Tickdown

Tickdown is a fast-paced first-person shooter that combines arena combat with bullet-hell gameplay. You play as a counter-terrorist agent trying to locate and defuse a weapon of mass destruction, fighting through hordes of enemies with the powers of Water, Earth, Fire and Air. The story takes place in a world where the entirety of Planet Earth has been transported to another world.

Elemental abilities

You have six elemental abilities, each with four unique attacks. You can combine abilities to create more destructive effects: turn a Whirlpool into an Ice Storm, electrify it into a Lightning Storm, then blow it up to release a long-range Shockwave. You can also electrify an enemy’s imploding corpse to make a Black Hole, then dunk a Lightning Basketball into it to trap enemies in a shatterable alternate dimension. Another combination concentrates Air Pressure into a bubble that traps enemies and projectiles, then microwaves everything inside when you blow it up. More combinations can be found through experimentation.

You can also hijack enemy attacks to create abilities, such as lobbing a Lightning Basketball at an enemy as they perform a ground smash.

Movement and combat

A fluid movement system lets you soar above enemies and attack from the air with destructive abilities. Taking damage heals you, so surviving means balancing movement with the bullet hell around you.

Story and exploration

The game has no hard time limit for completion, and the story does not end if you fail. Exploration can uncover secrets and lore books, as well as optional challenge fights.