Daniel Square | Backfire Protocol

Making small games about weird mechanics, one at a time 🕹️ Now building Backfire Protocol 🛸 where every shot launches you backwards. 🇧🇷

[Daniel Square | Backfire Protocol @DanielSquareB]

Hi! I'm Daniel, a solo game dev from Brazil 🇧🇷

I'm making Backfire Protocol, a pixel-art survivor-like where you can only move by shooting. Every laser blast launches you backwards 🛸

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ever seen a move like this? hit, dodge, hit, spin shot and out without taking a single hit

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@XYROVideoGame dropping it like in CS feels way better. the red glow on the gun on the floor is a nice touch, you'd never lose it

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@Wangetsu4444 the movement already looks fast and fun, jumping between those tall pillars is sick. the all gray maps make depth kinda hard to read though, even a few colors would help

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@helllowhite love the warm light coming through the windows, it already feels like a cozy café. does the view outside change with the time of day?

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@lavalittleBird a piggy bank boss is such a good idea lol. the coin frenzy after you smash it looks so satisfying

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the shotgun in my game kicks you back with every shot, so shooting is also how you dodge

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@vibecatter iphone 8 size is a tough target for an autobattler. keeping the boards clean and moving the unit stats into a tap-to-inspect panel could save a lot of space

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@beopenbefr36001 driving and firing a launcher from inside the cab is a fun combo for an arcade game. i got kinda lost when you started taking hits though, it's hard to tell where the shots are coming from, and aiming looked tricky too

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@ByerNDev the synergy text on each tile looks deep, but once the board fills up it's really hard to tell what's triggering what. a quick highlight on the tiles involved when a combo fires would make those chains way more satisfying to watch

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@rogueduckbr going from picking up bottles one by one to a robot bin doing the work is a satisfying loop for a cozy game. showing a clear before/after of each area as you clean would make that progress feel even more rewarding

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@juliomaass the upgrades scale up in a really satisfying way, it goes from a pea shooter to a bullet wall fast. at the top tiers the shots are so big and bright that they hide the ship and the ores though, so toning down their glow would help

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@MadAxeGames the sand grooves are a great way to read the spin, you can literally see how the fight went. by the end the arena turns into a web of lines though, so fading the older trails would keep it readable in longer fights

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my game in 30 seconds: you can barely walk, so the only way to move is shooting backwards. would you play this?

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@MuteDoomSpiral The black outlines keep the bullet patterns surprisingly readable against all that pink motion, which is great.

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@dhacklgames The third-person mode feels useful beyond just looking cool: walking at street level makes scale and pedestrian flow much easier to judge. If players can inspect or fix issues from this view, it could become a real planning tool instead of just a photo mode.

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@mewiof The inline previews on the nodes are a really smart choice—they show what each stage contributes instead of making you debug only from the final output. Pinning a larger preview for the selected node could make complex graphs even easier to read.

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what's the weirdest way you've moved a character in a game? in mine you can only get around by shooting backwards

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@BunnyMayhemGame sleeping enemies are a nice touch, sneaking up for the first hit adds a lot. i think the camera angle needs work though, it got weird when she came out the door

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@_beybi123 @itchio loved the gameplay and the theme, so good