A downloadable game for Windows

Breakout but you (can) fight God

This is a strange mix of brick-breaking, loose Christian mythology, and roguelike-ish elements. As an angel cast out of heaven, bounce against things to win as you fall all the way to hell. 

  • Collect Gems to be able to use 5 to halt your fallen angel, then send them soaring upwards. Great for ensuring you collide with something that would otherwise be a tricky angle to make.
  • Collect Cards to choose from randomised modifiers after most non-boss stages.
  • Collect Grace from destroyed loyal angels to ???

Non-boss stages are hand-crafted but arranged by the magic of random numbers. Falling off the bottom of the screen leads further down on a non-boss stage, but is a fail condition in a boss battle (hence the lake of fire) but you get 1 free save (2 with the right modifier) in boss fights, as well as the upward soaring attack being auto-triggered as long as you have the gems for it.

Find all 3 endings?

Controls:

  • Action: Z (Keyboard), A (Xbox controller) - used for confirming menu sort of things, and for using an upward launch attack for 5 gems in gameplay
  • Move L/R: Arrow Keys (Keyboard), D-Pad (Xbox controller) - used for selecting Heaven/Hell modifiers, and for moving the paddle in gameplay

Music attributions included in a .txt file.

StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows
Rating
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(12 total ratings)
AuthorCURSED BOOTLEG INC
GenreAction
Made withGameMaker, Adobe Photoshop
TagsBoss battle, Breakout, chiptune, mythology, Retro, Roguelike, weird
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Xbox controller

Download

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FALLINGSTAR_Build.zip 4 MB

Comments

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I have been playing a while, so excited, I can't pass the heaven yet, but I'm close to, wonderful game

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I haven't even played it yet but the style has me excited to play it. I watched the trailer that was on Indie Game + which lead me here. Will rate the game once I have played it. So excited. :

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I wanted to let you know that we published a review of this game on 8 Bit Horse.  Here is a link to the coverage: http://8bithorse.blogspot.com/2021/06/fallingstar.html

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Made a video

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Thanks for trying it out :)

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Couldn't beat heaven or hell but still had some fun with it

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perfect aesthetic for the concept.

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Hiii, I've made a video about the game and wanted to share some feedback about it, hopefully it is useful to you ^^

-The concept is interesting.

-The gameplay mechanics are quite interesting and well thought.

-The idea of having different endings is quite good.

-The visual style is very awesome and really fits the theme of the game.

Hopefully this is useful to you :D, also if you could subscribe that would help me a lot :)

Regards

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Love the visuals. Ending 3/3 

I love the clutch way you managed to grab that last Grace pickup before the boss :D

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Very nice game with a cool concept! It is featured in my video at my Top 5 for this week!

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Thats a cool twist on these type of games. I really like the modifier choices!

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Awesome game. I love the gameplay.

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Amazing! Excited to try this