LIGHTBLADE

[h2]You are not armed.[/h2]Everything on this screen wants to shoot you, and you did not bring a gun. What you have is a blade, a parry window measured in frames, and the factthat a reflected bullet hits a lot harder than an original one.[b]LIGHTBLADE[/b] is a compact arcade survival game built around one action. Point the blade. Hit the button at the right moment.

The shot that was aboutto kill you becomes the shot that clears the arena.[h2]The loop[/h2][list][*][b]Parry, don't dodge.[/b] You cannot move. You can only turn, and you canonly defend. Every threat has to be answered, not avoided.[*][b]Reflected fire is your only damage.[/b] Nothing you do kills an enemydirectly. Every kill on your scoreboard came out of an enemy's own gun.[*][b]Perfect timing pays double.[/b] Catch a shot in the first frames of thewindow and time stretches, the screen flares, and your combo climbs faster.[*][b]Burst clears the board.[/b] Bank enough energy from clean parries andone keypress reflects every bullet on screen at once.[/list][h2]What you're up against[/h2][list][*][b]Drones[/b] — steady single shots.

They teach you the rhythm.[*][b]Burst units[/b] — three-round spreads that punish a lazy blade angle.[*][b]Rushers[/b] — they don't shoot.…