Bounce your Bullets!

Bounce your Bullets! is an arcade game about surviving for as long as possible while enemies and debris fill the screen. Your ship moves forward continuously and follows the mouse. You have to stop enemies from reaching the far side of the screen; you have nine lives, but a collision with an enemy or debris destroys you immediately. The challenge grows harder over time.

Bouncing bullets

You shoot yellow bullets that grow stronger after every few bounces. Enemies burst into debris after one hit, regardless of their color, and debris can only be destroyed by a projectile strong enough to break it. Debris reaching the far side of the screen does not cost a life, but touching it kills you. Bullets have a limited lifetime, and bullets that bounce more times are worth more points.

As bullets bounce, they evolve through several forms:

• Red triangles: spawn side bullets when they hit something.
• Green squares: move quickly, helping them hit enough targets to evolve further.
• Purple pentagons: release many basic yellow bullets, which move slowly but function normally if they evolve into red bullets. After enough bounces, the main bullet reaches its final form.
• Black-and-white hexagons: create a shockwave after a short delay, clearing debris and popping all enemies.

Weapons and upgrades

You can unlock and choose different weapon types from the menu. Simple shot fires bullets one at a time and can be upgraded to fire three successively. Tri-shot fires three at once and can be upgraded to fire five, while Full auto fires continuously. An upgrade doubles your turning speed, which helps you dodge debris or change direction as the screen gets busier.

Options and presentation

The game is designed for one-handed play. You can add shapes to debris for colorblind accessibility, or remove shapes from everything. Debris shapes are disabled by default, and fully filled-in debris can always be destroyed by any projectile. The soundtrack includes music by Kevin MacLeod and other CC0 tracks.