When we began our first Indie game back in 2014, codenamed “Motherlode,” we had two tantalizing ideas embedded in our brains:
- Combine “Bullet Hell” and “Roguelike.”
- Get weird!
The reality-warping collision of these concepts became Deathstate, the best transdimensional indie bullet hell single-stick roguelike shooter ARPG ever made!
Creating a bullet hell/roguelike was tricky. The bullet hell genre is more about dodging and positioning than shooting and aiming, so we knew right away players would need strong directional dodges. …read more
