Welcome to Endurance!

In this high-score arcade game, you play as a humble green square who has to fend off a multitude of enemies. In your arsenal is a collection of power-ups as well as a dash. Activate the dash and run into enemies to make your score skyrocket!

Face off against an onslaught of foes, collect useful power-ups, avoid traps, and defeat bosses to get the highest score you can before you're killed. Play for a couple of minutes or for a couple of hours!

Controls

WASD - move around
Space - use the dash ability
Down arrow - toggle the inventory panel
Left/Up/Right arrow - activate a power-up
Escape/Q - pause the game

Learn more about Endurance's mechanics in the in-game Guide section.

Third Time's a Charm

Endurance is the culmination of around 3-4 years of work. Back in my freshman year of high school, I started working on a small game in the Python library Pygame as a side project. This game became the "prototype" version of Endurance, and is also where the name came from. It is a janky, laggy mess of a game, but after showing it to some friends, I decided to kick it up a notch.

In my sophomore year, I had started using the Godot game engine for the first time and wanted to try making a big project with it. So, I began work on the original version of Endurance, featuring new enemies and power-ups to help the player. While that version was decent, there were many underlying issues with it. So, after some updates, I decided to be finished with the game.

After some time, around the end of my sophomore year, I began planning out a remaster/sequel to the original Endurance. That's what this game is. Throughout this game's development, I've stopped and started multiple times. However, on my third try during winter break of my senior year of high school, I've truly started making progress on this game.

That's where we are today. I hope you enjoy Endurance as much as I enjoyed making it!

Quick Credits

The scrolling background on the title and guide screens use this shader by Exuin.