#Enter the gungeon guide series#

#Enter the gungeon guide series#

The dodge roll mechanic was inspired by trying to include a similar mechanic of Ikaruga that enabled a player to easily dodge numerous bullets simultaneously, and took the ideas used in the Dark Souls series to have the character dodge out of the way from attacks. The boss character designs were made by a combination of ideas from Crooks and Harty, which then fed into the gameplay programmer David Rubel to determine appropriate bullet hell patterns associated with that idea.

The designs of the guns took place over the two years of development, with most of the designs by team artist Joe Harty several of the guns are inspired by other video games and video game systems, including the NES Zapper and guns similar to those appearing in games such as Mega Man, Metroid, Shadow Warrior and Serious Sam. ĭungeons in the game are generated in a procedural manner, but Dodge Roll found it was better to handcraft the individual rooms, playtesting those individually, and then using their random generation to connect these rooms into a dungeon. Though Crooks stated that The Binding of Isaac was one of the game's biggest influences, they also were influenced by Nuclear Throne, Spelunky, Dark Souls and Metal Gear Solid. Crooks presented the name Enter the Gungeon to his fellow team members, and they created out the game's lore over a lunch meeting and then spent the next few weeks to prototype the game mechanics. According to developer Dave Crooks, he had been listening to the soundtrack to the game Gun Godz by Vlambeer, and the name 'Gungeon' came to him the next day. Development ĭevelopment on Enter the Gungeon started in 2014, with four Mythic Entertainment employees leaving the company to fulfill their own project just before the company would shut down later that year. Aside from selling items, NPCs sometimes offer the player quests. At the Breach, the player can talk with NPCs to obtain their service, or can spend an in-game currency acquired from defeating bosses to unlock new items that randomly appear in the Gungeon. Once encountered, NPCs either set up shop inside the Gungeon, or travel to the Breach, a hub world. Īs the player progresses through multiple playthroughs, they may encounter non-player characters (NPCs) inside the Gungeon. Enter the Gungeon has a permadeath system, and if the player dies, they must start again at the first floor. Each level of the game has a random boss, which fill the room with various patterns of bullets that the player must dodge killing the boss will allow the player to advance to the next floor. Some enemies also drop keys upon dying, which can be used on chests to unlock them. By defeating enemies, players obtain an in-game currency called bullet casings, which can be spent at shops inside the Gungeon. Weapons can range from conventional pistols and rifles, to more exotic firearms such a unicorn horn that fires rainbows or a mailbox that shoots envelopes. To defeat Gundead, the player must use a wide variety of guns and items they can be obtained by unlocking chests, or through shops and boss fights. Enemy creatures are called Gundead, and are bullet-shaped in appearance. The layout, enemies, and rewards of each level are procedurally generated.

The Gungeon is made up of five different floors, each having roughly twenty rooms inside. To protect themselves against enemy fire, players can knock over tables to provide cover, or can use consumable 'Blanks' to delete enemy projectiles in the room. Each Gungeoneer also has their own special items and weapon which can be used in the Gungeon, such as a lockpick that can open chests. The Gungeoneers can all shoot and switch between equipped guns, and can dodge attacks by performing a dodge roll, which allows them to be temporarily invulnerable to damage. The player takes control of one of four characters, collectively called the 'Gungeoneers', who must reach the bottom of the titular Gungeon to find the gun that can kill the past. The Convict Gungeoneer shooting Green projectiles at Gundead enemiesĮnter the Gungeon is a top-down bullet hell shooter with roguelike elements.