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LOCUS PROTOCOL

Demo available

Little Frame StudioDiscovered Oct 21, 2026

About the game

You are the station's defense AI. Dr. Chen left one instruction: protect the specimens in the clutch. Survive 80 waves of geometric horrors and 8 bosses in a psychological horror bullet heaven and don't ask what's inside the eggs.

Original Steam description

LOCUS PROTOCOL

DEFEND THE CORE. DISCOVER THE TRUTH.

Locus Protocol is an incremental rogue-lite retro styled twin stick shooter with heavy sci-fi and horror themes. Protect the core from waves of incoming enemies during your run using various temporary upgrades and unlock permanent skills from a custom skill tree once a run ends. Earn high scores, upgrade your player, fight new bosses, and discover the dark secrets of what's really going on in Locus Protocol.

  • Retro scifi horror aesthetic

  • Twin stick shooter gameplay (auto fire can be turned off)

  • Rogue-lite progression system with unique upgrades each run

  • Skill tree with unique upgrades for all runs

  • 8 unique bosses to fight

  • Archive of logs to unlock and discover

CONTENT WARNING

Locus Protocol contains themes of body horror, loss of identity, and existential dread delivered through optional text logs. All gameplay visuals are abstract geometric shapes. The narrative is optional but if you go looking for the truth, you'll find it.

AI Disclosures: Created using AI coding Assistant 

This game’s Art, Music, SFX was made by humans. 

Demo and release information

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