BIRDCAGE

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Warning This game contains flashing images BIRDCAGE is a fast-paced vertical scrolling shoot em up that blends the explosive action of90 s arcade classics with modern gameplay and storytelling What is the value of a bullet when you wield a sword In BIRDCAGE the player controls the experimental RADON gunship HALCYON The HALCYON is equipped with a wide shot focus shot and its main offensive and defensive weapon The SWORD BIRDCAGE features an engaging sci-fi story set in a divergent human future Inspired by games like Metal Gear Solid BIRDCAGE touches on futuristic science and technology political and military power struggles and the nature of the human unconscious mind Story Mode the game s main mode is set across six stages featuring mid-bosses stage bosses and narrative interludes Arcade Mode is Story Mode without the narrative aimed at letting players go after score in a quicker more convenient way Score Attack is a race against the clock to chase the highest score while honing your skills at the game Enemies spawn endlessly within a set time limit Inspired by90 s video games and anime BIRDCAGE makes use of techniques such as sprite scaling pre-rendered backgrounds and limited textures to mimic the look of early3 D games The game s soundtrack combines the sounds of90 s music hardware with modern synthesis and samples to create something authentic and exciting BIRDCAGE features over an hour of dynamic music hundreds of bespoke sound effects and retro-styled voice acting for stage bosses Mankind has branched into space and two opposing factions have emerged On one side SELENE in control of the Moon and what remains of Earth on the other RADON in control of the space colony CAGE Led by Mother ROENTGEN the RADON Daughters have ordered GENOME Control to create a new breed of weapon A weapon to end Earth s reign and birth a new universe the WORLD-EGG Deep inside the CAGE a pilot awakens in the cockpit of the HALCYON an experimental RADON gunship Inside the newly-hatched Pilot s mind a Voice echoes Destroy the WORLD-EGG

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