Code Breaker

An ancient legend, etched into the stone walls of a forgotten cavern, speaks of a hidden chamber buried deep within the heart of the mountain. It tells of unimaginable treasures and of a royal artifact once wielded by the King of the Mountain himself: a golden crown of immense and unsettling power. The inscription claims that whoever possesses the crown becomes rich beyond measure and invincible in the eyes of their enemies. But the legend carries a warning. The artifact, so magnificent in its appearance, bends the will of those who gaze upon it, feeding their greed and consuming their mind until nothing remains but obsession. Driven by ambition and the promise of riches, you and three fellow explorers descend into the mountain’s depths. With every step, the air grows heavier and the silence more oppressive, until at last you uncover the hidden chamber described in the legend. There, illuminated by faint, trembling light, rests the crown exactly as foretold. The moment your eyes meet its golden surface, the warning carved into stone becomes reality. In the heart of the mountain, beneath ancient stone and suffocating darkness, a relentless battle for the crown and the power it promises begins.

Use precise manoeuvring and rapid actions to outrun your opponents in the goal to seize the golden crown in the middle of the arena. While you carry it, your score slowly increases toward a maximum of 100%. However, possession is fragile. If you take damage from another player, you lose the crown and if you die, you lose 10% of your current score progress. So, make sure to keep the crown in your possession as long as possible, cause every second matters and every mistake costs.

The Battle unfolds in a dark dungeon carved deep beneath the ground. The four players enter from the corners of the arena, while the crown spawns at its centre. Between them lay walls of hardened stone that are unbreachable for passing, as well as pits of lava, which deal damage to the player on contact. Scattered crates and barrels from earlier expeditions block paths but can be destroyed through force, dynamically reshaping the battlefield. In addition to that, you can step over items, which grand you an advantage or make things harder for you.

The game is designed as a local multiplayer experience for four players on a single screen. Players can join by simply connecting a controller to your device and start a new round, by pressing the “action” bottom button of your controller (A on Xbox controller). The central mechanic is the dash. While moving with the left Joystick, pressing the bottom button launches your character forward in a fixed direction at high speed. During the dash, direction cannot be changed. On impact with another player or a destructible object, damage is dealt based on the dash’s length. That means, the longer the dash, the stronger the hit, which makes positioning and timing critical. When a player has won, the game automatically ends and restarts at the start menu after 5 seconds.

To dominate the battle and fight your way to victory, the arena spawn’s items on random occasions. Walking through an item immediately activates its effect. Items do not guarantee victory, but they can help to regain possession over the crown and attack players with high scores.
The Growth Potion temporarily increases your size, making you both more vulnerable and more dangerous. The Bomb Charge deploys three bombs over ten seconds at fixed intervals, creating area denial and forcing opponents into constant repositioning.