Blasting Agent is an action-oriented 2D platformer with gun upgrades, collectible treasures and awesome boss battles, featuring chunky pixel art contributed by Robert Lupinek (The Cleaner). You play as a blaster-toting secret agent on a mission to save the world from being taken over by a terrorist group, which means infiltrating their secret base with guns ablazing and your adrenaline level on an all-time high.
Health can be replenished by collecting the hearts that enemies leave behind, and if you're diligent enough you might even find a special item that increases the agent's hit point counter. There are only three levels to play, but you can unlock special bonuses and secret items by completing them with the maximum score possible.
"Blasting Agent originally was far from the game that I wanted to make. It was going to be a simple team building exercise between Tim Hely and I. However like any good project we both fell in love with it, so I guess you could say Blasting Agent is our angry, angry, gun-toting love child." - Robert Lupinek
Name: Blasting Agent
Developers: Darthlupi, Tim Hely
Platform: Browser
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