Hyper Rush

In the vibrant, sugary lands of Hyper Rush, dangerous confectionery started plaguing a nearby kingdom of all its goodie civilians. As the onslaught of constant attacks continues, King Velvet, with no choice, asks to summon a skillful warrior to help with the fray.  You are a Strawberry Shortcake with the task of taking out these violent sugary sweets coming from a mysterious dungeon. With your quick mobility and trusty scythe, an experienced fighter like yourself could take them out easily through the beats of catchy tunes. But do not be fooled! Though they may look cute, their first instinct is to shoot, chase, or explode to turn you from sweet to sour quickly. Unwillingly accompanying you will be the blackberry witch, keeping tabs and making sure you know the recipe of enemies you’re up against. Each level gets progressively harder as you go deeper, and you start to wonder where all these sugary treats come from. Will you delve deeper to uncover the main ingredient for each course, or be left to turn stale?

Our game requires your cognitive abilities, timing, and decision-making to beat it proficiently. To defeat an enemy, you must click on the correct beat to successfully attack; missing the beat means missing the enemy. Every enemy will come with different amounts of health and ways to attack you. Each level of the game progressively gets harder with more enemies to defeat. It may seem unfair, but you have some sugar at your disposal to give you the upper hand. The power of the strawberry scythe gives the ability to dash and dodge enemies or projectiles with ease. There will be enemies that may be immune to your slashing attacks, but you’re equipped with the ability to parry enemies' attacks, their projectiles highlighted in a pink-purple outline. Enemies will drop items after they have been defeated, which can range from health to throwable attacks. Throughout the game, your performance will be judged by a score and letter ranking system that increases with every successful hit or vanquishing of an enemy. This also increases your combo timer, which nets you more points for your score. However, breaking your hit streak will negatively affect your score and break your combo streak. Your score and combo letter ranking go on a C, B, A, and S basis (ascending in that order), with your total performance summarized after you beat the boss or lose all your hearts. 

Features: 

• A fast-action rhythm game with a score and combo letter ranking system
• A cute, sugary art style with catchy music, unlike any other rhythm game
• 3 Action-Packed levels of varying difficulty and a final twist Boss Battle

Developer: Team Hyper Rush

• Justin Tang (Creative Director/Level Design)
• Jason Lau (Co-Creative Director/Producer/Writer)
• Shirley Huang (Co-Producer/2D Artist/UI Artist)
• Iris Ye (2D Artist/Animator)
• Marisa Wong (2D Artist/Animator)
• Isaiah Arreola (2D Environment/Background Artist)
• Martin Jr Rodriguez Roman (Lead Programmer)
• Chenhao Wu (Programmer/Audio)
• Ruohua Yu (Music/SFX)
• Colby DaoJensen (Music/SFX)
• Jeffrey Estevez (Music/SFX)
• Evelyn Fu (External Collaborator, 2D Artist/VFX)
• eclipse.xiv (External Collaborator, Music)
• Tampopo (External Collaborator, Music)
• Flatbrainbread (External Collaborator, Sprite Concept Artist)
• Vitic (External Collaborator, Concept UI Artist)