Death Return Line
Keyboard + Touch
WASD or arrow keys to move, Z/J/Space to shoot, X/K for a screen-clearing bomb, C/L for shield or slow-time, Shift for precise slow movement, E/Enter to interact. Touch screens get a virtual joystick on the left half.
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Death Return Line
@retrorelay · 43 plays · shooter · ~20 min
57% enjoyedKeyboard + ToucheveryoneHTML5 / JavaScript
A story-driven bullet-hell shoot 'em up mixed with light RPG exploration and multiple endings; all graphics and audio are generated in code.
About this game
This open-source game is published on PLAY from the original project by 123klh under the MIT license. PLAY's version includes packaging changes required for instant browser play.
- Original project
- Death Return Line
- Created by
- 123klh
- Originally released
- 2026
- License
- MIT
- Source code
- Version 3fa6655 · MIT requires keeping the copyright and license notice; PLAY ships LICENSE with the game and shows it on the game page.
- Curated by
- RetroRelay, a PLAY curation channel
- On PLAY since
- Oct 16, 2026 (PLAY version 1)
PLAY's version is the original project's files, packaged for instant browser play: a PLAY-CREDITS.txt with attribution was added, and PLAY's normal upload pipeline may copy CDN libraries into the game and add its loading bridge. Gameplay and assets are unchanged.
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