From the very first input
Two modes for children
Toddler and Older Kids are two no-failure experiences available from the main menu and in the demo. One responds to first gestures; the other teaches aiming and shooting without changing your profile.
YUREI presents
The Tower saw you enter.
A vertical ascent.
Choices that leave a mark.
Vertical shoot ’em up roguelite · solo or local co-op · keyboard and controllers · work in progress
A call in the light 01:10
IRIS is calling
“Climb. Find me.” A presence calls to you from the top of the Tower.
Game footage · English text · 1 min 10
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First threshold
Climb.
Let the light do the rest.
Every floor unsettles what you thought you knew.
What waits above never reveals itself twice.
One Tower, several ways to play
An ascent
for everyone.
From a child’s first inputs to the toughest challenges, SPECTRASCENT can bring generations together — or be climbed solo.
Play together, differently
Complementary local co-op
A second player can join with a controller as a support firefly: move freely, absorb enemies and repair the ship. Play with keyboard plus controller, or with two controllers.
Shape the experience
Accessibility as a design pillar
Enlarge text, strengthen contrast and projectile readability, choose a colour-blind palette, reduce motion, flashes, glitches, shake and vibration, remap controls or enable automatic fire.
Something is watching
It was not waiting for you.
It recognizes you.
Fragments of the ascent
A few glimpses.
Nothing more.
Work-in-progress game captures.
Developer’s note
About the game
Thank you for taking an interest in this project ^^ It started as a joke about AI in May 2026. The result wasn’t too bad, so I kept developing it with the idea of making a polished, enjoyable and fun game. I added lots of ideas as they came to me, to experiment with design and gameplay. I don’t expect to make anything from it.
The “children’s” modes are a tribute to the person my daughter Lilith will grow into. She was born shortly before the project began.
The first threshold is open
The Tower opens
its first threshold.
Work in progress · the first 22 levels
On Windows: unzip the archive, then run SPECTRASCENT.exe. Keyboard or controller, no installer.
This build is still being written. From the main menu, GIVE FEEDBACK opens a five-minute anonymous questionnaire.