Sisyphus Paradox

Sisyphus Paradox mixes traditional side-scrolling shoot 'em up gameplay with many roguelike mechanics, such as procedurally generated star maps to explore, bonuses that are persistent between runs, and multiple different builds you can try to conquer your enemies. Course through hand-drawn battlefields, lose, try again, until you solve the Sisyphus Paradox

NOTE: This is a DRM-free version of the game. There also exists a Steam version of the game featuring cloud saves and Steam achievements.

The Story: An ordinary person finds themselves flung across the galaxy. They are lost far away from home, with a voice in their head as their only guide and companion. Strange alien looking creatures are in pursuit. Help them fight their way back to Earth.

Features

• 2 Playable Ships: Each has very distinctive mechanics that go well beyond simply having different stats.
• 56 Unique Items: You have weapons, passives and active-use specials, all of which can be upgraded, and some can change significantly as they level.
• 10 Timestreams: Each more challenging than the last. As you become better at the game, more options are revealed to you.
• The Antagonists: There are three different factions to face, each with their strengths and weaknesses, as well as their own Bosses and Minibosses.
• Infinite Universes: Choose your path across the stars as each run will offer you a new map to explore, full of random encounters and enemies to deal with.
• Multitude of Options: Each ship has slots for two weapons, two passives, and two specials, giving you a multitude of build options with which to approach each game.
• Sisyphean Task: Every time you are defeated you set out on a new journey, hopefully moving closer to your end goal, this time with new bonuses to help you out

Early Access

The game is currently in Early Access. That doesn't mean it's incomplete! It offers a complete experience from start to finish, with great replayability and scaling challenges. It's also full of content already. However, we have plans to extend it, and we would like to have people playing it and providing feedback while we're working on the rest of the game content and polishing.

We expect the final release to be at most in 18 months from now. In the final version, the game will feature:

• One additional ship class, the Nano ship, reflecting BlissCo aesthetics and featuring unique mechanics that will lead to different playstyles
• New ship Assets (Weapons, Passives, Specials), including a number of Assets exclusive to the Nano ship
• New enemies, including Minibosses and Act End Bosses
• More Random Events, with a focus on Acts 2 and 3
• A richer, custom-tailored audioscape, particularly with respect to sound effects
• More graphics, including Ship and enemy animations
• Better support for controllers, consoles, and other platforms
• Polishing, bug fixing, UI revamping

Depending on user feedback, we would like to consider the following options as well

• Potentially more difficulty levels ("Timestreams") to accommodate demand for greater challenge
• Endless mode and a Scoreboard
• Limited Time Challenges
• Run Modifiers that encourage unique playstyles