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GAME OVERVIEW
Crescent Break is a roguelike that mixes NES-era robot hero goodness with indie classics. Try again and again to survive longer in fully destructible, ever-shifting levels loaded with robots, deadly traps, screen-filling bosses, and fickle aliens. There are many deadly surprises which you must use skill, experience, and luck to learn to eventually overcome!
The scraps from enemy robots can be used and upgraded to cause chain reactions and destruction. Upgrades create interesting and over-the-top synergies that make runs chaotic and unique! The game features permadeath, procedurally generated levels, randomized abilities, and many unique and novel ways to die.
Randomized robotic upgrades greatly transform the experience. The robots burst into scraps which heal, replenish attacks, cause damage, and start chain reactions... which can all be modified in various ways through upgrades. Synergies will create ridiculous powers, sometimes in unusual ways, but you may need such abilities to survive all the way through.
Crescent Break combines a large variety of retro and newer influences into something unique. Punishing situations can end a run instantly, but if you survive you might be able to find almost game-breaking abilities. Use everything at your disposal including your curiosity and retro game talents. Dig deeper into the game's systems and uncover another helpful... or harmful... surprise.
INFO
studio name - Resnijars
contact email - resnijars@gmail.com
location - Hamilton, Canada
team size - 2 (Resni, j a r s)
promo art - Erin Middendorf
platforms - Windows
genre - action-platformer, roguelike
Steam link - https://store.steampowered.com/app/4297720/Crescent_Break/
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EARLY ACCESS
We are releasing Crescent Break in Early Access because we believe this is the type of game that should be shaped by those who play it! Ealrier in 2026, we had an open playtest of the game available and the feedback we received from people during that time was very valuable. Early Access allows players to get in, well... early on the development of the game as we continue to add new areas, new playable characters, new unlockables and much more while making sure the project stays infinitely replayable, fun, and balanced!
FEATURES
- Varied and unpredictable ways to die!
- Permadeath!
- Unique attacks including swords, blasters, and explosions!
- Game-changing upgrades and powers!
- Destructable environments!
- Procedurally generated levels!
- Fun, screen-filling bosses!
- Tight and fluid controls.
- Colourful pixel-art, all hand-created with detailed animations.
- A kickass quirky soundtrack of rock & metal mixed with retro chiptune!
ABOUT US & HISTORY
Resnijars is a gamedev duo consisting of married queer creators, Resni and j a r s. They have released a handful of games on Steam and itch.io, including a retro metroidvania-platformer entitled Stardust Demon in October of 2024, an RPG entitled Mythic Mire in May of 2025, and a horror-adventure game entitled Videonauts in September of 2025. They combine different sensibilities and aesthetics - such as furries, retro games, dreamlike and artsy vibes - into unique packages.
Some of their older games include Salad Fields (2020) – a block-pushing puzzle adventure game with a strange narrative, and Sparkles & Gems (2021) – a breakout-type game with a silly visual-novel like story mode, the latter of which was nominated for the Nuovo Award at IGF 2022. They also released a Myst-like point-and-click adventure game called Manglepaw in 2022, which was commissioned for the game bundle-zine “Indiepocalypse”. Resni is also the creator of the surreal platformer, Mibibli's Quest, released in 2016.
LINKS
Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/developer/resnijars/
Itch.io - https://resnijars.itch.io/
Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/resnijars.bsky.social
Discord - https://discord.gg/SFmZNgduzP
Mastodon - https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@resnijars
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTK1T9OdkzAioZNSLEd54Og