A downloadable Playdate game

A tubular shooter played entirely with the crank! Avoid obstacles and take fire at enemies while hurtling down a futuristic 360 degree road, turned with the crank. 

Includes a 50 stage campaign to blast through, and a daily challenge mode. Chase your own high scores (and hopefully those of others!).

The high-definition pseudo-3D art is accompanied by a thumping retrosynth drum'n'bass soundtrack.

Tau is out now on Catalog

I'm considering an Itch release, but as online scoreboards are only available for Catalog games it requires some consideration and a separate build!

StatusIn development
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
AuthorGareth Williams
GenreShooter
Tags1-bit, Playdate, Shoot 'Em Up

Download demo

Download
Tau-demo.pdx.zip 16 MB

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A minimal manual with details about enemies or bonuses would be useful. I have difficulties to say if some items should actually be picked or avoided. Thank you!

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Heyhey how'd you do the 3D effect?

My only criticism from the demo is it feels too much like I am rotating the tube rather than steering the ship.  

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Cool game :) Looking forward to the full release. Something I would suggest is adding support to use d-pad to spin the tube , I prefer using the d-pad. So unless you already bound the d-pad left/right to some special feature adding support to use it would be nice