Pulse

A 2D Sidescroller Shooter Driven by Your Pulse

In Pulse, you play as a young secret agent on his first real mission. Guided by your mentor, you must infiltrate enemy territory, collect ammunition, and survive waves of hostile forces.

But there’s a twist:
Your body becomes part of the game.

Using real-time heart-rate data from a smartwatch via HypeRate, the enemies react directly to your stress levels. The faster your heartbeat climbs, the more aggressive and relentless your opponents become. Stay calm to stay alive - or embrace the chaos and fight your way through a frenzy of escalating action.

Compatible Smartwatches are listed here:

https://www.hyperate.io/supported-devices.html

Features

• Fast-paced 2D sidescrolling combat
• Enemies that scale with your real heart rate
• A short but intense mission

Assets

• All the assets used in this project were handmade during the jam
• Only exception are the fonts

Stay cool. This is fine.