Bullet Cutter

Use arrow keys to move, cut with z.

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Bullet Cutter is a bullet hell where you must offensively fight the projectiles coming at you. 

At the start, will you will have 3 lives, and 3 cuts. You may cut by pressing z, which will spawn an arc in the direction you are moving. Any bullets within this arc will be destroyed, and added to your score at the end of the game.

To regain cuts, you must graze the edges of other bullets. Faster bullets will give you charge quicker. Fill the meter at the bottom all the way to get another cut.

Watch out for red projectiles! They will try to home in on you, unlike the white ones which will only move in a line across the screen. Either destroy them with a cut, or get them moving fast enough to fly off screen.

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Made in PICO-8 for the course Game Design I at my University. It was partially inspired by the famicase image found here.

This engine had a lot greater freedom, even if it was intentionally cumbersome to use. I think I'm...mildly happy with the result. I think this would do better with a controller or mouse as a form of twin stick shooter. It reminds me of a jam game I made last year, Shredderun.