RECURSION: 2099

Made for the GMTK 2025 game jam!

Created by Pseudonym_Tim and MyrtleMist in 4 days

Controls:

Move/Navigate Menu: WASD

Shoot/Select Menu: Spacebar

Turn/Rotate Left: Left Arrow

Turn/Rotate Right: Right Arrow

LORE:

The year is 2099, and the turn of the century is soon arriving.

Humanity has spread across the stars, but the frontier is far from safe. 

Greedy megacorps now wage proxy wars in shattered orbits. In the void, conflict is inevitable, and in this war, every shot counts.

Experimental warp drives have shattered the rules of space combat. Bullets no longer fly straight into the abyss.

They curve. They bend. They wrap around.

Pilots call it Recursion, the phenomenon where gunfire arcs through endless space, looping across sectors to strike from impossible angles.

The smartest and most capable enemies have learned to exploit it, turning the battlefield into a deadly game of dimensional trickshots and traps.

You're the esteemed pilot of the RECURSION-9, a last-gen ship with next-gen bite. No one expects you to survive.

Because you see, out here, survival isn't just about aim. It's about foresight. Reflexes. And of course, outthinking the recursion before it outthinks you.