Beta release!

This one's a long story.

I started making this game back in 2021 when I was focusing heavily on mobile games. I love Namco's old arcade games and since most of those games were in a portrait ratio, they seemed like the perfect inspiration. This started out as a game about cats and mice, but I changed it to scouts and slashers because I love horror and it just seemed more imaginative.

Eventually, I decided to quit mobile development, but I regretted leaving Slasher Park behind. I quietly rebuilt a prototype in 2022 with a 4:3 aspect ratio since it lends itself better to modern screens. I've always wanted to revisit this game and finish it, but other projects just seemed more interesting to me, and I'm all about striking while the iron's hot.

So, for this jam, I'm releasing the very first beta version, which only contains 4 levels. Far less than I intended but it's better to have it out there than rotting on my hard drive. In the future, I hope to add bonus stages (technically boss stages, you'll see) and a few more cutscenes.

It's not a complicated game by any means but I tried to give it the same level of polish and authenticity that you'd expect from a game of that era. I hope it finds its audience.