Herculian

HERCULIAN

You are the boss.

A Hercules-flavored hero keeps showing up to slay you. Kill them. They will be back. They learn your patterns, get faster, hit harder, heal, parry. By the sixth attempt they are reading you cold.

You are Cerberus, three heads and two paws, planted in a cave at the end of the world. Adventurers come. Adventurers die. Each one leaves a message behind for the next.

How to Play

• Q / W / E — Bite with left, center, right head
• A / D — Sweep left or right paw
• The hero respawns six times. Each respawn, they get one new trick.

You win by killing them all six times. You lose if your HP hits zero.

Features

• Souls-like progression seen from the boss's side
• Six adventurer tiers, from Squire to Chosen One
• AI that rolls, parries, heals, snipes, and enters phase 2 when you are bleeding out
• "Tip from the previous adventurer" message stones on death
• Hand-drawn Cerberus in a Hollow Knight-style boss arena