About
Variator is a new 2.5D shoot 'em up that's all about blowing up enemies and grazing bullets!
It's designed to be playable both as a fun blaster and as an advanced high-scoring game, with approachable difficulty and scoring mechanics that are easy to understand yet reveal more depth the more you play.
Game Mechanics
Game Modes
Additional Features
It's designed to be playable both as a fun blaster and as an advanced high-scoring game, with approachable difficulty and scoring mechanics that are easy to understand yet reveal more depth the more you play.
Game Mechanics
- Energy Burst - max out your energy level by destroying enemies and getting close to enemy bullets, become invincible for a brief time!
- Reaction - press Fire at the exact moment your energy level reached max, get longer invincibility, extra points, and even extra lives!
- Variables - many areas and powerful enemies can affect the physical variables of this world, dynamically changing the battlefield!
Game Modes
- Arcade Mode - play 8 levels in a single run, choosing your path along the way, then upload your score to the online leaderboards
- Campaign Mode - play all 14 levels, progress is saved after each level, and levels gain special objectives and bonuses
- Score Attack - play a specific level and compete with other players on the online leaderboards
- Boss Rush - fight a crushing 11 bosses in a row, then submit your score to the online leaderboards
- Custom Levels - play custom levels of your own creation, and explore all new combinations of enemies, bosses and variables
- Training - play a specific level with additional settings such as skipping to a specific second in time, skipping to the boss, slow motion, etc
Additional Features
- Local and Online Leaderboards with Replays
- Local and Online Cooperative Multiplayer (2 Players)