Ballistic Craft

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A bullet hell of your own making! Play the game where strategy and creativity meet -- duel rival wizards in real time battle arenas with custom shot crafting to win the Tournament of Crafters!

Genres & Tags

Play Modes

Local Multi-Player Play with friends in the same physical space using split-screen or multiple screens
2-Players Play with one other player, either online or locally, in a cooperative or competitive game mode
Multi-Player Compete or cooperate with other players online
Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo
PvP Player versus Player - Fight against other players in real-time, often in arena-style combat
Split Screen Play with multiple players on the same screen, often with divided or shared screen real estate

Reviews

55%

Audience ScoreBased on 11 reviews

graphics1 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

The spell crafting system is unique and allows for a high degree of creativity, rewarding players for innovative designs.
Fast-paced gameplay with mechanical depth, including features like animation cancels and a perfect block mechanic, makes for exciting combat.
The game is entertaining and offers a fun experience for those looking to experiment with custom bullet patterns in PvP.

The game suffers from a lack of player base, making multiplayer experiences difficult to find, especially in the U.S.
Singleplayer content is repetitive and lacks depth, with limited enemy variety and a steep difficulty curve that feels artificial.
Graphics and presentation are bland, with recycled assets and forgettable music, detracting from the overall experience.

gameplay
9 mentions
33 % positive mentions
33 % neutral mentions
33 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by fast-paced movement and mechanical depth, allowing for intricate maneuvers like animation cancels and high jumps, which enhance the excitement of duels. Players engage in repetitive battles against the same opponent, utilizing a variety of spell shots, but face limitations in mechanics such as bullet placement and a steep difficulty curve that some find frustrating. Overall, while the game offers unique mechanics and balanced gameplay, it suffers from a lack of variety in opponents and challenge.
- “One of my favorite parts of the game is the movement; it's pretty fast-paced and actually has a lot of mechanical depth to it, from animation cancels to high jumps. It can be difficult to hit an opponent with good movement, and coupled with the perfect block mechanic, it can create some really drawn-out and exciting fights.”
- “A fun game with a unique mechanic of creating your own shot.”
- “The guard meter definitely adds a very interesting element to the gameplay.”
- “Gameplay consists of dueling the same opponent over and over again, by throwing a bullet hell of luminescent balls at them in different forms, sizes, and trajectories.”
- “Mechanically speaking, you're really limited with things like laying traps, since you can only place 20 bullets at a time from what I've seen.”
- “Just like I mentioned previously, you always fight the same opponent, and mechanically speaking, most of the bullets are the same or have irrelevant differences; the difficulty curve is as steep as a ramp for disabled people. You do have the zen spellbook, but it's honestly artificial difficulty, where they tweaked numbers instead of actually making the AI smarter or having more patterns.”
story
6 mentions
33 % positive mentions
17 % neutral mentions
50 % negative mentions
The game's story revolves around a main character who enters a magic high school filled with white-haired clones, aiming to challenge the status quo and prove that anyone can succeed despite societal pressures. Players also experience a narrative where a mage from a poor village competes in a royal knights tournament, facing a series of gauntlets against multiple opponents. While the premise is intriguing, many users express a desire for a more complex and enriched story mode with additional content and environments.
- “In the story mode, the basics are that you're a mage from a poor village who won the lottery and got the chance to compete in the royal knights tournament, which involves a few gauntlets where you have to beat 10 opponents in a row, and if you lose, you have to fight those ten in order again.”
- “I'd like to see an even better story mode with new environments and more story content!”
- “I don't know, the game plot is not as complex as the editor.”
- “The story is about this main character that gets into this magic high school full of white-haired clones and decides to fight them for sport... or fun... or because she wants to prove that in a closed society full of albino individuals with a superiority complex, there is hope for those that, while different, can get to the top with effort and work.”
- “In the story mode, the basics are that you're a mage from a poor village that won the lottery and got the chance to compete in the royal knights tournament, which involves a few gauntlets where you have to beat 10 opponents in a row, and if you lose, you have to fight those ten in order again.”
music
2 mentions
50 % positive mentions
-100 % neutral mentions
150 % negative mentions
The music in the game is largely considered forgettable, with only the main song standing out as enjoyable; however, the rest of the soundtrack fails to leave a lasting impression.
- “The music is forgettable, unfortunately.”
- “The soundtrack lacks variety and fails to enhance the gameplay experience.”
- “I found the music to be repetitive and uninspired, which detracted from my enjoyment of the game.”
graphics
1 mentions
100 % positive mentions
0 % neutral mentions
0 % negative mentions
The graphics are generally considered decent, with users noting that they are not bad overall.