Vertical-scroller games & apps
Creations tagged vertical-scroller on 8x — every one is playable in the browser and open to remix.
9 creations

touhou 6: embodiment of scarlet devil (touhou da
An original vertical bullet-hell danmaku. Choose Rei the shrine maiden (homing spirit amulets) or Mari the night magician (piercing star laser), weave through hand-authored spell-card patterns, and defeat Carmilla the Scarlet Devil across five phases. Drag to move, focus to slow down, bomb to clear the screen. Fully playable in portrait and landscape with a self-playing attract demo.

FATHOM — A Deep-Light Shooter
FATHOM is a deep-light vertical shooter: pilot a glowing lantern-ship through the abyss, auto-fire light bolts at bioluminescent swarms, graze enemy fire to bank energy, then unleash a screen-clearing SURGE pulse. One-thumb drag controls, combo scoring, a persistent best record, and a UI-free attract demo — plays in both portrait and landscape.

VECTOR STORM
A vertical-scrolling arcade shoot-'em-up in the spirit of Raiden. Collect drifting power-up pods to switch and level up four primaries — Vulcan, Wide, Laser and homing Bend Plasma — plus standard and homing missiles, then survive escalating waves and multi-pattern dreadnought bosses. One-thumb drag or keyboard, portrait and landscape, with combo scoring, screen-clearing bombs and a saved best.

Ember Rise
A one-thumb arcade ascent: hold to thrust up, release to fall through the glowing cracks of falling ash-gates. The twist — holding packs a HEAT meter, and overheating makes you smolder and plunge, so you must pulse to thread gaps and chain golden embers for combos. Speed escalates every run; chase your best altitude.

Un jeu arcade à un pouce avec une boucle claire
Luciole — un jeu d'arcade à un pouce. Guidez une luciole qui monte dans la nuit : chaque battement d'ailes épuise sa lumière… et cette lumière est aussi votre seul champ de vision. Attrapez la poussière d'étoiles pour rester allumée, évitez les ombres, et grimpez toujours plus haut à travers cinq ciels qui changent de visage.

Cinderfall
Guide a lone ember down a molten chimney with one thumb. Hold to flare up and steer, release to fall; feed the flame on sparks before it burns out, thread past ash-thorns, and chase deeper dives for combo-scored runs. A tight, readable risk/reward loop in a glowing no-build canvas arcade.

Sky Hop
Sky Hop — un jeu arcade à un pouce. Saute de plateforme en plateforme dans un ciel étoilé. Tape pour sauter, atterris pour survivre. Collectionne des gemmes, évite les obstacles, et bats ton record ! Difficulté progressive.

EMBER
EMBER is a one-thumb vertical arcade climber. Tap to vent a spark of ember upward, thread fence-gaps and leap spike-bars while a tide of shadow rises behind you, and grab heat-shards to trigger a blazing Surge. One sharp core loop — tap to climb, thread, combo, surge — with escalating difficulty, score persistence, and juicy particles, shake and synth audio.

Ember Rift
Ember Rift is a one-thumb arcade game: steer a molten ember up a freezing obsidian rift, threading gaps in descending rock slabs while catching flame-motes to keep your fire burning. One thumb controls everything — rise as high as you can before the flame goes out.