cyber_serpent (demo)

updated steam version is out! go play for free!

slither and shoot, but don't run out of space! can you beat the global top scores?!

controls

action	keyboard	controller
move	wasd	left stick
shoot	mouse, arrows, or ijkl	right stick
dash	space	right trigger
pause	p
restart	alt + r	select

top the high scores

stay alive as long as you can to get a high score and top the online leaderboard! the longer you are, the higher your score multiplier will be

infinite mode

take on procedurally generated waves of baddies. what is the highest score you can get?

challenge mode

play through 30 curated waves to see if you can make it to the end and beat the boss

enemies

the serpent only has one weakness: its head. you will die if you run into an enemy, into the wall, or even into your own body! luckily the enemies will also die when they come into contact with either your bullets or your body.

frog	cheese blast	bouncer
follows your head	emits a circular blast of bullets	bounces around the arena, look out!

sniper	lazy laser	hide and seeker	null_hypothesis
shoots toward your head	fires a laser across the entire stage	tries to impale your head while avoiding your body	????

patch notes 

oct 2 2023 - LD submission 

• submitted game 

 oct 3 2023 - post-jam emergency bugfixes 

•  added a few frames of lenience to lazy laser and cheese blast attacks
• fixed buttons not selecting in menu 

 oct 5 2023 - post-jam accessibility fix 

• added mouse controls

oct 9 2023 - post-jam bug fix

• fixed bug where pausing rapidly increased score too fast

oct 13 2023 - pre score chasers fixes

• added support for more controllers
• resized and repositioned player hitbox to be more fair to player
• added quick restart button, r/select
• made laser hitbox more lenient
• changed enemy bullet color to red
• slowed down acceleration of hide and seekers
• added more obvious dash indication

software used

• engine: unity
  
• models/textures: maya, procreate
• music/sfx: renoise

team

• jaden goter: lead dev, music, sfx
  
• jianfeng sun: 3d modelling, animation, vfx
• camden obertop: gameplay programming
• zach randolph: ui and leaderboard programming

other credits

• in-game font ferrite core by froyo tam