SYNCSHOT - Dev

Survive the beat. Fight the system. Protect your mind.

A top-down cyberpunk action roguelite where every attack is a beat. Shoot and slash on rhythm to raise your combo and multiply your damage — and the music speeds up as you climb.

Available in English, Español and Português. (Español y Português: al final de la página / no final da página.)

⏵ GAMEPLAY

The music is the rule.

• Rhythm combat: your gun and your blade are your beats. Hit on rhythm to build combo and damage (up to x3). Alternate them for a SWITCH bonus; both on the same beat is a CHORD.
• Read the beat: enemies attack on the beat too, always warning one beat early. Parry on the pulse to stun them and send their shots back.
• Move like a dancer: jump over lasers and gaps, dash, reload on the beat for a bigger magazine, and rewind 3 seconds when you mess up.
• Upgrades and pacts: pick 1 of 3 upgrades between waves — or gamble on a pact: huge power, temporary curse.
• One more time: every death leaves chips to upgrade your helmet in the Workshop.

★ ENTER THE DIGITAL NIGHTMARE

Almost everyone wears SYNC, a neural headband made by the Cadence corporation. What nobody knows: on every beat, SYNC quietly harvests their mental effort. After a virus opens a crack in the system, an engineer overhears the plan and escapes. She rebuilds a prototype helmet and goes back in — this time hacking the system's own pulse.

♬ SOUND AND RHYTHM

The in-game music is electronic, at 114 BPM, synthesized from code by the team. Its layers join in as your combo grows and the tempo rises at 15, 30 and 50 hits. Lose the beat and everything falls back.

Stay on beat. Stay alive.

➶ YOUR MISSION

Fight Cadence's machines and its AI, the Conductor. Leak the corporation's secrets and free the people trapped inside the system.

• Campaign: a hub, a tutorial and levels of floating platforms with arenas that close until you clear them, ending with the Conductor.
• Loop (endless): waves on a procedurally broken floor of islands and gaps, a boss every 5 waves. Different every run.

How long can you keep the rhythm?

🎮 CONTROLS

• Move: WASD / arrows / left stick — Aim: mouse / right stick
• Gun: left click / RB — Blade: right click / LB
• Jump: Space / A — Parry: E / X
• Dash (tap) / Sprint (hold): Shift / B — Reload: R / L3
• Rewind: Q / Y — Pause: Esc / Start
• Android: touch controls with auto-aim. Audio latency can be adjusted in Options › Sound.

💾 INSTALL

• Windows: unzip and run Syncshot.exe. If SmartScreen appears: More info › Run anyway.
• Linux: unzip and run Syncshot.x86_64.
• Android: install the APK (allow installs from unknown sources).

👥 TEAM

• Luis Felipe Cruz Isla — programming, game design, integration
• Daniel (@freddaniel1) — art and visual direction
• Pedro Thiago Vergara Vega — music and sound

✦ CREDITS

• Made with Godot Engine 4.7 (MIT). Sprites edited in Aseprite.
• Sound effects: Kenney (kenney.nl, CC0). Menu music: "PYNCHON" by cinameng (CC0).
• Icons: game-icons.net (CC BY 3.0) by Lorc, Delapouite, Sbed and Skoll; Zeromancer (CC0). Adapted to pixel art.

🤖 AI DISCLOSURE

We used AI as a tool and want to be clear about where and how. Claude (Anthropic) helped write the game code and the procedural music generator — the music itself is synthesized from code. Codex (OpenAI) image generation produced base sprites and illustrations, which were cleaned up to our pixel grid and palette; our artist Daniel is reviewing and correcting them. Design, story, decisions and testing are the team's.

🔧 DEVELOPMENT

Made in 48 hours for GameJamPlus 26/27 (theme: One More Time) and still growing: new levels, the resistance and a secret ending are on the way. Thanks for playing!

🌎 ESPAÑOL

Sobrevive al ritmo. Lucha contra el sistema. Protege tu mente.

Roguelite de acción cyberpunk con vista cenital donde cada ataque es un golpe de ritmo. Dispara y corta al compás para subir el combo y multiplicar el daño; la música se acelera a medida que subes.

Casi todo el mundo usa SYNC, una diadema neural de la corporación Cadence que, en cada compás, cosecha en secreto el esfuerzo mental de la gente. Un virus abre una grieta en el sistema: una ingeniera descubre el plan, huye, reconstruye un casco prototipo y vuelve a entrar para piratear el pulso del sistema, enfrentarse a su IA, el Conductor, y liberar a la gente.

• Ritmo: el arma y la espada son tus golpes. Alternarlos da CAMBIO; los dos en el mismo pulso, ACORDE.
• Lee el compás: los enemigos avisan un pulso antes de atacar; haz parry en el pulso para aturdirlos y devolver sus disparos.
• Muévete: salta láseres y huecos, haz dash, recarga en el pulso y rebobina 3 segundos si fallas.
• Una vez más: mejoras y pactos entre oleadas; cada muerte deja chips para mejorar el casco en el Taller.
• Modos: campaña (hub, tutorial y niveles con jefe) y Bucle infinito sobre un suelo de islas y huecos distinto en cada partida.

Instalación: Windows: descomprime y abre Syncshot.exe (si aparece SmartScreen: Más información › Ejecutar de todas formas). Linux: descomprime y ejecuta Syncshot.x86_64. Android: instala el APK permitiendo orígenes desconocidos. Los controles están arriba (CONTROLS); el idioma se cambia en Opciones › Generales.

🌎 PORTUGUÊS

Sobreviva ao ritmo. Lute contra o sistema. Proteja sua mente.

Roguelite de ação cyberpunk com visão de cima em que cada ataque é uma batida. Atire e corte no compasso para aumentar o combo e multiplicar o dano; a música acelera conforme você sobe.

Quase todo mundo usa o SYNC, uma tiara neural da corporação Cadence que, a cada compasso, colhe em segredo o esforço mental das pessoas. Um vírus abre uma fenda no sistema: uma engenheira descobre o plano, foge, reconstrói um capacete protótipo e volta para hackear o pulso do sistema, enfrentar sua IA, o Maestro, e libertar as pessoas.

• Ritmo: a arma e a espada são suas batidas. Alterná-las dá TROCA; as duas na mesma batida, ACORDE.
• Leia o compasso: os inimigos avisam uma batida antes de atacar; faça parry na batida para atordoá-los e devolver os tiros.
• Movimente-se: pule lasers e buracos, dê dash, recarregue na batida e volte 3 segundos no tempo quando errar.
• Mais uma vez: melhorias e pactos entre as ondas; cada morte deixa chips para melhorar o capacete na Oficina.
• Modos: campanha (hub, tutorial e fases com chefe) e Loop infinito sobre um chão de ilhas e buracos diferente a cada partida.

Instalação: Windows: descompacte e abra Syncshot.exe (se aparecer o SmartScreen: Mais informações › Executar assim mesmo). Linux: descompacte e execute Syncshot.x86_64. Android: instale o APK permitindo fontes desconhecidas. Os controles estão acima (CONTROLS); o idioma muda em Opções › Gerais.