Ethers Edge

Description
Ethers Edge is a Roguelike Reverse Bullet-hell Auto-shooter. You goal is to survive as long as possible. Each run will be longer and longer as you'll spend Anti-Matter to permanently upgrade your ship.

Unleash hell upon interdimensional invaders to defend your home star system in this unique roguelike reverse bullet-hell game, Ethers Edge.

Keyboard Controls:
WASD or Arrow Keys to move

Controller Controls:
Left Stick to move

Active Abilities/Upgrades

Subspace Shift - Spacebar / X / Square
Pulsar Ejection - Q-Key / Left Bumper
Star Eaters Demise - E-Key / Right Bumper

(NOTE: These upgrades are only active once you've collected their respective card)
(NOTE: Game should be played in fullscreen for the best experience)

More information

Status	Released
Platforms	HTML5
Author	Godfahey
Genre	Shooter
Tags	2D, Bullet Hell, Space

Development log

Devlog 6 - Final Build/Testing Session Feedback
Oct 15, 2023
Devlog 5 - Audio/UI
Oct 09, 2023
Devlog 4 - Upgade System and Progression
Oct 01, 2023
Devlog 3 - Enemies and Interactions
Sep 24, 2023
Devlog 2 - Level Blocking
Sep 17, 2023
Devlog 1 - Player Movement
Sep 10, 2023
Game Concept
Aug 22, 2023

Comments

utas_lindsay198 days ago

In a semester where multiple people made wave-based shooters with upgrade systems, this one is the most visually polished and unique in visual style. It is also hella fun, with unique features that make it stand out for sure, well done!

Heaps of stuff to like in here, such as the animated title screen, the relics system, the minimap, and just the general pacing of the action is great.

Some things that maybe could be improved include making the xp pickups more distinguished from stars (And red stars?), maybe tweaking the amount of relic currency as it seems like a lot of play needs to happen even for basic overall upgrades, but maybe this has been balanced better than I thought, hard to say.

Godfahey198 days ago

Thanks for the kind feedback Lindsay. Another student also said they had trouble distinguishing between the background stars and xp orbs. When testing, I could easily tell because there were so many spawning. The relic system was added on the last day. So the prices were just thrown in there, they can definitely do with some tweaking.