Code Shifter

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The story takes place in the development offices of a software company, ""Awesome Rainbow Corp"". Trouble arises just as you're gearing up to release the final version of the game!

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Developer:
Arc System Works
Publisher:
Arc System Works America
Engine:
Unity
Release date:
29 January 2020
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Recent Steam reviews:
Not specified
All Steam reviews:
Mixed (54)

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Description

The story takes place in the development offices of a software company, ""Awesome Rainbow Corp"". Trouble arises just as you're gearing up to release the final version of the game! Many mysterious bugs are occurring, and time is running out!

To deal with this situation, a programmer, Stella, whips up a debug program: ""CODE SHIFTER"".
""CODE SHIFTER"" will let Stella's avatar ""Sera"" dive into the game and start fixing things up.
Will Stella and her coworkers be able to find the origin of these bugs and deliver the game before the launch date?

■Original style with a retro twist!
Enjoy the delightful graphics from titles past and present remixed with 2D watercolor and 8-bit pixel art.

■Game system
Players will explore the stage while transforming into various characters from different IPs created by Arc System Works!
Successfully adapt and complete all stages using a large volume of 30 playable characters animated in 8-bit!

■Comedy
Take a break from debugging with a comedic story between the ARC staff Stella, Mozzie, Rudy, Hudson, and Greig.

■Arc System Works crossover
This game is a 2D 8-bit action game where various IPs created by Arc System Works crossover, players explore the stage while transforming into various characters animated in 8-bit. The IPs included in this game are all 25 titles of Arc System Works' massive library! A large volume of 30 playable characters and 70 support characters are featured. A dream crossover between IPs are finally here!

■Brawl fighting action mode
In addition, the 4-player brawl fighting action ""Colorful Fighters"" is also included as an extra feature!

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *:
Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 (64-bit OS)
Processor:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce 7800GT
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
3 GB available space

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10 (64-bit OS)
Processor:
Core i5 4570s
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
3 GB available space

User reviews

Goofy Oomfie
Not recommended | 05 Feb 2020
2.8h played

More of an ad than a game In essence, this game is a less than mediocre action platformer with poor aesthetics and gameplay. Nothing really stands out besides the ArcSys characters being involved. The combat and

Helpful: 20
SCPH-39001
Not recommended | 03 Feb 2020
1.3h played

TLDR; I didn't finish the game. Wait for a Sale. A deep one. I was actually kinda looking forward to this game, seeing the sprites and 8bit remixes on ArcSys' twitter, but now that the game is out, I am really

Helpful: 79
TemmieNeko
Not recommended | 30 Jan 2020
47 min played

The idea of the game is neat, seeing all the ARC characters being used is nice, lil nostalgia. There's tons of music for all your fave franchises, and all of the main story game is in service to unlokcing cxharacters

Helpful: 31
Zoo
Recommended | 30 Jan 2020
44 min played

I've played a few missions and got to what I think is the first boss. Game is a fun and relaxing platformer that pays homage to arcsys' history with characters from Guilty Gear, Blazblue, River City, etc. The 8bit

Helpful: 20
You now crave tacos!
Not recommended | 11 May 2021
4.3h played

I made it roughly halfway through the game, and I don't think it's going to get any better. So the reason why you're looking at this game is the same reason anyone does - the army of ASW characters thrown into a

Helpful: 13
Killest
Recommended | 30 Jan 2020
19 min played

Ok so I can imagine the people who bought this game as of right now are here for the super smash bros part... yes the game does have that but you'll need to do the story mode in order to collect them... in my opinion o

Helpful: 17