Project Beam

A bullet hell game loosely inspired by Hatsune Miku and her oh so wonderful BEAM!!!

Project Beam is a vertical bullet hell with one twist: shooting is dangerous. Holding fire swells your hitbox  from a tiny little heart into a big one. Release, and it shrinks back down. You're never both safe and useful at once, so every moment is a decision: do you keep firing and risk it, or let go, shrink, and slip through the gap?

The bullets are music notes. Shoot down the purple ones to charge your beam, then unleash it!!! Its a screen-clearing blast that melts the boss while pinning your heart at maximum size right when things are busiest. The black notes can't be shot down, so get used to dodging!!!

Features

• A chargeable BEAM!!! that clears the screen and hammers the boss
• Four fights: a tutorial and three levels, each with its own boss
• Rebindable controls, scoring, and a survival timer

Controls (rebindable in the menu except for Movement)

• Arrow Keys / WASD — Move
• Z (hold) — Fire (grows your heart!)
• Shift — Focus (slow, precise movement)
• X — Beam (at full meter)

Find your rhythm, build your beam, and spend it when it counts. 🎵