Crater Hounds
CRATER HOUNDS
Roguelite twin-stick shooter - bring your Mech to the gun fight!
Procedural levels and alternating realities - break into parallel dimensions and see the rules of play change during every run!

CRATER HOUNDS features dozens of weapons, abilities and upgrades. Quantum Anomalies turn the gameworld on its head in a unique mutator system that puts an unforseen spin on every game session.
CRATER HOUNDS is currently in development and constantly updated. Feedback is welcome and will be heard!
CONTROLS:
Gamepad:
- RStick - Aim
- LStick - Move (Click to Sprint)
- RTrigger - fire primary weapon
- LBumper - fire secondary weapon
- RBumper - melee attack
- DPad up/down - cycle primary weapons
- DPad left/right - cycle secondary weapons
- Y - call Mech
- X - interact
- START - open Modules panel
- BACK - open Map
- ...
Keyboard / Mouse:
- WASD/Arrow keys - Move
- Mouse - Aim
- LMB - fire primary weapon
- RMB - fire secondary weapon
- Space - melee attack
- MWheel Up - cycle primary weapon
- MWheel Down - cycle secondary weapon
- Number keys 0-9 - select weapon
- E - interact
- F - call Mech
- Shift - Sprint/Dash
- M - open Modules panel
- Tab - open Map
- ...
Status | In development |
Platforms | HTML5 |
Rating | Rated 3.7 out of 5 stars (7 total ratings) |
Author | facecrime |
Genre | Shooter |
Made with | Construct |
Tags | 2D, mecha, Mechs, Procedural Generation, Retro, Roguelite, Shoot 'Em Up, Top-Down, Top down shooter |
Average session | A few seconds |
Languages | English |
Inputs | Keyboard, Mouse, Gamepad (any) |
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Development log
- Working on content completionJan 30, 2024
- LIGHT 'EM UP! - Grenade reworkSep 20, 2022
- Preparing Demo releaseAug 14, 2022
- Sub-bossesNov 05, 2021
- Reality Shifts - mutator system for roguelite varietyMar 16, 2021
- New Meta Progression - Mechs!Jan 29, 2020
- CRATER HOUNDS - weapon mods, more varietyNov 05, 2019
Comments
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Would love to try the missile mech but darned if I can ever get 200 cr on a run. It seems unfair to reset the credits to zero after you get past the setup screen on a run.
Finally unlocked missile mech. It's fun, and really strong against the end boss.
Doesn't seem like the "crosshair/homing missiles" upgrade was actually implemented because it doesn't seem to do anything when equipped?
I realize this game may be abandoned now.
FEEDBACK: "Phase Blur" (which isn't explained in-game) causes me motion sickness; maybe some option to disable the edge-blur effect?
Screenshake toggle/slider would also be nice.
Sometimes when entering a room, an enemy spawns ON TOP OF YOU, you instantly die (not really fair).
If weapon's module slots are full, and you try to drag a different type module onto a slotted one, the dragged module just *vanishes*, with no explanation.
No explanation in-game on calling in mech, how long it lasts, when can we NOT call in the mech etc. It's awesome to use it, just isn't explained.
good game would really like to see full game!
long time no post are you still alive
Yeah, I discovered this game/demo belately. Lot of fun. I hoped the dev would complete the game as his last dev update last year said but he seems to have vanished. :(
when i hover over Lod the game crashes and doesnt open for a long time
Cool!
its good but a little buggy
Thanks for the post, care to describe what you found? Always happy to have bugs reported. Currently working on completing the content and fixing up whatever I can!
when can i download this game?