Bat of out Heck is a 64x64 pixel game created for the 2022 LOWREZJAM.

The game is a bullet hell 2D shooter with simple controls inspired by the game jam's optional theme Kill it with fire! Are you a demonic menace to society, or just a misunderstood little bat? The military shoots first and asks questions later!

Controls:

  • [WASD]  -  Move
  • [Space]  -  Attack / confirm
  • [Esc]  -  Quit

Armoured vehicles are immune to your attacks, fly into them to pluck them up and drop them from the sky!


Collect power-ups to help you survive for longer:

    HEALTH: Regain 1 heart
    LIFESTEAL: Regain hearts for destroying multiple enemy missiles with a single attack
    REPEAT FIRE: Hold attack button to attack continuously
    SPEED: +30% Speed boost
    RAPID FIRE: No cooldown between attacks
    GHOST FORM: Immunity to enemy missiles
    SLOWDOWN: Enemy missiles move 50% slower

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Bat out of Heck is powered by the DragonRuby engine and written in Ruby.

All art and sound assets are original or modified versions of free assets. 

Full credits

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Release date Aug 14, 2022
AuthorJoeParker
GenreShooter, Action
Made withDragonRuby GTK
Tags2D, Bullet Hell, LOWREZJAM, Pixel Art, Retro, Short, Singleplayer
Average sessionA few minutes
InputsKeyboard

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