Gutterglow

GUTTERGLOW is a bowling roguelike. The ball and the pins are real physics bodies, so every point comes from pins that actually fell. There are no hidden dice rolls.

• Each round has a target score and a few throws across three lanes.
  
• Hold to charge, aim, release. Release in the gold band for a PERFECT throw. FULL POWER hits harder but drifts off line.
  
• Every fallen pin scores POINTS. FEVER multiplies them. Tricks, perfect throws and your build raise FEVER.
  
• After each throw a receipt lists every reason it scored.

A run is 10 levels and 41 rounds. Each level ends with a boss.




Before a run you choose one of 18 balls. Each has its own rule: GLASS doubles your pins' base value but breaks in the gutter, MOON jumps bumpers, REEL sweeps the lane on its way back.

• 24 relics change the ball itself: weight, speed, jump height, gutter rescue.
  
• 26 tricks fill five slots and pay when a throw qualifies, such as DOMINO or BANK SHOT.
  
• 14 pin sets and 6 shop pins change the rack. A SPROUT grows each time it falls. A MIRROR doubles its fallen neighbours.
  
• 6 build archetypes. When a key piece and two parts of the same build pay on one throw, they multiply.

12 bosses: 9 regular bosses and 3 finals. Each one changes the lane on every throw. THE GOALKEEPER adds a defender. THE MAGNET pulls your ball towards the gutter. THE FOG hides the pins. THE FUSE plants pins that explode. THE MACHINE stands fallen pins back up.

13 lane types, each with one physical rule: ICE slides, WIND pushes, SAND kills the hook, a BELT carries the ball, SNOW leaves a groove.






After each boss the shop opens. Buy pins, tricks and upgrades, reroll the offers and sell tricks you no longer need. Strikes add a tip, and the offers lean towards your current build.

• NORMAL: lose a level from 1 to 9 and you replay it. Level 10 has no retry.
  
• HARD: no lives, higher prices, one throw less against each boss. Unlocks after winning NORMAL.
  
• ENDLESS: keep playing past level 10, with special nights such as ICE NIGHT.

Records are kept per ball: best level, best throw, strikes, spares and gutter balls.

• Real pin physics, no hidden dice rolls.
  
• 10 levels and 41 rounds per run.
  
• 12 bosses and 13 lane types.
  
• 18 balls, 24 relics, 26 tricks, 14 pin sets, 6 shop pins.
  
• 3 modes: NORMAL, HARD and ENDLESS.
  
• 79 achievements and 31 languages.
  
• Mouse, keyboard or controller.