SCARLET PRISM
SCARLET PRISM is a frenetic, colourful, fast-paced arcade shooter. Eye-melting and senses-burning!
You play as Ciel, an angelic maiden cast into a celestial arena, destined to battle heavenly beings and malignant crystals for all eternity. Survive for as long as you can in this endless gauntlet!
While the game is fairly straightforward, you may consult with the guide if you want to learn more about its mechanics. There is also full resolution game art there!
PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING: This game contains flashing lights and intense strobe effects.
Please note: the Web version may suffer from slowdown as the game progresses. Consider adjusting the visual settings, or ;downloading the standalone desktop build for Windows or Linux!
Features:
- Endless arcade carnage, amped to the max!
- Hundreds of bullets - free of charge!
- Overstimulating visuals, just the way we like them.
- 3 devastating special weapons, plus an upgrade system for your main gun.
- 8 dangerous celestial enemies!
- Scoring system based around your special weapons and cancelling enemy bullets - let them fill the screen with projectiles!
- Head-pounding, blood-pumping, door-kicking electronic music by Cadmium!
- Online scoreboard!
- High refresh rate support!
CONTROLS
Keyboard and Mouse
Game:
- WASD — movement
- Mouse — aim
- Left Mouse Button — rapid shot
- Right Mouse Button (or Space) — special weapon
Alternatively, you can aim and shoot using the arrow keys on your keyboard.
Misc:
- Escape (or P for web version) — pause
- R — restart
Gamepad
Game:
- Left Analogue Stick — move
- Right Analogue Stick — aim and shoot
- Any of the bumper/trigger buttons (RB/LB/RT/LT) — special weapon
Misc:
- Start — pause
- Select — restart
CREDITS
- Matvey Kerov — game design, programming, art, audio
- Tercs — additional programming
- Cadmium — music
Thanks for playing!
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cute girl + guns
this is very cooooooool bro ooooooo
This will have to do for now I suppose lol
Absolutely incredible game. I love how it's about carving out a path through all the bullets being thrown your way
The visuals are incredible. I won't deny that everything more or less being the same colour does kinda hamper readability quite a lot. It also means that the bullets can be pretty indistinguishable at times. That said, I suppose it's also part of what you were aiming for lol
Frankly what really killed me most of the time was the camera. A lot of times I just got hit by bullets or enemies that I couldn't really see. I suppose that's also technically my fault for not being spacially aware, but this also kinda affects the fact that you can't see if any ammo drops spawn if they spawn offscreen
The mechanic of your score draining is a very cool way to ensure that players are always on the move. I kinda want to steal that mechanic lol
All in all, phenomenal game here. Definitely coming back to this one
congratulations on your score, and thank you very much for the detailed feedback! I am very happy you enjoyed it, and admittedly I was inspired by your work <3
I agree with the camera point. I was a bit conflicted on it, but I also *kind of* liked some of the tension it created. when/if I'll be revisiting the game for an extended Steam release, I'll surely try and come up a better solution :p
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!
this is the juiciest twin shooter i have ever played in my life