Bionic Slammer Demo

Please read the following if you play the demo of Bionic Slammer for the first time. This demo is based on an early version of the game and doesn't represent the final quality. The game will receive several changes before the release. A second demo might be posted later here and on Steam if the project gains in popularity. Please share and spread the word to support us!

Gameplay

You can play the demo of Bionic Slammer with either your keyboard or a gamepad (preferably a Xbox controller). The gamepad should automatically be detected. However please note that there is no menu in the demo and you cannot reassign buttons if you don't like the current configuration.

Bionic Slammer is reminicent of 2d platformer games from the 1990s such as Megaman, Donkey Kong Country, Metroid and Castlevania. The whole game is thus inspired by classics from the Super Nintendo and other consoles, and the gameplay can feel quite old-school to younger players. This is something that we intended to do, as written in the game's description, because we enjoyed the simplicity of games at that time (simple doesn't necessarily means easier!), and we hope you can enjoy it too. However we work hard with modern tools and we hope you enjoy the hd animated art that we have included in Bionic Slammer!

Keyboard gameplay:

Depending on your region, you might have to switch between qwerty or azerty with Alt+Shift

- Move left-right with W - D

- Jump with Space bar

- Katana attack with Z

- Bombs attack with Q

- Talk or interact with E, also allows to skip dialogues

- Close shop menu with escape

Basic tips:

- The katana is the basic attack. It is quite fast but has a very short range. Keep it in mind when you face an enemy.

- When you hit an enemy, it becomes invincible during a very short time (it will have a different animation). Don't press the katana button like crazy during that time because it will be useless, and the enemy might just start to walk back in your direction just when you cannot hit it!

- The bombs are a secondary attack and are not intended to be used all the time. You have an infinity of bombs, but they are quite slow. However they are two times more powerful than the katana, and each explosion will last for a while, allowing to hit an enemy several times. 

- The money in Bionic Slammer is Amino Acids (AA). Collect as many of these little proteins when you see them! Maybe they can be useful to buy something?

- Go through the different rooms carefully. You don't have to kill all enemies, sometimes avoiding them is enough. Look for the exits in every room to progress throughout the world. Talking to NPCs might learn you interesting things.

- You only have 3 lives, which correspond to as many possible attempts before gameover! (0 counts)

Pro tips:

- Cut grass and destroy lamps, and defeat enemies to drop random items. In this demo you can only drop AAs (money) and HP to heal you, but it can be very useful.

- You can jump higher if you hold the jump button pressed. Or jump lower if you press very slightly.

- When you fall from a platform, you will still have a little delay to jump! This can be very useful when you get used to it!

- As some of the NPCs will tell you, there is a hidden boss above the village.

- A grounded attack stops the character from moving. A air attack (while jumping) allows you to continue to move left/right while attacking.

Demo limitations

- This demo has no menu, you can only quit with Alt+F4.

- There is no ending, you can play for as long as you want. When you have seen enough of the game, you can quit with Alt+F4. You also have the possibility to sleep in the bed at the prison, in the village, to go back to the game's title.

- As a first demo based on a non-finished version of the game, it contains several unknown bugs that we will do our best to fix for the final release. Please be kind with us if you find bugs, but don't hesitate to tell us in the comments, as it will help us to improve the game!

- English is not our primary language, so the texts might still contain typos. For the final release, the texts will be proofread and fixed.