RE: CHARGE

Welcome to RE:CHARGE!

A catastrophic Ether anomaly has wiped out most life on Earth. Most humans and animals mutated into the monsters you see roaming around. Some were granted the ability to harness Ether and manipulate it to their needs!

You are Seth, a super-powered human who was gifted the ability to absorb and harness Ether. You can manipulate Ether into energy to defeat monsters or store energy for the settlements scattered across the Earth. You are what some might call an Ether-being.

It is your responsibility to keep New Haven, the settlement you stumbled upon, up and running with enough power to maintain everyday life and keep the monsters at bay.

Ether storms are the best time to gather enough energy to power New Haven's generators. But beware! The monsters are attracted to Ether-beings such as yourself. Gather energy, power up the generators, and make it safely back behind the walls of New Haven!

How To Play

1) Move Seth using WASD on your keyboard. Pause the game using the Escape key.

2) Each round starts you with 10 energy, and you can hold a maximum of 50. As long as you have some energy, your shock aura will be active. Being near enemies while your shock aura is active will damage them over time until they are defeated. Defeating an enemy will grant you 5 energy.

3) Ether will spawn every 10 seconds. Each spawn will last 3 seconds. If you are within the Ether spawn at the end of the 3 seconds, you will gain 20 energy. The timer for the next Ether spawn starts when the current Ether spawn disappears.

4) You can deposit your stored energy at any time at the generator console. Just run up to the generator and you will automatically deposit your energy. But be careful! Your shock aura will no longer be active after losing all of your energy. You must wait for another Ether spawn to gain more energy.

5) The generator will generate a shockwave at certain thresholds, wiping out all enemies in the area. Each threshold is indicated by a vertical notch on the generator energy bar indicator. When a total of 100 energy has been deposited, you win the round! You can choose to move on to the next round.

6) When a new round starts, you gain 10 energy and 50 health, up to 100 maximum. You win the game when completing all 10 rounds.

7) The monsters will damage you if you get close enough to them, and you will lose health. Once your health reaches 0, the game is over!

KenneyJam 2025 - Power

This game was created during KenneyJam 2025. The theme of this game jam is Power. You can learn more about this KenneyJam and previous ones here: https://itch.io/jam/kenney-jam-2025

Disclaimer: AI Use

The only project asset that was generated by AI was the project logo, which you see at the top of this page and on the start screen for the game.