Breaking Protocol
Coming soon
About the game
Breaking Protocol is a chaotic bullet hell heavily focused on creative boss battles. You will play through different challenges to unlock and customize your build then fight parodies of AI Models in crazy boss fights until you break them! Die. Break. Repeat.
Original Steam description
Fired by AI, time for payback
One bad packet and ChadGPT cut you off and threw you out. Your agents choose your side and now you're all fighting your way through every AI model in the data center to get your revenge.
Breaking Protocol is a bullet hell boss rush where every boss is Unique. Attacks are telegraphed and bullets are easy to read, so every hit is on you.
The bosses are parodies of AI models you know, let me introduce you to some:
AlphaCue & DeepPocket are playing real 8-ball because they can't be bothered to interact with you. Every shot is an attack.
Claudia has thought this through very carefully and every plan is a mail-order gadget, from anvils and TNT to a grand piano. When one blows up in her face she says "You're absolutely right" and apologizes for the confusion.
The Developer wrote every model in the game, so he does everything the other bosses do in weird ways. He opens a code window and writes them in front of you in the game's real source code.
The other bosses include a llama who insists on being the main character, two voice assistants who can't help with that AND MORE!
Between the bosses, the levels change what the game is. Conway's Game of Life running on the floor, snake eating its way across the arena, spinning tops fighting each other around you, a shrinking arena, hazard tiles, a blackout, levels where you can't shoot at all AND MORE!!
Your agents fight next to you and the exploits you unlock change how you play. There are 64 of them to choose from and create your own playstyle!
Each Boss has a Hardcore version for you to challenge yourself against in the separate Boss Rush Mode
Boss Rush Mode has two ways to play.
Gauntlet throws the bosses at you back to back with an upgrade to pick before each fight.
Zero-day pits you against hardcore builds of the models patched with new attacks. Defeat them to steal their exploits for your Gauntlet runs.
Color Schemes!
You may have noticed a consistent red/amber color scheme throughout the trailer and images. If you don't like it there are 10+ different color schemes to choose from in the settings!
Demo and release information
No demo is verified in the current check data. This does not mean the game has never had a demo; check its Steam page for current availability.
Steam demo, playtest and Early Access: what is the difference?
Information & artwork: Steam · Last checked UTC