DeepNet

Controls:

WASD/SPACE/SHIFT/ESC

Joystick/A/B/START

Pause the game with keypress or pause button on touch controls for menu.

Hook, Snowball, Yeet

Damage and disable enemies, then collect them. Collected enemies can be eaten up for XP, or hurled back into the fray as a buzzsaw of fish that deals damage in tons of hits.

Simple to start

Directions + two buttons. Upgrades keep each run fresh—chain lightning, armor bubbles, max speed, and more. Bring a controller—or use the built-in virtual controls. 

Play Anywhere!

Available on itch.io FIRST!

Avoid Everything!

Don’t get hit! Even KO’d enemies can be dangerous!

Make Good Choices!

Choose wisely, balance stats and effects. Limited HP recovery through level-up only. Builds come online very quickly, but you might want to throwmaxx and save those choices for heals later.

Current Features:

7  Upgrades - Frost, Lightning, Fireball, Max Tension, Max Speed, Magnet, Bubble

Health Recovery - Skip upgrades and heal if you need to!

7 Enemies - Sardines, ShAIrks, Cwabs, Puffers, Ink Chargers, Yellow DeepBot, Red Deepbot

1 Boss

Future updates will include more enemies, more powerups, more bullet patterns, and more levels to explore!

Pro Tips:

Use a mix of upgrades and throws, take heals when you need to! More dangerous enemies give a lot more XP, so tank some hits to get a heal and come out ahead. When the screen gets crowded, feed and throw more often to clear it!

Concept + Story:

>DeepNet< is a bullet hell survival roguelite where you fight swarms of robots and fish, then feed them to your sea creature friend to make him stronger.

In the year 2125, after a century of feeding the DeepNet AI ridiculous and incorrect training data until it crumbled, humans work to reclaim the seas from the last remaining underwater AI datacenters. Isolated, these facilities avoided shutdown and continued to thrive, experimenting with organic-mech hybrid workers and marine cyborgs built for construction and defense. They’ve hidden entire facilities beneath the waves, guarded by mechanical fish and killer octopi. Your mission: capture them all.

Dive in as an agent of the R.A.N.C.H. with your trusty partner ChomPY, a mysterious sea construct who can has the ability to encrypt and absorb enemy AI. Harness his powers to combat, capture, and consume enemies as you take back the ocean from the sprawling AI overlords. Use clever movement and upgrades to dodge danger and devour the competition!