Boss Gauntlet
Fight five multi-phase bosses back to back in a neon bullet hell. Weave through patterns with a tiny hitbox, focus for precision, chase no-hit bonuses and survive the harder loops.
Boss Gauntlet is a neon boss-rush shooter: one tiny ship, five enormous titans, and no filler in between. You start against Vortex, a spinning cannon wheel, then face Hydra Coil, a segmented serpent that dashes across the screen, Bastion, a fortress with breakable turrets and a sweeping laser, the twin orbs of Gemini, and finally The Core, wrapped in rotating shield rings. Each titan has three phases, and every phase brings a new pattern of glowing bullets to read and weave through.
Your hitbox is the small white dot at the center of the ship, which makes this a fair bullet hell game: you can slip through gaps that look impossible. Hold focus to slow down for precision, aim with the mouse or the second thumb stick, and shoot back. Scoring rewards speed, grazing close shots and no-hit kills, and you recover armor between bosses. Beat all five and the gauntlet loops with faster bullets and tougher titans. Your total titans destroyed is saved, and each pilot rank permanently adds armor, stronger cannons or a bigger heal.
It is made for players who enjoy boss fights, pattern learning and high scores, on keyboard and mouse or on a phone with twin sticks and a focus button. Tip: stay near the bottom, move in small steps with focus held, and learn each boss one phase at a time.
How to play
Move your ship, aim and fire at the boss, and weave between the bullets. Only the small white dot in the ship can be hit. Hold focus to move slowly and precisely. Destroy all five bosses, each with three phases, to loop the gauntlet at higher difficulty. Fast kills and no-hit kills score big, and armor is partly restored between bosses. The run ends when your armor is gone.
Controls
- WASD: Move
- Mouse (hold) / Arrow keys: Aim and fire
- Shift / X: Focus: slow, precise movement
- Left thumb stick: Move (touch)
- Right thumb stick: Aim and auto-fire (touch)
- FOCUS button: Slow movement (touch)
- P / Esc: Pause
- M: Mute
- R: Restart
Category: Shooting games
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