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Drone Break

Run and Gun Roguelite where the goal is to upgrade each consecutive alien drone on death so the next can strive to become overpowered enough to escape the all consuming hive mind.

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Developer
James H. Van der Meulen
Publisher
Trash Vomit Studios
Release
May 30, 2024
2 years and 63 days ago
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About the Game

Run and Gun Roguelite where the goal is to become overpowered.

  • Be an Alien Drone severed and freed from the control of the Hive Mind in this Side Scrolling Roguelike Shooter Adventure with tons of features and options.

  • Progressively Powerup with every run to become overpowered.

  • Seek to put an end to the Hive Mind and liberate your fellow Drones so they can finally be free and live in peace.

Run and Gun Roguelite where the goal is to upgrade each consecutive alien drone on death so the next can strive to become overpowered enough to escape the all consuming hive mind.

  • procedural generated elements such as enemy spawn and randomized stages

  • Five Game Modes to serve different types of players:

  • Optional Cheat Mode: Become instantly overpowered and unlock all stages but disable achievements

  • Easy Mode: Retain All Progress and become overpowered quickly over time (Overpower mode)

  • Casual Mode: Retain world Progress but gain no ability progress (World-lock mode)

  • Hard Mode: Retain Abilities but lose World Progress on Death. (Rogue-lite mode)

  • Expert Mode: All Game Progress lost on death. (permadeath mode)

  • Progress with every run

  • Upgrade Stats & Abilities after completing areas or dying and gain power such as running speed, jumping enhancements, grenade counts and laser gun enhancements, friendly satellite turrets and more  

  • Collectable Tech-Alterations power-ups that alter the player's alien laser beam, grenade and friendly satellite turret's functionality

  • 28 area themes with randomized aspects and versions on each stage run including randomized enemy and hazard spawns

  • 28 Bosses set to each themed Stage

  • Replay Completed themed areas with the optional Brutal Mode for even more power-ups and multiplied bonuses

  • Over 120 Original Catchy Audio loop Tracks and tons of crazy SFX

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