disgusting, Vulgar, Tasteless, Rogue-like, Twinstick Shooter driven by Insanity, Addiction, and Rebellion!
Take control of Chester BoDean and travel through procedurally generated dimensions! Travel deeper and deeper through these realms in order to inch closer and closer to your escape!
But it won’t be easy…
you’ll need to mow down Bizzare foes with your trusty finger guns! while you collect an assortment of power-ups to aid you on your rampage to get you back to your beloved mattress (Should probably wash the sheets when you get back too…)
#### Content out the WAZOO! You’ll be itching for more! and more!! AND MORE!!!
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-Face melting visuals!
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-Brain exploding tunes!
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-Addicting Rogue-like Gameplay!
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-Unlockable Micro Games!
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-Drugs! Sex! and Rock n' Roll!
BEAT ‘EM DOWN
The game is great but there are some things that need to be improved upon. when you try and sync your shots with the beats there is no leeway to the shot after the beat. It should be a small (70ms more or less) range around the beat rather than just the small leeway given before the beat. Sometimes I would die and I wouldn’t show the “game over”/ “you died” screen so I’d have to manually quit, but it’s not that much of a hassle. Other than that I haven’t encountered anything game breaking, but how do more people have the easter egg gun before any of the other achievements, like damn son.
– Real player with 6.2 hrs in game
I rather beat my meat than beating this.
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– Real player with 1.3 hrs in game