Protect the Heart

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Protect the Heart is an arcade shooter, in which the player drags his weak spot (his heart) behind him on a leash. The goal of the game is to protect your own heart while destroying the heart of your opponents. The heart is the only spot where damage can be dealt to a player. Once a player dies, his round is over. The round ends, when only one player is left. The player who has the most kills after 5 rounds, wins the game. Every player has a dash ability that can be used to dodge enemy bullets. Randomly spawned upgrades can be used to improve the player's weapon or dash ability or to gain a random passive effect.

During the run, the player occasionally receives random upgrades, which either increase his character stats (ex.: Attack damage, Health points, Armor, ...) or changes/enhances one of the abilities of the (ex.: Dashing spawns an axe that spins around on the spot, dealing damage to enemies in its reach.). When the player dies, he respawns in his base, where he can buy permanent upgrades for his character and start the game again. After a set amount of rooms are cleared, a boss appears, which has to be defeated to move to the next layer. The game ends after the boss on the last layer is defeated.