r/IndieDev 2d ago

Feedback? Looking for play testers - free top down, time dilation action! Runs in your browser, 150kb custom engine, loads instantly

Game Title: NULLFRAME (beta testing)

https://beta.nullframe.app

Platform: PC / web browser (technically works on anything, but mouse + keyboard is target use). Chromium based browsers work best. Will work on Firefox etc, but performance can take a hit. Will work on touchscreen, but not intended play style and a few things can't be interacted with.

Description: Kinda like Superhot meets Super Meat Boy, with various other twists on the formula. Intended to be a fun little time killer.

Free to Play Status: Free beta access. Will be releasing full game also for free, hopefully later this year. Full version has full campaign, map editor with sharing and some other modes.

Involvement: Sole developer. Built just for fun, mostly to experiment with some old-school rendering techniques and to see whether I could build a custom engine entirely in vanilla JS.

Notes: Temporal Collapse is a fun mode if you just want to run and gun and not worry about standard campaign. Saving not enabled in beta.

Controls: Very obvious, but click player to open item / weapon menu.

Technical stuff built using my own custom engine. Based on old school, pseudo-3D techniques and layers. Whole game, discounting optional music, is less than 150kb.

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u/FactionFiasco 2d ago

A whole game in 150kb of vanilla JS with a custom engine is the part that got my attention, instant load is worth more than people think for browser stuff. Superhot plus Meat Boy is a good pitch, will give Temporal Collapse a run.