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DEAD PETALS

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Supreme Companion 5 Points

Get a companion

Secret Medal ????? Points

Unlock this medal to learn its secrets!

Secret Medal ????? Points

Unlock this medal to learn its secrets!

Oh Baby a Triple! 10 Points

Get a 3 Win Streak

Pentastreak 25 Points

Get a 5 Win Streak

Decastreak 50 Points

Get a 10 Win Streak

Half a Mill 25 Points

Score 500,000 Points

Two Comma Club 50 Points

Score 1,000,000 Points

Add a Zero 5 Points

Get a 10 Chain Multiplier

Break a 20 10 Points

Get a 20 Chain Multiplier

Big Chain 25 Points

Get a 30 Chain Multiplier

Techno Knighted 100 Points

Get 4,000,000 Points

Author Comments

Wishlist the new game, DEAD PETALS BLISS on Steam!


IF YOU ARE PHOTOSENSITIVE, PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK. (Will include options to reduce risk, but even still, the recommendation remains.)


Created for PROCJAM 2022. Can you kill ████ at the center of ████ and unlock the secrets? Supports high refresh rates. Check HOW TO PLAY on the title screen for more detailed controls and gameplay mechanics.


Menu navigation with gamepad or arrow keys or left stick/d-pad. Enter/E is accept and Tab/Q is back.


Dashing (space/L1) grants you invincibility for the first half of it. Hyper (R1/shift) can be activated when your meter is at least 100%.

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good game

great game. like hoaly maoly

good bullet hell game! will admit that game is hard at times but the costum game part makes up for it keep making good games!

bandaloo responds:

thanks! nice job on the daily high score, btw ;)

super cool!! i found myself a little confused abt wut the bossez were dropping, but the controlz feel very nice and the sfx provide a rly kewl vibe 2 the game!!

bandaloo responds:

thanks! there’s a description of the boss items in the How To Play menu from the title screen. in summary:

rainbow bubble with letter grade: friendly companion

red bubble with heart: health

cyan bubble with % sign: hyper

green bubble with triangle: luck, which improves the quality of all future boss drops. meaning higher chance for 3 bubbles instead of 2, better companions, higher chance for double heart bubbles, and hyper bubbles with higher percent. on the boss rush, only 1 bubble will ever appear, and you’ll never see luck items

reading reviews i feel like i'm alone in this, but i absolutely hate the controls.

dashing and especially hyper, which seem to be very much needed, feel extremely out of the way compared to the keys meant for movement.
every time i need to quickly get to them, i get hit a whole bunch and have trouble getting back to moving because of it;
it's vexing enough where i gave up on using either of them altogether, making the whole game significantly more difficult imo.

i don't consider myself that great at bullet hells, but i do enjoy them and i think i'm decent enough to clear a game that's supposedly expected to be beaten 10 times in a row.
i may have simply missed the menu to rebind keys somehow, but if it's not there i'd recommend adding one because it's absolutely needed.

on an unrelated note, while the controls are explained in-game, there's no mention of how "chain multipliers" work.
i'd expect it to increase when killing enemies quickly, but i only managed to get a x10 combo accidentally while i was in hyper mode.
i didn't quite pay attention on how it works because getting into hyper mode in the first place took all my focus, but i'm guessing chains only work while in hyper mode?

edit: i didn't realize i had dodge on right click. still gotta make due with shift for hyper but at least i have movement options now.
turns out it's not the controls and i'm just that bad at the game lol. even with dodge i can't seem to be able to dodge for shit.
skill issue; my bad

sorry i missed the first edit.
yeah i'm moving my hands off WASD to use shift and space.
it's not that i can't physically reach them, i just find it unintuitive to move my other fingers while handling WASD at the same time. it may have something to do with wasd being somewhat higher than shift and space on my keyboard, so they feel like they're "out of the way" and not that easy to reach.

that's why i mentioned keybindings. i'm assuming a controller would definitely be much easier to handle

bandaloo responds:

thanks for playing. yeah, there's no explanation of the scoring in the game; it was a late addition and i wasn't sure how many people would be interested in playing for score. i wrote a bit about the scoring system here if you're interested: https://bandaloo.newgrounds.com/news/post/1332342

i chose shift+space because you can reach them while your fingers are on wasd, but if i didn't hack this together during a jam there would be real keybinding options; sorry if this is preventing you from enjoying the game. if playing with a mouse for aim, you can use the mouse buttons to activate hyper and dash. you might be more comfortable with a controller? that's how i prefer to play.

the 10-streak achievement is just there as a fun thing for people who want to go for it; i was anxious about adding it because i didn't want it to seem like it's necessary to prove you are "good" or anything so i might make it a secret achievement

edit: just to clarify, when you say "every time i need to quickly get to them i get hit a whole bunch and have trouble getting back to to moving because of it" are you moving your fingers off of WASD to hit shift and space?

edit 2: i read your edit; thanks for clarifying! again, apologies there aren't more control settings

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