Brute

About This Game

Brute is a challenging arcade game with a minimalist aesthetic. It’s a game about planning, timing and discovery featuring an atmospheric soundtrack and sounds made from analog synthesizers.

Getting through the 25 main stages is a challenge, finishing all 50 is harder but completing all 100 levels will be a true test of skill. For the ultimately insane there’s also par times for each level that take into account speed, fuel usage and objects shot. Brute is a game which does not explain itself, encouraging the player to poke at it to see how things react and behave.

Game Features:

• 50 hand crafted levels + 50 “Secret” levels
• Lots of things to shoot
• A strange menu with hidden levels and modes
• Intuitive controls – all you need is a mouse!
• Lots of music!

This is the first game by sound designer Michael Manning (Signal From Tölva, Rogue System, MirrorMoon EP) featuring graphic design and music contributions from Tyler Barber.

Reviews

“Brute is N with a ship in place of a ninja. That change aside, there’s the same challenge of grappling with the particulars of the game’s physics, the same love of alternating bright colours, and a similar menagerie of deadly pursuing enemies ready to destroy you with a single touch. Luckily, there’s also the same sense of satisfaction to be found in trying, failing and eventually overcoming each of its tricky levels.”
Rock Paper Shotgun