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Pulsating Core

Pulsating Core – a cyberpunk tower defense game where you control a cannon in the center of a pulsating core, fight waves of enemies, collect points, and upgrade your stats.

Pulsating Core is a dynamic arcade tower defense game. You control a powerful cannon at the center of the screen and must defend it from increasingly difficult enemy waves.

Features

• Aiming modes – manual (mouse + click) or automatic AI targeting
• Enemy variety – circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, and legendary units with different speed, health, and damage
• Upgrade system – 8 enhancements (immortality, shield, healing, damage, rotation speed, reload speed, bullet speed, critical hit). Prices increase after each purchase
• Audio – MP3 background music with in-game controls (next/previous track, mute, volume), sound effects for shooting, reloading, and hits
• Cyberpunk UI – semi‑transparent menus with gradient buttons, player stats (best score, time played), authors page
• Save system – best score and playtime are stored locally
• Fullscreen support – immersive experience from the start

How to play

• Move mouse → rotate cannon
• Left click → shoot
• ESC → open menu (continue, authors, stats, exit)
• R → restart after game over
• Music keys: M (mute), ←/→ (prev/next track), P (pause), +/- (volume)