Bamboo path

Japan, 1600. After the battle of Sekigahara, a village boy named Takezo rises from among the dead and finds his best friend's name carved on a stone of the fallen.

Bamboo Path is a hand-crafted samurai side-scroller about the road that turns Takezo into Miyamoto Musashi.

STORY — PATH OF MUSASHI

1. Ten chapters from Sekigahara to the island of Ganryujima, told as colour chibi manga
2. Bosses that each teach a lesson: the archer Jinnai, the warrior monk Bensho, the Yoshioka school, the chain-sickle master Baiken, the Oni, the Tengu, the shinobi Kage and Sasaki Kojiro
3. Spare or strike — your choices come back later as allies, revenge and three different endings
4. 1-vs-1 boss duels with cinematic finishing blows
5. Parry, dash, the two-sword Niten style, loot, gear upgrades at the smith, a skill tree and dyes for Musashi's scarf
6. New Game+ with your hero, gear and skills

LEGENDS OF THE PATH — an idle squad mode

• The bosses you spared join your squad and fight automatically — even while you're away
• 18 heroes, alliances, relics, a Tower of Trials, Shadow Duels with ranks and daily quests
• Gifts from the squad flow back into the main story

BAMBOO SUMMIT — an arcade climber

• Jump up an endless bamboo tower: the faster you run, the higher you leap
• Bounce off walls, chain multi-floor combos, beat your record — climbing also earns scrolls for Legends

ALSO

• Three difficulty levels (Wanderer / Samurai / Musashi)
• Original generative soundtrack: koto, shakuhachi and taiko
• Free mode, daily stage and challenge waves with leaderboards
• English and Russian · plays on desktop and mobile · gamepad supported
• Controls: arrows/WASD — move · J — strike · K — jump · Shift — block/parry · Space — dash · U/L — skills · I — bag · Esc — pause. Touch controls on mobile.

Art made with AI assistance; game design, story, code and music are original.