Game

A horde game in the style of Vampire Survivors, starring Tengu-9 from the Neo Dojo Cast, the heroes and rogues I drew on Kiru’s rig. You only steer him, his weapons fire on their own, and for fifteen minutes the dojo roof fills with hundreds of rogues. Each act belongs to one rogue, and its minions are its jokes: buzzwords that pivot when you hit them, pitch decks shouting 10×, porcelain deepfakes of Tengu-9 that bow to him, flocks of em-dashes and six-fingered hands. At the end of each act the rogue arrives as its boss. Bagu splits every time it is patched, Bazu runs a keynote with sweeping spotlights, Kusarigumo fences you in and charges an exit fee, and Emperor Kemuri hides behind a COMING SOON shield whose release date slips with every pillar you cut. Each level up offers a new weapon or an upgrade, and from six minutes on, a weapon at its top level with its partner upgrade turns into something bigger when you open a chest. The game makes all of its own music as you play, taiko drums and synthesizers that build with each act, with no recordings to download. It plays on a phone with one thumb and on a computer with the keyboard, a mouse or a game controller, and it is one file.