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Crystal Quest: Electron

A rogue-lite of reckless but technically legal science. Pilot generations of lab-grown Lovelies through evolving micro-caves, harvest Electron Crystals, splice DNA from your last run, and chase the mythical Mother Node.

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By Stainless Games

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Overview

About this game

Shoot. Mutate. Evolve. Repeat.

Welcome to Crystal Quest: Electron — a rogue-lite of reckless but technically legal science. You command generations of Lovelies — adorably unhinged lab-born pilots — who shoot their way through glowing, shifting caves in ships powered by...themselves?? It’s evolution with lasers, and the experiment never ends.

Grow ‘em. Splice ‘em. Blast ‘em.

Collect Electron Crystals, gather Questium, and splice DNA from failed runs to evolve faster, funnier, freakier Lovelies. Each generation inherits your chaos, so every run feels smarter… and weirder.

A Shooter That Ramps Up Fast

It starts simple, then escalates into glorious mayhem. The caves are packed with many distinct types of Nasties, each with its own behaviour, tricks, and irritating little personality flaws. Learn how each one moves and attacks, adapt your build, and fight your way to the deeper, wilder layers.

Procedural Everything

Every dive reshuffles the caves, the Nastie combos, and the mutations your Lovely can acquire. No two runs are alike — which is both thrilling and slightly terrifying.

Weapons. Lots of Them.

Experiment with guns, ammo types, and DNA modifiers. Find the unholy combos that best suit your current Lovely’s mutations, then watch the chaos multiply.

Challenge Rooms & Deep Delving

The deeper the dive, the stranger it gets. Master unique Challenge Rooms packed with traps and rewards, and collect bonus Crystals if you somehow survive.

The Mother Node Awaits

At the end of it all lies the mythical Mother Node — the evolutionary punchline that started this ridiculous experiment. Only the most gloriously mutated Lovelies will make it that far.

Features

• Rogue-lite top-down 3D shooter with procedural levels — never the same run twice.
• Evolve your Lovelies over multiple generations to fit your playstyle.
• A wide variety of guns and ammo types to discover and combine.
• Unique Challenge Room types packed with hazards and rewards.
• Defeat Nasties — study their behaviour, then blast them into next week.
• Collect Crystals, shoot Nasties, and use every life you earn to reach the fabled Mother Node.

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