Ballet of Steel
News:
- Thank you all for the kind words on the game and we've heard you voices. We we currently working on remaking this game to a fully fledged roguelike game. Expanding this little prototype with more content, polish and quality of life fixes. More details on that soon.
- Our musician has uploaded the soundtrack to bandcamp, go check them out! https://lapspider45.bandcamp.com/album/ballet-of-steel
Overview:
Play as a ballet dancer with incredible reflex, who can see bullets coming and swiftly swat them back, using the enemies weapons against them. With an unknown motive, she dives deep into the ruins of what was once a bustling metropolis, to find answers...
This is an atmospheric turn-based bullet hell game prototype inspired by games such as Enter The Chronosphere, Ultrakill, Radio the Universe and TWWWR. Fight your way through 9 floors full of mechanical foes in a dying world.
The current build of the game is considered to be a prototype of the core mechanics we wanted to make for our take on mixing the bullet dodging action from bullet hell games and the strategy thinking from turned based rougelikes. This was made as a submission for the Bullet Hell Game Jam 5. We will be continuing to expand this concept into a full fledged game in the future (not very soon tho).
Controls:
| Move | Left click on highlighted tiles |
| Throw knife | Right click on enemy |
| Skip turn | Spacebar / Shift / Left click on middle tile |
| Restart game (WARNING) | R |
| Exit game | Alt+F4, ESC |
How to Play:
- Defeat all the enemies in the room in order to progress.
- On your turn, move into bullets to parry them. On the enemy turn, bullets that move into you will hurt you.
- You will lose 1 health from taking damage during a turn. If you lose all your health then it's game over. Keep in mind that there is no way to recover health in the game.
- Your hitbox is slightly smaller than the tile you are standing on.
- Parry enough bullets, and you will gain a knife. It is a powerful weapon that can be thrown using right click to inflict heavy damage and stagger. It also clears all bullets in its path. Knowing when to use your knives is key to mastering the game.
Current Know Issues
- If you press Alt+TAB or change to a different browser tab, the music will permanently stop as punishment for your lack of focus. The reasons for which are detailed here.
Credits:
Iced_Lemon - Programming, Game Design
Lapspider45 - Music Composition, Sound Design
Zahran - Sprite Art, Graphic Design
KingW - Illustration
sorasu - Sound Design
Get the Soundtrack here:
https://lapspider45.bandcamp.com/album/ballet-of-steel
