Lock'n Load! Orbital Bullet Early Access is Available Now!

22 Apr 2021Developer post

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Whether You Swirl, Swivel, or Spiral — Just Make Sure You Keep Going ‘Round and ‘Round

What you can expect:

👉 Orbital Bullet Early Access is available now!
👉 New Orbital Bullet Early Access Release Trailer
👉 New Screenshots of the never-before-seen biomes playable!
👉 Full list of livestreams, in celebration of today's Early Access Launch!

Together with developer SmokeStab we are thrilled to announce today the Early Access launch of our highly-anticipated award-winning rogue-like shooter Orbital Bullet.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1167680/Orbital_Bullet__The_360_Roguelite/

Now available on Windows PC via Steam, Orbital Bullet introduces a genre-bending 360° rotating level design, providing a whirling and swirling high-octane guns-blazing action-platforming experience where you’ll need to play a deadly game of “ring-around-the-rosie” in order to outsmart enemies and dodge all manner of propelled perils.

To celebrate the Early Access release, we have also a brand new launch trailer available for you Fraggers, depicting one of Orbital Bullet’s not-yet-seen level biomes: the Water Planet.
In addition to the lush and flourishing Jungle and Cave biomes, the Water Planet introduces new bosses, tricky puzzles, and environmental perplexities.

Watch the new Orbital Bullet Early Access Launch Trailer on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGxQRX-kN00

About Orbital Bullet

Orbital Bullet is a multi-award-winning action-platformer that takes the tried-and-true, highly addictive rogue-like formula and adds a unique twist with a 360° rotating level design.
Players can expect fluid, fast-paced gameplay featuring procedurally generated enemies and level elements, with “instant-transmission” upon completion of a stage — keeping the rhythm going and the action flowing!
Of course, it wouldn’t be a rogue-lite without a deep skill tree, game-changing body modifications, upgrades, and of course, a diverse range of heavy weaponry with which to dispatch the hordes of enemies keeping you from reaching the next level!

Key Features of Orbital Bullet:

Nothing ‘Rosie’ About This Ring: A unique 2.5D ring-shaped world offers a one-of-a-kind setting fresh for the genre with a rotating 360° level design. Make the most satisfying long-range curved snipes you’ve ever made, or blast and shred enemies with a load from the Hyper Shotgun.
Bullets and Body Mods: It wouldn’t be a rogue-like without all sorts of nifty upgrades, mods, skill trees, and heavy weapons to keep your sci-fi fustigator strapped and ready for action — enhance your character’s vigor by unlocking permanent upgrades such as the Combo System, the Medi-Backpack, or a stronger starting weapon.
Stay Classy: Four meticulously crafted classes can be unlocked by solving challenging puzzles and include epic abilities per class, such as the turret-wielding Engineer or the fire-fueled Hellion.
Intense Arcade Action: A game that defines “one more run”, Orbital Bullet throws players into the fray with fierce, frenetic action. Jump, dodge, and shoot your way through hordes of enemies as you wind your way around several beautiful and unique biomes.
No Time to Relax: Instant level transitions upon completion of a stage keep the mayhem flowing and your trigger finger dialed; no more interrupting the rhythm with cutscenes or hub worlds!

More details about Orbital Bullet and developer Smokestab

The promising and already highly acclaimed action-platformer has already won several awards, including “Best Concept with Prototype” at GermanDevDays 2019, and the second-place prize in the “Prototype Young Talent Award” category at Deutscher Entwicklerpreis 2019.
The Heidelberg-based studio SmokeStab also had Orbital Bullet nominated for the highly industry-relevant IGF Awards as "Best Student Game" at GDC 2020.

Throughout Early Access, developer SmokeStab invites casual players, fans, and all members of the community to join the official Discord to share feedback, gameplay recommendations, content suggestions for new weapons, challenges, bosses, planets, enemies, and more during the pre-launch phase.
https://discord.com/invite/gTHtqycHqb

Orbital Bullet Save The World Edition!

On theme with the game’s diverse biome-based environments, Assemble Entertainment has teamed up with Ocean Cleanup — a non-profit foundation leading the world’s largest coordinated ocean cleanup effort — to offer a special Save The World Edition on Steam, which includes the official game soundtrack and a 10% donation to the cause.

Launch-celebration eye-melting Livestreams!

Assemble's Maria kicks off with the official Release-Livestream, at 2pm CEST
👉 https://www.twitch.tv/assembleentertainment

None other than the famous Hand Of Blood will be livestreaming at 5pm CEST

👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iArdLhSpZsM

And Perrick, between 6-8pm CEST
👉 https://www.twitch.tv/perrick

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