
Photon Blade
A downloadable game
!!!IN DEVELOPEMENT!!!
PHOTON BLADE
Photon Blade is an extremely challenging fast paced 2d character action game, which combines elements from fighting games, arcade beat 'em ups and mid 2000s action games.
DEMO
Downloads are disabled currently. Follow to see when it goes live again.
MECHANICS
Photon Blade gives the player a wealth of options for movement and combat. Look up the (non-exhaustive) "Move Index" in the pause menu and experiment.
Hint: Most moves can be cancelled with a crouch input. Getting into the habit of doing so is vital to mastering the game.
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CONTROLS
KEYBOARD
Directions : WASD/ARROWS
Attacks: I, O, K ,L

CONTROLLER
Many controllers are functional, but lack UI prompts and are less tested.
Directions : STICK/D-PAD
Attacks: FACE BUTTONS
CONFIG
The game creates a config.ini file to C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Photon_Blade this stores the games settings. If you experience slowdowns, opening this file and changing the "tickrate" varibale to 60 can free up performance. By default, the game runs at 240 ticks/second.
| Updated | 5 days ago |
| Published | 10 days ago |
| Status | In development |
| Rating | Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
| Author | photon_blade_dev |
| Genre | Action, Fighting |
| Tags | 2D, Arcade, GameMaker, Pixel Art, Side Scroller, Singleplayer, Speedrun |
Development log
- Quick fixes9 days ago
- Photon Blade Demo Launched10 days ago





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I really liked the game concept but the update rate issue was also with me, hope a download comes soon.
Shouldn't take too long. Stay tuned!
Damn. That looks really bad. I have an idea of what might cause this though and it should be a simple fix if I'm right. I'll try to patch it today.
Thank you for trying the game out!
I did a small update. See the added "CONFIG" section in the readme.
I also adjusted some things related to display sync and CPU utilization, which could help as well. It's not a guaranteed fix though.