↗Brackeys 2024.2Jam sprint + later patches
Shadows / The Shroud
Calm Before the Storm
A noir action game built around wall running, dashes, ground slams, firearms, and comic-book storytelling. The original jam build continued through P0.2 and P0.3 releases.
- Momentum-led traversal
- Ranged and melee combat
- Comic-book story delivery
Download available↗
↗Brackeys 2023.27-day original build
RENEGADE
Dive deeper into the cyber abyss
A seven-day third-person action prototype with parkour, gunplay, timed melee, and fire abilities. Progression and time-trial modes explore the same movement and combat systems in different ways.
- Wall runs and grappling
- Fire powers and heat management
- Progression and time trials
Download available↗
↗Brackeys 2021.2Game-jam sprint
D0WNF4LL
Fast, fluid, close-range action
A dual-sword brawler against robotic and alien enemies. Thirteen combo moves, animation cancellation, lock-on dodges, and varied enemy scales make combat the center of the experience.
- 13 discoverable combos
- Lock-on dodge combat
- Animation cancellation
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↗Fam Jam 3Original jam build
Potential Adventure
Marble combat, with momentum
A CryEngine 5 marble game with deathmatch arenas and a solo platforming level. Recovered source enabled a faithful 1.0 recompile in March 2026; multiplayer restoration and further changes are described as future work.
- Physics-driven marble movement
- Boost and jetpack mechanics
- Recovered-source re-release
Re-released March 2026↗
↗Historically Accurate Game Jam 4Game-jam sprint
Wukong
Birth of the Monkey King
An action-platformer following Sun Wukong through combat and traversal challenges. Light and heavy attacks, staff throws, dodges, and special abilities support the journey to free his petrified kin.
- Free-flow melee targeting
- Staff throws and special abilities
- Keyboard and controller inputs
Download available↗
↗Brackeys 2020.2One-week solo build
R3WiND
Destroy the past. Save the future.
A time-travel shooter built solo in one week. Three weapons, melee, dodging, and a slow-motion mode drive encounters. The release page records a known RTX 20-series final-arena issue and suggested settings.
- Three-weapon combat
- Time-travel premise
- Slow-motion evasion
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↗Fam Jam 2Game-jam sprint
Viral Insurgent: REDUX
Style is part of the system
A return to the original game’s digital setting, adding wall runs, rail grinding, and a style-driven power loop. Dual shotguns and an auto-aiming pistol offer different balances between aiming and traversal.
- Sliding and rail grinding
- Style-driven power progression
- Movement-first weapon choices
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↗2019 archiveArchive project
Viral Insurgent
The original challenge-driven shooter
An early arena-inspired action platformer built around strafing, weapon variety, and difficult compact challenges. Its public page remains available as a project record; the original download is marked unavailable.
- Arena-style movement
- Multiple weapon classes
- Compact challenge levels
Archive — download unavailable↗
↗GMTK 2021Game-jam sprint
Symbiosis
Read the attack. Choose your response.
A medieval melee demo with directional attacks, blocking, dodging, and spell or dagger options. The original page distinguishes authored game code from externally sourced models, sounds, and a small set of UI elements.
- Directional mouse-driven strikes
- Block, dodge and counterplay
- Dagger and spell loadouts
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↗Brackeys 2020.1One-week solo build
Demise
A week, a movement system, two levels
A solo one-week FPS combining bunny hopping, grappling, rocket jumping, and ledge climbing. Two levels and multiple weapons provide a compact testbed for fast movement and combat.
- Grappling and rocket jumps
- Accelerated movement techniques
- Two playable levels
View release page↗