Redd’s Runaway
This is a tale about pain, suffering, and vengeance; about hope, compassion, and mercy.
Inspired by the Red Ridding Hood’s tale, Redd’s Runaway is a run and gun action game, combining a frenetic playstyle with an aesthetic reminiscent of the traditions of Halloween and the Day of the Dead, in a short experience aiming for a great replayability.
- A run and gun 2D game, inspired by classics like Megaman X, The Adventures of Batman and Robin (Mega Drive) and Ghost n’ Goblins.
- Get inmersed into a world infused with the Halloween and the Day of the Dead mythos, where ghosts, monsters and demons appear at every step.
- 6 worlds, each one full of enemies and a level boss.
- Obtain new weapons and switch between your arsenal in real time, as you develop your own strategies to surpass this nightmare.
- Different game modes, like Arcade, Endless, and Boss Rush.
- Discover a story about revenge, when the sorceress Redd must stop an Underworld invasion in Brock City.
Redd was an orphan adopted by a master sorceress when she was just a baby. She has learned a few spells specialized in offensive tactics, to protect other people from supernatural menaces. She believes that life, as is, is chaotic enough, and is willing to help others in need against the creatures of the Underworld. After joining the Legion of Sorcerers in her adulthood and starting her training, tragedy struck her life when an unknown attacker killed her mother. With a scar as a reminder of the event, Redd suffered a deep trauma, which left her confused and depressed, pushing away her best friends and teammates.
When Brock City is under invasion, she will use everything she learned to fight along the Legion and defend the innocent, learning new spells in her way to stop this nightmare. But this event may put her abilities and strength at test until its last consequences: moreso, her true believings.
Join Redd’s journey to stop this supernatural invasion and the mind behind this nightmare.
Game Discussion
Steam User 0
Redd’s Runaway is a short side-scrolling schmup-esque game with a high-energy music neatly complementing the simple gameplay. After beating the main mode, the player will get access to the harder difficulty, endless mode, and a neat boss rush.
I've beaten the base mode in under one hour, and the story honestly felt to me more like a filler between the levels instead of a driving point to keep playing. But not every game must have an amazing story. This one is more of a chill-out type that you play to enjoy a brief moment of fast and simple gameplay when you have a free moment or two. The game has a vintage TV setting, which may be a small thing, but in my opinion, it really fitted into this one and gave the game a great deal of charm overall. On the opposite side, enemy projectiles vanishing after their death felt kinda weird. My guess is that it was easier for the dev to program enemies and their projectiles as a single entity, which sadly encourages the bursting of ranged enemies instead of putting effort into dodging their projectiles.
If I am to point out the things that I did not like in this one, it would be a lack of a restart button (to start over without all of the upgrades) and a bit too high pricing for an indie game with this amount of content. Redd's Runaway is (from what I've seen) frequently listed on Steam sales, but the initial high pricing probably scares off potential players who are looking through indie titles on Steam.
Wise words from wizard turtle: There is a (probably unintended) way to melt bosses in this game.