BloodByte

Nocturnal Objectives

You control Vlad the Vampire, stalking through the subterranean castle labyrinth. Your nocturnal mission is to claim every gold coin scattered in the stone corridors while avoiding the four pursuing maidens.

Collectibles & Power Dynamics

• Ancient Gold Coins (10 Points): 240+ gold pieces line the corridors. Clear them all to complete the level.
• Blood Packets (50 Points): Four pulsating crimson vials positioned in the corners of the maze. Consuming one triggers Blood Frenzy for 9 seconds.
• Blood Frenzy Mode: During frenzy, the pursuing women turn ghostly pale blue and flee in terror. Catching a mesmerized maiden charms her for escalating combo points: 200 → 400 → 800 → 1,600 points!
• Gothic Relics: Instead of ordinary items, rare vampire artifacts spawn at the center of the labyrinth at 70 and 170 coins collected:
  • Level 1: Dark Sunglasses (100 pts)
  • Level 2: Velvet Cloak (300 pts)
  • Level 3: Leather Gloves (500 pts)
  • Level 4: Antique Pocket Watch (700 pts)
  • Level 5: Obsidian Chalice (1,000 pts)
  • Level 6: Vampire Signet Ring (2,000 pts)
  • Level 7: Silver Candelabra (3,000 pts)
  • Level 8+: Jeweled Master Key (5,000 pts)

The 4 Pursuing Maidens & Authentic 1980 Arcade AI

Pursuers switch between timed Scatter waves (patrolling home corners) and Chase waves (hunting the Vampire). At intersections, turns follow authentic arcade tie-breaking priority (UP > LEFT > DOWN > RIGHT) with forbidden "No-Up" zones and 50% speed penalties inside the warp tunnels.

• Carmilla (Crimson Gown) — The Shadow: Relentlessly tracks your exact tile. Features Cruise Elroy: speed accelerates when remaining coins drop to 20 and 10, refusing to scatter in late-game!
• Mina (Rose Gown) — The Ambush Scout: Targets 4 tiles ahead of your path. Features the authentic 1980 vector overflow quirk: when you face UP, she targets 4 tiles UP and 4 tiles LEFT.
• Lucy (Cyan Gown) — The Flanker: Forms a lethal pincer trap by calculating a vector from Carmilla through 2 tiles ahead of you and doubling it, boxing you in.
• Lenore (Amber Gown) — The Feigning Stalker: Aggressively stalks you when far away (≥ 8 tiles), but retreats to her bottom-left scatter corner when closing within 8 tiles.