Ricochord

RICOCHORD is a roguelite about bouncing orbs. You move and aim, your orbs fire on their own, and they ricochet through the static until they come back to you. Each hit plays a note of the chord the song is on, in time with the beat, and a chain of hits climbs the chord. [h2]How a run works[/h2] [list] [*]A run is one track: 12 waves of Static, 2 mini bosses and a final boss, about 5 minutes. [*]Static steps down the pit on the beat. Static that crosses the red line breaches and drains your Amp, your health. [*]Destroyed Static drops notes. Collect them for XP. Each level up offers 3 cards: a new orb, an orb upgrade, a pedal or a fusion. [*]Cards roll a rarity: Common, Rare, Epic and Legendary. Rarer cards are stronger and turn the Volume up; Common cards turn it down. Above 4 Volume, each point gives new Static +2.5% health and +0.8% speed, and a run pays +5% Resonance for each point of its average Volume. [/list] [h2]The Static[/h2] 13 kinds of Static march down the pit, and stage Monitors stand among them. Some of them: [list] [*]Warden: Takes 75% less damage from hits on its underside. Hit it from above or the sides. [*]Phasm: Fades out for 2 of every 6 beats. Orbs pass through it while it is faded. [*]Tuner: Every 2 bars, heals nearby Static by 15% of their max health. [*]Baffle: Shields itself and the Static in the 8 cells around it. The shield absorbs damage equal to the Baffle's max health and comes back 2 bars after it breaks. [*]Slapback: Fires a bullet back at you when an orb hits it, at most once every 2 beats. [*]Monitor: Terrain, not Static. It cannot be destroyed: orbs bounce off it and enemy bullets stop on it. It falls apart at the red line without draining your Amp. [/list] [h2]Orbs, fusions and pedals[/h2] [list] [*]10 orbs with 3 levels each: Pulse, Ember, Frost, Volt, Venom, Prism, Bass, Phantom, Seeker and Echo. Ember burns, Frost freezes, Volt chains lightning and Bass explodes. [*]Two orbs at max level fuse into one of 11 fusions, such as Shatterflame (Ember and Frost) or Hydra (Pulse and Prism). [*]16 pedals boost every orb you hold, such as Overdrive (+12% damage), Tremolo (+12% fire rate) and Looper (every 7th shot fires a free extra orb). [*]Bass, Echo, Volt and Frost each add their own part to the song while you hold them. [/list] [h2]Tracks and bosses[/h2] [list] [*]3 tracks, each with its own song: Neon Shallows (132 BPM), Chrome Cathedral (140 BPM) and The Silent Core (150 BPM). [*]6 bosses. The final bosses: The Metronome (its swinging weight deflects your orbs), Feedback (break the speaker ring to hit the core) and The Hush (silences your orbs every few bars). [*]Before each boss the drums and bass drop out for 2 bars, and the boss comes in on the downbeat. [*]Each track has 6 Tempo levels. Clearing a Tempo opens the next, harder one. [/list] [h2]Between runs[/h2] [list] [*]Runs pay Resonance. Spend it in the Mixer: 18 meters with 104 segments, such as Damage, Fire rate and Max Amp. A full meter lights a peak with an extra effect. [*]Bosses pay Gold Notes. Spend them on 8 Tapes, each changing one rule of a run. With Shred, once an orb lands 8 hits before it returns, its later hits always crit. You load 1 Tape at first, and clearing Chrome Cathedral and The Silent Core opens one more slot each. [*]6 conductors, each with a starting orb and a perk. Every conductor, orb and pedal is open from the first run. [/list] [h2]Daily Setlist, Encore and replays[/h2] [list] [*]The Daily Setlist: one seeded run a day with the same track, conductor and one of 8 modifiers for every player, and a Steam leaderboard for each day. [*]After the final boss, play on into the Encore: endless waves that each add 1 Volume, with a mini boss back every 4th wave. [*]Every run is recorded. Watch a replay at up to 4 times speed or save it to a file. [/list] [h2]Controls and options[/h2] [list] [*]Mouse and keyboard, or a controller in every menu and in play. [*]Auto aim, a trajectory preview, separate volume for music, sound effects and orb hit notes, and settings for screen shake and screen flashes. [/list]