Brambleblade

Brambleblade is a fast top-down arena roguelite. Every room locks you in with thorny creatures; cut them down with a sweeping blade, dash through danger, then pick one of three upgrades and walk through the door to the next room.

Three floors of five rooms each end in a boss with its own patterns: the Briar Queen fires spore rings and calls grubs, the Bog Toad leaps at you and sends out shockwaves, and Thornheart spins bullet spirals and charges. One life: death ends the run.

• 15 rooms and 3 bosses across Hedge Garden, Bogwood and Ember Thicket
• 6 foe types: grubs, wisps, seed spitters, chargers, bouncing thornballs and summoning shamans
• 12 upgrades: wider arc, longer blade, keen edge, quick hands, thorn volleys, dash strike, swift dash, lifesteal, thick bark, fleet foot, bramble mail and mend
• Dash with invulnerability frames to slip through bullets and shockwaves
• Telegraphed attacks: charge lines, landing circles and spawn swirls
• Keyboard or touch: WASD, J and K, or a virtual stick with SWING and DASH buttons

Code and text written with AI assistance; checked by PN Scripts with automated tests. Every shape is drawn and every sound synthesised by code; there are no AI-generated image or audio files.

Controls

• WASD / arrow keys: move
• J / Space: swing the blade (hold to keep swinging)
• K / Shift: dash
• Touch or mouse: drag on the left side to move, SWING and DASH buttons
• 1-3, arrows + Enter or tap: pick an upgrade
• P / Esc: pause, M: sound

Made by PN Scripts.