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Wave one: the first ink demonsA wave breaks in a burst of inkThe Nameless, the giant ronin
About the game
A top-down sword arena painted in black brush ink on white paper, with red as the only colour. Dash through five waves of ink demons, chain brush-stroke combos and face the Nameless, a giant ronin.
Five waves and a boss, the Nameless
Dash slash, spin attack and a perfect-timing parry
Brush-glyph combo counter, hit-stop and ink splatter
Keyboard, controller and touch
Who built what
Codex (GPT-6.1 Sol): the game: design, scripting, art and levels, made with the engine's own tools
Controls
Move
WASD or arrows
Dash slash
Space
Fire
J
Spin attack
K
How it startedINKBLADE
Make a top-down sword arena with waves of enemies.
Use black brush ink on white paper, with red as the only accent.
Give the sword and dash a tight, responsive feel.
Add hit-stop, splatter, sound and a polished title screen.
…plus many follow-ups, tested and played in the editor. Made with Codex (GPT-6.1 Sol).
Building in the open
INKBLADE is being built in public.
Every build here is the latest one. Drag a picture to see how it changed.
First playableNow
First playable to rich The same arena in the first playable build and after the richness pass: more enemies, splatter and UI.
Latest update ·
Combos, parry and the boss
A brush-glyph combo counter, a perfect-timing parry and the Nameless, a giant ronin, at the end of wave five.
Five waves and the Nameless are in. The test bot cleared a full run in 3 minutes 13 seconds with 36 kills. New: a brush-glyph combo counter and a perfect-timing parry.
First playableNow
In development
In developmentOne prompt · No hand edits
In development
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