RED PANIC demo · closed beta

Red Panic an original game for the Virtual Boy

The Red Panic teaser: VERDANT, the seven other worlds, the three planes of depth, the plans, two players, FEVER, the title, then the demo and the closed beta

A journey to the fevered sun.

Burst the spheres, snatch the power-ups, grab the key and leap for the door, across eight planets in the Virtual Boy's real depth.

Alone, or two players in CO-OP, by link cable or with a CPU partner.

The demo

The demo is built, and free: VERDANT, the first planet and its five places, then COMETS, the crossing that follows. Solo or CO-OP, with FEVER for both.

Download the demo

To join the closed beta, send a private message on Discord to @henzelince.

The CO-OP lobby with the CPU partner
CO-OP with the CPU. Two pilots, one score.
The FEVER board on VERDANT
FEVER. Short challenges; each one starts when you press A. In the demo: VERDANT and COMETS.

Eight worlds

Each planet's fifth and richest place, in play. Emulator captures, left eye only; click to enlarge.

VERDANT, its fifth place, in play
VERDANT
GLACIA, its fifth place, in play
GLACIAICE
ABYSSA, its fifth place, in play
ABYSSAWATER
AERIA, its fifth place, in play
AERIAWIND
PRISMA, its fifth place, in play
PRISMACRYSTAL
NOX, its fifth place, in play
NOX
FORGIA, its fifth place, in play
FORGIABELT
MAGMA, its fifth place, in play
MAGMAGEYSERS

The closed beta

Join the closed beta and design levels with us

Every place of the game starts as a plan. The beta kit holds the plan of every place; you can redraw any of them and send it back. Every redraw is read, but none is promised a place in the game.

The plan of VERDANT 5
VERDANT 5, its plan: the routes, the ladder, the key and the door, as the level-design reference draws them.

To join, send a private message on Discord to @henzelince. What the beta kit holds.

The 3D

Places reach back into the screen, up to three planes deep. Pads launch you from one plane to another, and from a pad you can fire your line into the next plane.

Whatever stands in front of your plane turns see-through, so your pilot stays in view.

The soundtrack

Eleven pieces, 45-second extracts recorded from the game's jukebox.

  1. TITLE THEME Athe title
  2. ORRERYthe map
  3. DRIFTthe crossings
  4. GARDENVERDANT
  5. AURORAGLACIA
  6. UNDERTOWABYSSA
  7. SKYWARDAERIA
  8. SPECTRUMPRISMA
  9. NOCTURNENOX
  10. FOUNDRYFORGIA
  11. CALDERAMAGMA