Ellipsis is an action-packed Avoid ’Em Up with minimalistic, yet powerful neon styled visuals. Guide your ship through a mysterious universe while deftly avoiding hordes of roaming enemies, spikes, lasers and more.
Ellipsis is one of those indie games that demonstrates how much can be accomplished with a focused idea and a strong sense of style. Developed and published by Salmi Games, the title takes an unconventional approach to arcade design by stripping away combat almost entirely and replacing it with a constant emphasis on movement, timing, and survival....
Oh hey did I never rate this? . . . whoops!
Anyway, Ellipsis was my favorite game at PAX East 2017, and for whatever reason I was randomly thinking about it again today. I really enjoyed the classic, tightly controlling mouse-avoider gameplay, the intuitive level-editor, and the neon retro arcade aesthetic.
I wish it would have found a wider audience,...