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Blood in the Panopticon is an ASCII-art bullet hell game in which you guide and maintain C424, an Android, and seek vengeance in a corrupted world. You can talk with her to learn what humanity means to her and discover what it means to you. Upgrade C424 and command her in combat across the Concrete Plains, while PANOPTICON watches.

C424 and the story

C424, also called “Cara,” is a Gen 4 Combat Android. You can treat her as a weapon under your command or as a trusted partner and friend; how you relate to her depends on you. Each run leaves marks on her body, and metal is cheap enough that you can replace parts and keep trying after you die.

The story explores the origins and horrors of a Human-Android conflict spanning millennia. You explore Strata 13 and learn about humanity, fractured and scattered across the hundreds of Strata that make up the Megastructure, and the vicious Androids organized into an extermination force to hunt humanity to extinction.

Combat and upgrades

Defeat enemies and use the data and upgrades you collect to shape C424 into a weapon that fits your playstyle. The available upgrades can vary, so you may need to make do with what you find. You can trade speed for defense, make bullets bounce between targets or bypass safety restrictions to triple your fire rate. The game includes almost 200 unique upgrade pickups.

Runs and endings

The game includes over 3,000 lines of dialogue, seven unique bosses and six unique endings. After completing your first playthrough, you can start again or take on New Game+, which adds a harder difficulty, more enemy types, harder bosses, a new tech tree with unusual mechanics, a new boss, a secret ending and new combat upgrades.

After completing New Game+, you can continue into NG+2, NG+3 and beyond, with each level increasing the difficulty.