Bridge Assault
An arcade shooter on a suspension bridge – your squad fires on its own while you pick lanes and upgrades under fire. One bridge and one armoured boss so far.
Opens at everydaygames.se/bridge-assault/
Maturity
- Idea(completed)
- Prototype(completed)
- Alpha(completed)
- Beta(current stage)
- Promoted
About the project
Bridge Assault is a fast arcade shooter where you don’t aim – the squad fires on its own. What you control is where you run, and so which upgrade rolls into the squad: one more soldier, a heavier weapon, a grenade or the rare tank.
The bridge needed real 3D for the perspective to work, so the game is built in Three.js rather than a 2D engine.
The next step is content: more bridges, more bosses and a difficulty curve that can carry a longer session.
Current state
What works
- A complete two-to-four-minute run, from the first soldier to the boss
- The squad grows to seven soldiers, and the weapon goes from submachine gun to minigun
- Upgrades as physical gates on the bridge – you choose with your feet, under fire
- The boss, an armoured bridge tank (Pansarbrovagnen), with cannons and a rocket turret that telegraphs its attacks
- After a win, the level can be replayed at a higher difficulty
- Keyboard, mouse and touch; original sound and graphics
What isn’t finished
- One bridge and one boss – no variety between levels
- The difficulty curve is just the same level getting harder
- The interface is Swedish only, among games that are otherwise in English
- Built in a day, with only a handful of tests
Why is this project on BSite?
- Early prototype
- Features are not complete yet
The game is fun and complete for a single run, but it is shown here early in its life – one day old, with one level and one boss. That is enough to show the idea, not to stand alongside the polished arcade games on EverydayGames. With at least three levels, a real difficulty curve and an English interface, it moves back.
Screenshots
Three soldiers run across the suspension bridge towards three upgrade gates – +1 soldier, minigun and grenade – as enemies and red barrels close in. 
Four soldiers fire at the armoured bridge tank boss, with its health bar along the top and level, weapon and squad size in the top left corner.
Development log
Moved to BSite. The game itself stays at the same address, everydaygames.se/bridge-assault/.
Built and published on the same day, balanced with a test bot that plays runs automatically.