Retro Bullet Hell is a mouse-controlled bullet hell inspired by Just Shapes & Beats and Geometry Dash. Your cursor is your ship — move it to survive bullets, beams, explosions, blocks and black holes, all timed to the music.

Features

  • Dodge everything — bullets, sweeping beams, explosions, growing blocks and black holes that pull you in.
  • Defuse under pressure — click bombs, touch bombs, and lock-and-key puzzles you solve while the screen is on fire.
  • Full level editor — place attacks on a music timeline, test instantly, and watch the built-in AutoPlay bot dodge your map live.
  • Use your own music — add your own MP3 / OGG / WAV songs right inside the editor.
  • Share maps with codes — export a map as a code, paste someone else's code to play their level.
  • Practice mode — start anywhere in a map and slow it down to 0.5x or 0.75x.
  • Ghost replay — see exactly where and how you died last time.
  • Hardcore rule — make any map 1-heart only.
  • Colorblind filters — protanopia, deuteranopia and tritanopia modes.
  • Comes with a pre-made map: FINAL GAME.

Controls

ActionKey
MoveMouse
Defuse click bombLeft click or C (rebindable)
PauseTAB (in game)
Back / optionsESC (hold ESC to quit)
FullscreenF11 (from menus)
Editor undo / redoZ / X (rebindable)

Requirements

Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit). Mouse required.

Credits

  • Created by: anonymuz
  • Made with: LÖVE (love2d.org)
  • AI assistance: Google Gemini and Anthropic Claude
  • Font: Dogica by Roberto Mocci (SIL Open Font License)
  • Inspiration: Just Shapes & Beats, Geometry Dash and bullet hell classics

Download

Download
RetroBulletHell-win64.zip 4.4 MB

Install instructions

How to install

  1. Download RetroBulletHell-win64.zip.
  2. Unzip it anywhere.
  3. Run RetroBulletHell.exe.

Your saves and maps are stored in %APPDATA%\retrobullethell\. Windows may show a SmartScreen warning because the game isn't signed — click More info → Run anyway.

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