A rhythm-based, occult-industrial space shooter. Traverse the Bardo, the liminal space between life & death, in techno-infused spaceship combat wrapped in a narrative RPG.

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About This Game

B A RD O S P A CE S H I P is a techno rhythm bullet hell about dying, reincarnating, and fighting your way through the machinery behind reality.

You pilot a ship through hostile worlds where the music is the level. Enemies attack in rhythm. Patterns build with the track. Read the beat, dodge, shoot, parry, and try not to get vaporized.

Between levels, the game is a visual novel.

You’ll meet strange people, gods, machines, demons, and things that don’t fit neatly into any of those categories.

The story takes you from the industrial depths of the Machine Abyss, through a war spanning dimensions, into increasingly strange layers of reality as you try to figure out what happened to you, where the fuck you are, and whether escaping the cycle is even possible.

The soundtrack is 18 original techno records written specifically for the game. Not background music. Not a playlist slapped over gameplay. The entire game is built around it.

Think DDR meets Space Invaders, except you died and woke up inside a techno club run by the demiurge.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

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

ONLY FOR DEMO - placeholder visual assets. All writing, music, and gameplay elements are human-made.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Some cursing, references to death / dying / mature themes about life, references to drug use.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Dual-core 2.0 GHz
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible integrated graphics
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    • Sound Card: DirectX-compatible sound card
    • VR Support: N/A
    • Additional Notes: N/A
    Minimum:
    • OS: Mac OS 11 Big Sur
    • Processor: Intel Core i3 or Apple M1
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Any audio output
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