Layer Defence

Layer Defence is a compact pixel-art roguelike arena. You are a knight with a sword, a portal is open above the arena, and the arena itself refuses to stay still.

Every wave drops from the sky: slimes that split, bats that telegraph and swoop, skeleton bone-throwers, charging orcs, teleporting mages, exploding bombers, ghosts, spiders, imps and stone golems. Every 5th wave a boss climbs out - Slime King, Necromancer or Demon Lord - each with summons, slams and a second phase.

Between waves the arena rebuilds itself: platforms slide, drop in and float away, and the portal reopens on the other side. Grab the loot, spend coins on upgrades (or on a whole new weapon), then step into the green gate to call the next wave.

FEATURES

- 10 enemy types + 3 multi-phase bosses + elite variants

- 7 weapons: sword, twin dagger, spear, war hammer, bone scythe, hunter bow, arcane staff

- 22 stackable upgrades and a rerollable shop between waves

- Sky pots and treasure chests: extra hearts, coins and gems

- Procedural arena layouts that reshape between rounds

- Juice: trauma-based camera shake, hit-stop, damage numbers, crits, screen flashes

- Every sprite, sound effect and even the font is generated by the project's own tooling

- Runs in the browser: nothing to install, ~30 seconds to load, no account needed

CONTROLS

A / D - move          SPACE - jump (tap for a higher hop)

SHIFT or J - dash     S - drop through a platform

MOUSE - aim           LEFT CLICK - attack (hold to keep swinging)

TAB or E - shop between waves     ESC - close the shop

TIPS

- Melee weapons show their exact reach and swing arc on the floor - use it.

- Bats flash right before they dive. That's your window to dash.

- During the loot window you have ~7 seconds to sweep the floor; leftovers are collected automatically when the shop opens.

- Bosses enrage at half health.

The build is a single-threaded WebAssembly export, so it runs on itch without any special browser settings. Keyboard and mouse required (no touch controls).