Kanamono

Kanamono is a 2D side-scrolling shooting game in which humanity fights mechanical creatures from space. After the invasion, people surrendered to the creatures’ overwhelming power and lived in an inconvenient but peaceful world. Now that peace is under threat. You play through six stages and a challenge mode.

Fight and gather scraps

Destroy enemies to make scraps appear. You can absorb scraps to charge a powerful bomb, or create a shield that protects you from enemy bullets once. The shield explodes when hit by a bullet, damaging the enemy; while absorbing scraps, you can use the shield to collect scraps and destroy enemies at the same time. Scraps cannot be destroyed while you are absorbing them.

Firing once sends several bullets straight ahead. Holding the shot button fires a spread of bullets and slows your movement. To use a bomb, hold the bomb button to absorb scraps, then release it after absorbing at least one.

Build combos

Destroying enemies and scraps starts a Combo Count. Destroy more while it is active to increase your combo, then earn a score based on the combo when the count ends. The count pauses while you absorb scraps. It does not end while a bomb remains, though it continues to advance.

Modes and options

The game has Normal and Hard difficulty settings, and you can increase your initial number of lives. You can also choose whether to upload scores; when enabled, scores are automatically uploaded to the Steam leaderboard when updated.