BiocoreRush

Important Note on Performance (Game Jam Version)

You may experience brief freezes or slowdowns when performing combos very quickly. This is a known issue I faced during the final stages of development for the jam, caused by the high demand of events that the frantic gameplay requires.

I am aware of this and ask for your patience. For the best experience, please allow the game to load completely when it first launches and, preferably, use the Google Chrome browser.

These optimization adjustments have already been corrected in the final, post-jam version of the game.

Thank you for your understanding, and I hope you enjoy the game!

Move: WASD / Arrow Keys

Jump: Spacebar

Shoot: Left Mouse Button

You just woke up. A millennium of nightmares in a biostasis chamber has left you with near-total memory loss. You are an 

Ascendant, a survivor on a bio-twisted, post-apocalyptic Earth. Your mentor, your 

Dawner, tells you that you have a purpose: to train to become a Convoyer, one of the brave few who venture outside your "Shade" (the settlement under a giant tree protecting you from the toxic atmosphere) to raid the ruins of the tyrant city of Harmony.

Your goal: to plunder the vital 

Biocores everyone needs to survive. But your training isn't private. It's the exosphere's greatest spectacle: 

BIOCORE RUSH! A live-broadcast combat training program where every hit, every miss, and every reset is primetime entertainment for the masses. Don't disappoint your sponsors.

For the Ascendant Game Jam, our "New Take" is a direct implementation of an audience interaction mechanic. "Biocore Rush" is designed to simulate the experience of a streamer whose gameplay is influenced in real-time by their viewers. Through donations and polls (simulated in-game), the audience can make the game easier by sending helpful items, or much harder by spawning more enemies and activating traps. Your performance doesn't just affect your score; it affects how frantic your broadcast becomes!

"Biocore Rush" is a 2D pixel-art action platformer focused on fast-paced combat and agile movement. Race against the clock through challenging training levels, dodge hazards, destroy targets, and fight for the highest score to impress the viewing audience. With every reset, you get a new chance to prove you have what it takes to become a Convoyer legend.