In The Loop

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Made in 48 hours for the GMTK 2025 game jam

In The Loop

A simple bullet-hell retro style arcade game where you must protect the heart using 2 shields, but watch out! each shield can only rotate in one direction. Exacly like how time can only go forward but the hands on the clock still loop.

The enemies come in waves that improve over time. Every wave is a copy of the previous with an extra enemy at the end, thus creating a constantly changing loop.

Controls:

"A / left arrow" - rotate the inner shield

"D / right arrow" - rotate the outer shield

"Escape" - toggle pause menu      (Playing in fullscreen is not recommended)

"S" while paused - toggle sound

Thanks for playing my game!

make sure to comment your high score, mine is 56!