Players will be blasting through thousands of virtual villains on a quest to save the digital world from the all-consuming Infectophage.

They are scared to release you, but you will prove their fears to be pointless as you KICK, SHOOT, DODGE, PUNCH and WARP through the innards of the evil interloper. An absolutely unique forced-progression twin-stick silky-smooth bullet hell shoot-em-and-beat-em-up with never-before-seen platform-based movement mechanics and a dusting of rogue-lite elements.

Vectorlord also brings some modern twists to old-school difficulty. Players only have a limited number of lives to complete the game with (run out and it’s Game Over for that save file), and each successive life purchased costs more. Players have a safety net to fall back on, taking inspiration from modern classics like Dark Souls; players can restore lost lives by reclaiming them up from where they fell.

Vectorlord may have the body and soul of a DOS-era classic, but it has the mind of a cutting-edge modern shooter. Players will have to master more abilities than you can cram onto a floppy disk, including warping, melee attacks, ‘swimming’ through the void between platforms and juggling weapon power-ups and combining them into even deadlier equipment on the fly. It’ll take mastery of every ability to stand a chance at clearing all 20+ levels of the Infectophage Tower.

Players will have to manage resources throughout their campaign to liberate the digital world. Money, smartbombs, consumable power-ups and (most importantly) lives are in finite supply in Vectorlord, and running out of lives means Game Over for that entire save file. It’s possible to recover lost lives through a Dark Souls-inspired dash back to where you previously fell, if you’re up for the challenge. If you’re not feeling quite so daring, Vectorlord offers multiple difficulty modes, and a panel of visual accessibility options for photosensitive players

Key Features:

• Classic ‘90s DOS aesthetics meets modern shooter in a world of neon excess.
• Combine any two weapon power-ups into an even deadlier bullet-spraying hybrid.
• Ascend the deadly Infectophage tower before it destroys the Vectorlord’s world.
• Replay past levels to gather resources, but beware - enemies grow stronger each time.
• Shoot, teleport, kick, and master a variety of powerful tide-turning consumable items.
• Not just for the hardcore. Difficulty levels tuned for casual players and arcade gods alike.
• Old-school chaos designed with accessibility in mind - tone down the neon if you need it.

Vectorlord will be blasting onto PC (Steam) starting May 18, 2020.