ECHOLASH

FEEL THE BEAT. BREAK THE LOOP.

ECHOLASH is a top-down hack & slash where combat, music, and progression collide into something that shouldn't work — but does.

Every sound you hear is generated in real-time. Every dungeon is built from scratch. Every enemy is drawn with code. The entire game is 5 MB. And it will consume hours of your life.

⚔️ SPATIAL TIMING COMBAT

Forget button mashing. Two circles surround your character:

• The outer circle is your attack range
  
• The inner circle breathes slowly — this is your timing window

When an enemy enters the inner circle and you strike — COMBO. Hit it on the music's beat — PERFECT. Chain them together and watch the damage multiply up to 3.5x.

This isn't a rhythm game that punishes you. The beat is a bonus, never a penalty. But once you feel it... you can't stop chasing it.

🎵 PROCEDURAL DUBSTEP SOUNDTRACK

No audio files. No pre-recorded tracks. ECHOLASH generates its own dubstep music in real-time:

• Wobble bass that reacts to your power level
  
• Drum patterns that intensify with your combo
  
• Dark pads that shift with dungeon biomes
  
• Tempo that accelerates as you chain kills

The music isn't background — it's a weapon.

🔄 REBIRTH & PRESTIGE

Kill. Grow. Hit the power threshold. Rebirth.

Each rebirth resets your progress but multiplies your power permanently. 10 rebirths unlock the Final Boss. Defeat it, and you unlock Prestige — resetting everything for an even greater global multiplier.

• 10 Rebirth layers with scaling difficulty
  
• Prestige system with exclusive upgrades
  
• Echo Shards — permanent currency across rebirths
  
• 11 upgrades including Prestige-only abilities

🗡️ 4 WEAPON TYPES

• Sword — balanced melee with reliable combos
  
• Hammer — massive AoE and knockback
  
• Bow — ranged precision, fires toward your cursor
  
• Staff — magic missiles with splash potential

Each weapon drops with random prefixes, suffixes, and 5 rarity tiers from Common to Legendary.

👹 10 UNIQUE ENEMIES

Every enemy is hand-designed with geometric art and unique abilities:

• Wraith — teleports behind you
  
• Spider — shoots webs that slow you
  
• Knight — energy shield blocks your attacks
  
• Golem — ground slam AoE
  
• Cultist — dark orb projectiles from range
  
• Shadow Demon — turns invisible
  
• Boss Demon — 3-phase projectile patterns
  
• Boss Dragon — triple fire breath cone

🔥 ACTIVE ABILITIES

• Z — Fireball: Launch a massive projectile toward your cursor
  
• X — Heal: Restore 35% HP (unlocks at Rebirth 2)
  
• C — Shield: Block 80% damage for 3 seconds (unlocks at Rebirth 5)

🌍 4 BIOMES

Each rebirth cycle shifts the dungeon's biome:

• Forest — tanky enemies, slower pace
  
• Ice — fragile but fast enemies
  
• Lava — heavy-hitting foes, high rewards
  
• Void — everything is dangerous

💾 SMALL SIZE. BIG DEPTH.

• Zero audio files — music is math
  
• Zero image files — characters are geometry
  
• Zero pre-built levels — dungeons are algorithms
  
• Written entirely in C with OpenGL
  
• Runs on almost anything

🎮 FEATURES

• Procedurally generated dungeons (BSP algorithm)
  
• Real-time procedural dubstep music
  
• Spatial timing combat with combo system
  
• 10 enemy types with unique abilities
  
• 4 weapon types with prefix/suffix loot system
  
• 5 rarity tiers (Common → Legendary)
  
• Rebirth system (10 layers)
  
• Prestige system (infinite scaling)
  
• Echo Shards permanent upgrade shop
  
• 3 active abilities with cooldowns
  
• 4 distinct biomes
  
• Local leaderboard
  
• Settings menu with volume control
  
• Pause menu
  
• Auto-save every 30 seconds
  
• English & Turkish localization
  
• Runs at 60 FPS on integrated GPUs

🌍 DAILY CHALLENGE & GLOBAL LEADERBOARDS

Every day brings a new dungeon. Same seed for all players for 24 hours.

• Seed changes daily at midnight
  
• Compete for the highest score on Steam leaderboards
  
• Victory gives +50% score bonus
  
• Score = kills + power + combo + rebirths

Steam leaderboards track:

• Total Score (all-time best)
  
• Max Rebirths
  
• Max Prestige
  
• Fastest Victory Time

Steam achievements are also included — first kill, 100 kills, 1000 kills, first rebirth, rebirth 5, rebirth 10, 50 combo, first prestige, legendary item, and final boss.

💧 FOUNTAINS & CHESTS

Each cleared room may contain:

• Fountain — fully restores your HP (one-time use per room)
  
• Normal Chest — drops 1 piece of loot
  
• Gold Chest — drops 2-3 pieces of loot
  
• Echo Chest — grants Echo Shards for permanent upgrades

⚡ PARRY SYSTEM

Time your attack perfectly as an enemy strikes — PARRY!

• Negates all incoming damage
  
• Stuns the enemy briefly
  
• Chains into bonus combo damage
  
• Screen flash and "PARRY x2/x3" feedback on successful chains

🎮 FULL GAMEPAD SUPPORT

• Left Stick / D-Pad — Movement & Menu Navigation
  
• A (South) — Attack / Confirm / Respawn
  
• B (East) — Heavy Attack / Cancel
  
• X (West) — Fireball
  
• Y (North) — Heal
  
• LB / RB — Pickup / Open Shop
  
• Back / Select — Rebirth
  
• Start — Pause Menu
  
• Dynamic button prompts — switches automatically when gamepad is detected

📝 NOTE

This game is actively in development. We're open to feedback and community suggestions. As the game evolves, new weapons, enemies, abilities, and mechanics will be added — some features may change, diversify, and expand over time.