Lovely Planet developer quicktequila has announced TAMASHIKA, a fast-paced psychedelic arcade shooter

TAMASHIKA is in development for Windows PC (via Steam) with a release set for sometime in 2025.

Here’s a rundown on the game, plus its reveal trailer:

Patterns in sensate experience reinforce an illusion of CONTINUITY. The DREAM is a construction of the MIND that perpetuates the ILLUSION.

The cartesian prison is a hall of mirrors, a recursive LABYRINTH. Each a reflection of me – only PATTERNS and PROCESSES.

The present moment is the only thing that is real – FOCUS. Chaotic attractors are seizing your ATTENTION. don’t push or pull at it.

You have to reduce model complexity, you must cultivate FLOW. The GAME, is about keeping your MIND at ONE place!

CONCENTRATE and remember… ATTENTION IS ALL YOU NEED.

Features

TAMASHIKA is a fast-paced arcade style corridor shooter with hand drawn animations, precision sound effects and upbeat background music.

You get:

• ONE weapon: A semi-automatic pistol
• ONE side-arm: A tantō blade
• ONE level: Procedurally generated, layout changes every day
• ONE achievement: 1 hidden
• Actions: Walk, strafe, shoot, reload, melee, parry, blink (teleport) & astral projection

There are No Checkpoints, No Unlocks & No Cutscenes (the game does NOT include these features!)

The developer predicts this game could be described as difficult & repetitive.

Total playtime is approximately 10 minutes (start to end, no restarts – pending playtesting)

Please note – This feature set is subject to change prior to release! Changes will be published here and posted on the community forums