Neon Protocol
By @zxc
Blast through waves of rogue machines and upgrade your arsenal in this cyberpunk top-down roguelite shooter.
How to play
- Move your operative and aim your weapon to automatically fire at enemies.
- Dash through danger to avoid incoming projectiles and reposition yourself.
- Use your EMP special ability to stagger and damage nearby hostiles.
- Unleash your ultimate overclock when fully charged to clear the screen.
- Choose a permanent upgrade after clearing a wave to boost your stats.
Controls
- Touch
- Use the left joystick to move and drag the right field to aim and fire.
- Keyboard
- Use WASD to move, Space to dash, E for EMP, and Q for ultimate.
- Mouse
- Move the mouse to aim and hold the left button to fire.
More about this game
Your goal is to clear waves of rogue machines and defeat district leaders. Move and shoot to survive, picking up airdrops for temporary boosts like rapid fire or kinetic shields. After each wave, select a permanent upgrade to enhance your arsenal. The difficulty increases as waves grow larger, with a powerful boss appearing every fifth wave. A run ends when you lose all your reserve lives.
Tips
- Save your dash for emergencies. It has a 1.7-second cooldown and grants a brief window of invulnerability, allowing you to safely dodge through enemy projectiles.
- Collect cyan airdrops for powerful 12-second boosts like Overdrive or Quad-Damage. They spawn regularly and can quickly turn the tide of a tough wave.
- Focus on staggering bosses. Using your EMP or Ultimate deals massive damage and interrupts their dangerous bullet hell attack patterns.
Questions
How do I heal?
You regain a small amount of vitality and aegis shield after clearing each wave. You can also pick up the Nano-Repair airdrop to rapidly regenerate health over 12 seconds.
What happens when I die?
If you have reserve lives (you start with 3), you will respawn with full health and a 3-second invulnerability shield. If you have no lives left, the run ends.
How does the Ultimate work?
Dealing damage charges your Ultimate meter. When it reaches 100%, activate it to unleash a massive shockwave that damages and staggers all enemies on the screen.