Hyper Rush!

In the vibrant, cutesy lands of Hyper Rush!, pieces of confectionery started plaguing your hometown and the goodie civilians. You are a Strawberry Shortcake with the task of taking out dangerous sugary sweets coming from a mysterious dungeon. Using your quick mobility and trusty scythe, an experienced warrior like yourself could take them out through the beats of catchy tunes. But do not be fooled! These enemies don’t fight alone as they can shoot, chase, or explode to quickly turn you from sweet to sour. As you make your way through the dungeon's levels, you wonder where all these sugared treats come from. Will you delve deeper to uncover the main ingredient for each course, or be left out to turn stale?

Our game requires your cognitive and decision-making abilities to beat the game proficiently. To defeat an enemy, you must click on the correct beat to successfully slash; missing the beat means missing the enemy. Each level of the game progressively gets harder with more enemies to defeat. It may seem unfair, but you have some abilities at your disposal to give you the upper hand. The power of the strawberry scythe gives the ability to dash and dodge enemies or projectiles with ease. There will be enemies that may be immune to your slashing attacks, but you’re equipped with the ability to parry enemies' attacks, their projectiles highlighted in purple. Throughout the game, your performance will be judged by a score and combo letter ranking system that increases with every successful hit or vanquishing of an enemy. This also increases your combo timer, which nets you more points for your score. However, breaking your hit streak will negatively affect your score and break your combo streak. Your score and combo letter ranking go on a C, B, A, and S basis (ascending in that order), with your total performance summarized after you beat the boss or if you lose all your hearts. 

Features:

• A fast-action rhythm game with a score and combo letter ranking system
• A cute, sugary art style unlike any other rhythm game
• 3 Action-packed levels of a wide variety of enemies and a challenging boss 

Credits:

• Justin Tang (Creative Director/Level Design)
• Jason Lau (Producer)
• Iris Ye (2D Artist/Animator)
• Marisa Wong (2D Artist/Animator)
• Shirley Huang (2D Artist/UI/itch.io page Banner, Thumbnail, and Background)
• Isaiah Arreola (2D Environment/Background Artist)
• Martin Jr Rodriguez Roman (Programmer)
• Chenhao Wu (Programmer/Audio)
• Ruohua Yu (Music/SFX)
• Colby DaoJensen (Music/SFX)
• Evelyn Fu (External Collaborator, 2D Artist/VFX)
• eclipse.xiv (External Collaborator, Music)
• DESUGAN (External Collaborator, Music)

Published 3/18/2026