FISSURE BLADE
A short boss rush with dash & slash combat. Made in PICO 8 by Abhi Sundu.
The combat takes heavy inspiration from Hyper Light Drifter.
Controls
| Keyboard | Gamepad | |
| Move | Arrow Keys | D Pad |
| Slash | Tap X | Tap X |
| Shoot | Hold X (requires ammo) | Hold X |
| Dash | Tap Z | Tap A |
| Heal | Hold Z for 3 seconds | Hold A for 3 seconds |
There's also an "easy mode" that can be enabled in the pause menu. Easy mode increases player damage by 50% and decreases boss damage by 50%.
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I thought the controls would be complicated at first, but I was surprised at how quickly I got used to both dodging and attacking, and it was really fun to fight while focusing on the boss’s moves!
Each boss is pretty tough, but once you learn to read their attacks, you can stay in longer to deal more damage, and that makes it even more fun.
It was a great gameplay experience! (=ↀωↀ=)
Thank you for playing and for making a video, it was really fun to watch you play! Glad you enjoyed it.
Will u be continuing "The last astronomer"?
The last boss is sooo hardddd
idk if this is a bug but in the final boss fight you can attack his shadow :v great game tho
The shadow thing is a bit of a bug but I probably won’t fix it. Thanks for playing!
Peak
Great boss design as always and cool presentation overall. Always love a good " rival " fight at the end lol.
I'm not sure if this is a bug or not, but I was able to hit the first boss while he was underground. Also the second boss while it was in the state where it was moving around.
I also thought the way dodging was done felt a little weird, but then I realised that it's something like how FURi does it's dodge. That said, I felt like maybe the amount of damage you do could've been increased a little. Felt a little too small at times
Either way, solid combat system and very solid game here
Thanks a ton for playing and for the comment. The “attacking while the boss is underground” is definitely a bug, but I thought it was funny and didn’t have the tokens to fix it, so here it remains haha
The dodge is definitely a little unresponsive because it’s dodge on “release” rather than on press, bit of a limitation for sure. Thank you for the feedback on player damage as well!
Thank you for playing and for the feedback, I always appreciate hearing from you.
Another beautiful game that you have made. Gave me the exact same feeling the first time I played Olden peak. Please keep up making these small meaningful Pico-8 games.
Although I believe your best game that you've made is Planet D4RK
Thanks for playing and for the kind words, really glad you like my games!
It's amazing!! good job dude, definitively this is a gem 🔥
Thanks a ton!
Awesome tiny little game, works perfectly as a break during work!
Great boss design as well.
Thanks for playing, glad you liked it!
What a great little game! I did get much use out of the shooting ability but I made use of all the other mechanics. Just the right difficulty too and I enjoyed the story. Great job!
Thank you!
this is a great homage to HLD while also being it's own thing. it controls soooo well. and the music+graphics+anims are great. your devlog on small things resonated with me as well too, and the metaphor of the fissure. great stuff, glad you are creating :)
Thank you for playing! I’m really glad the devlog resonated with you as well.
this is quite impressive! Very good signalling the bosses' attacks in advance
Thank you!