Doughbee

Doughbee is an arcade roguelike in which Doughbee crash-lands on a strange world with only a trusted hovercraft for protection. You fight through more than 100 waves of enemies and bosses in a bullet hell, collecting cash to upgrade abilities and buy perks that shape your build.

Fight through the waves

Use eight-direction movement, a chargeable shot, a dash and three custom actions to dodge and attack. Enemies grow more challenging as you progress; higher-level foes use new mechanics and tactics to outmaneuver you. Taking too many hits makes Doughbee start to fade away.

There are 36 or more enemy types and 10 unique boss fights, each with its own abilities. You must adapt your upgrades and perks to face new threats and survive all 100 waves.

Upgrade your hovercraft

Cash dropped by foes lets you buy gumballs after each round and improve six attributes:

• Acceleration and Speed for dodging attacks
• Regeneration and Dash Stamina for survivability
• Blaster Speed and Damage for stronger attacks

Shape your build

You unlock more than 50 perks that can be stacked or combined to change your playstyle or cover a weakness. They include elemental damage and directional explosive attacks; structures such as Decoy, Turrets and Portal; vehicles; survival effects such as Vampire, Reincarnation and Time Slow; and options that alter Doughbee’s shot, including Harpoon, Tracker and Rambo. Other perks add close-range attacks such as elemental dashes, Pendulum and a Sword.

Rewards and discoveries

Gameplay earns candy, which you can spend from the menu between runs to customize Doughbee’s laser sight and reticle, buy perks before a run, or unlock checkpoint starts by defeating bosses. You can also earn badges, tapes and lore by completing objectives and reaching milestones. Nine specialization badges can buff, upgrade or modify Doughbee and their perks. Bosses provide tapes for the menu’s Boombox, which plays 10 unlockable tracks with looping and time-warping options. Collect data to fill out the Book of Sgiggy, with more than 35 pages about the world Doughbee inhabits.

Local co-op

A second player can join any game as Calm, linked with Doughbee. Work together to combine perks and their effects, survive waves of enemies and take on high-pressure boss rounds.