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Exilus Viper
Awaken as the Nav Shard—one of five A.I. fragments aboard a mysterious fighter-jet. Battle through branching stages in a neon-infused vertical shmup. Choose your weapon frame, and fight your way to the Void. No retries. No rewinds. This is Exilus Viper.
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Release Date:
May 28, 2025
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Languages:
Interface Full Audio Subtitles
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Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“We are a small indie team, working on our first video game, and would love to get as much input as possible from players, to help us improve Exilus Viper - along its journey to full release.
It also gives us a chance to offer the game at a lower price point, to reward and incentivise early adopters!”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Exilus Viper will likely be in Early Access for at least 12 months, as we incorporate
feedback generated through Early Access, finalize assets, and other features.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“It is important not to over promise and under deliver, but, features that we absolutely need to add, before considering Exilus Viper as the "full version", include :

Practice Modes, Stage Summaries, and the more Challenging and streamlined -
Exilus Pro Mode - for EV enthusiasts.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“All intended base gameplay mechanics, 3 weapon frame choices, all 11 planned stages (8 standard and 3 alternate), a Tutorial stage, and fully voiced story elements throughout.

Most of the Early Access progress will be focused on addressing player feedback, balance, polish, and working towards both the Practice modes, and the more challenging Exilus Pro game mode. ”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“Yes. Although there won't be a massive price hike, we would like to incentivize and
reward those of you who purchase our game during Early Access. We plan to increase
the price in 2 stages - a small increment approximately every 6 months, until the full release in 2026.”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“We hope you will head to our community hub here on steam, to join the conversation, provide feedback, and share your opinions!

Help shape the improvements and direction of Exilus Viper!”
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About This Game

Arcade Shoot'em Up Combat

Choose from 1 of 3 different weapons frames :

Each frame has 15 weapon tiers to progress through.

                                                                                                                                                        

Challenge Based Stage Progression

Blast your way through the 8 stages, via 8 different routes, in a challenge based “Outrun-lite” progression system.


                                                                                                                                                        

Gameplay Mechanics

Player Collisions

  • Player hit box is the smaller central diamond (A.I. cluster shard)

                                                                                                                                                        

UI Tags

         Avoid enemy bullets!                  Player will not take                 Player will take damage

                                                            damage from enemy               when colliding with

                                                             collisions                                 highlighted environmental

                                                             ("Target" UI tag)                     objects ("Warning" UI tag)

                                                                                                                                                        

Player Hull Points

      Lose 1 HP per instance               Gain 1 HP via stage                  Gain an additional 2 HP

      of damage taken                         selection                                   when selecting easier

                                                                                                            stages

                                                                                                                                                        

NO CONTINUES

  • When your HP reaches zero, your current run will end, and your score will be registered.

                                                                                                                                                        

Scoring

  • Chain based score multiplier - Keep your chain alive for higher scoring runs!

  • Enemy Rarity based score bonuses - Tougher enemies = More scoring!

                                                                                                                                                        

Exilus Beam (Super)

  • Charge your Exilus Beam (super) by defeating enemies with your Primary Weapon

  • Unleash the power of the Exilus Beam and leave your lesser enemies in ruin, or make tactical bullet cancels against tougher foes!

                                                                                                                                                        

Early Access and Roadmap

Exilus Viper is our first game, and therefore it will take plenty of additional work and updates before we will consider it ready for full release.

Obviously we will greatly benefit by receiving feedback from our players, as we do our best to balance and refine the base game.

The following is a very rough “Seasonal Roadmap” of our intentions during early access :

Plans inevitably change, especially when considering community feedback, but we feel our Seasonal Roadmap should be achievable given our progress up to this point.

Please head to our Community Hub here on Steam - and share your thoughts on Exilus Viper, and we will do our best to continue improving the game, and incorporate your feedback!
                                                                                                                                                        

Beyond Early Access

Preliminary work has already begun on a sequel to EV, and we also have plans to expand our universe into other genres, but these things take a serious back seat during EV’s early access period.

                                                                                                                                                        

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Vocal Audio generated via AI.

All other Audio, Visual, and Story assets were generated via Humans.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: Intel Core2 Duo
    • Memory: 2000 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Shader Model 3
    • DirectX: Version 9.0c
    • Storage: 1000 MB available space
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