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Angel Pop
Staff note: It's one of the most satisfying and impressively fast bullet hells on the Playdate.
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Description
Staff note: It's one of the most satisfying and impressively fast bullet hells on the Playdate. *Winner of "Best Action Game" and "Outstanding Technical Achievement" of the 2024 Playdate Community Awards! 50+ stages. 30+ enemies. 15+ original songs. 12 difficulty levels. 3 gameplay modes. Up to 1000 objects on screen. Anything goes. Play as a young girl in a surreal dreamworld in Angel Pop; a mixed-media multidirectional bullet hell shooter with lovingly-crafted bullet patterns and setpieces designed specifically around the Playdate screen. Inspired by doujin shooting games and classic arcade shmups, Angel Pop is a full-length arcade game which will take ~20 minutes for a single perfect playthrough, and likely several hours to clear the first time. It features continues, saves, and a training mode which lets you practice any individual stage. Difficulty changes in real-time based on player actions. Manipulating difficulty for both score and safety are key to mastering the game. Score big for extra lives.
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- Tilt: Not used
- Microphone: Not used
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Game, art, music, by NNNN Sound effects by OSABISI
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This game can be played with either the d-pad & buttons, or d-pad & crank. Playing with the crank will require constant movement of the crank.
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Angel Pop Playthrough (Playdate)
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Playdate: The Unofficial Website
Angel Pop
Nick Simberg
2024-07-02
I can be your angle…. or yuor devil
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High Scores: Turbo
- 1 Feynman 2,148,270
- 2 Glenjamin 1,499,437
- 3 chrome 1,333,700
- 4 yoyogigames 1,178,628
- 5 Mallory 1,088,983
- 6 PurpleShoes 932,441
- 7 Lefloic 893,500
- 8 omoikane 858,237
- 9 Nnnn 794,358
- 10 LovelyBovine 659,145
High Scores: Nightmare
- 1 Feynman 4,189,540
- 2 Glenjamin 3,201,590
- 3 chrome 3,124,050
- 4 Dreamsoft 2,832,730
- 5 Lefloic 2,794,510
- 6 SuperBulletWill 2,622,750
- 7 3411145788764169 2,614,060
- 8 Kirkpad 1,597,060
- 9 kekshelek 1,465,350
- 10 BlackJackCm 1,450,810
High Scores: Original
- 1 Feynman 3,143,710
- 2 Glenjamin 2,465,800
- 3 Nnnn 2,362,896
- 4 chrome 2,258,345
- 5 Dreamsoft 2,171,216
- 6 LovelyBovine 2,072,748
- 7 SuperBulletWill 2,006,213
- 8 Tatrabbit 1,995,402
- 9 kittens 1,913,418
- 10 Dreas 1,905,900
Age note: This game contains mild disturbing imagery and may not be suitable for young children.
AI: This game's developer created it without the use of generative AI.





