SHARDBLASTER!

About This Game
Welcome to SHARDBLASTER!, where a lonely robot, a field of glowing crystals, and an endless horde of fantasy monsters collide in an explosion of color and chaos!

SHARDBLASTER! is a third-person arcade arena shooter that blends resource mining, quota delivery, and wave-based combat. You are a robot with a big laser, a bigger blaster, and one simple goal: destroy the giant crystal in the map before it destroys you.

The MEGASHARDpulses with power. Every few minutes, it ECHOES sending out a shockwave that spawns slimes, skeletons, elves, and orcs. The longer you wait, the worse it gets. So what do you do? You mine it until nothing is left or BLAST that SHARD into oblivion.

MINE. DELIVER. SURVIVE. BLAST!
Every glowing shard on the ground is a piece of the Mega-Shard. Your robot needs them for everything from moving, to fighting, to surviving. But the Unknown Entity is watching, and the delivery quota won't meet itself.

Every shard is a choice:
Deliver it - Meet your quota and progress toward victory

Recharge with it - Keep your robot moving (no energy = slow movement!)

Spend it at the Upgrade Smithy - Get upgrades / power-ups

THE ENERGY SYSTEM. THE ECHO AND THE SMITHY
Your robot moves slow without energy. Walking, dashing, and shooting all drain the battery.
ZERO ENERGY = sitting duck
Recharge by consuming the shards in your hand. But those same shards could have been delivered for quota or spent on upgrades. Every shard is a life-or-death decision.

At the same time the MEGASHARD does not sit quietly. Every few minutes it ECHOES and spawns in fantasy creatures from Slimes to Orcs. The more you mine and damage it the faster the ECHOES come. Damage it wisely.

There's no pause menus. No shoulder buttons. Walk up to the SMITHY, BLAST him away and spend your hard-mined shards amongst the 3 random powerups / upgrades he spawns out. No Rerolls, Just find the SMITHY and blast him again!

KEY FEATURES
High-Stakes Resource Management: Every shard is delivery fuel, energy food, OR upgrade money. Choose wisely or die trying.

Risk-vs-Reward Mining: Mine the MEGASHARD or just BLAST at it. Choose wisely.

The Echo System: Survive escalating waves of fantasy monsters. The more you damage the crystal, the faster they come.

Physical Upgrade Shop: No menus. Blast the SMITHY and he spawns in upgrades / powerups, spend shards.

Arcade or Endless — Complete the quota and destroy the MEGASHART in Arcade Mode for the leaderboard, or survive forever in a planned Endless Mode.

Stylized Cartoon Aesthetic — Vibrant, bouncy, explosive. Low-poly charm with big particle effects.

Tight Third-Person Controls — Designed for controller, fully playable on keyboard/mouse.

Every glowing shard in your robot hand asks the same question: "Do I deliver you, upgrade with you, or recharge to survive?"