Family Friendly, High-Flying, Farming-Fueled Twist on Bullet Hell Action

Looking for a Bullet Hell game to play with younger siblings or kids? Then this family friendly, top-down shooter Air Hares will send you flying!

Air Hares was made by the power couple developers Tim and Megan Bungeroth. They developed the game out of a want for a Bullet Hell game enjoyable for all ages. Rather than striking down enemies, you instead seed and protect a field of burgeoning life.

Based on the two’s own history of infertility, the game focuses on how science can help when nature falls short. This hopeful story is portrayed through a fun story of highflying rabbits in airplanes. Air Hares tells this through both the game and through the first volume of the Air Hares comic book, which releases alongside the game.

FLYING, FARMING, AND FIGHTING FOR YOUR FIELDS

In Air Hares, you play as Captain Rabbo, a pilot tasked with seeding and protecting carrot fields. He must protect the farmlands from the Gale Gang, a group of Falcons out to doom the land. The cultivation of the fields are vital for the Winrose Barren, and all who reside within it.

To protect the fields, you hop in your play and face down the gang in a top-down, Bullet Hell shooter. Rather than shooting down enemies, your primary goal shooting seeds and water to create truly fertile fields. However, both the weather and Gale Gang will make your job difficult, but you thankfully have some tools to make things easier.

Being an ace pilot, you have a variety of aviation skills at your disposal. From barrel rolling, parrying, and even loop-de-looping, these techniques will keep you safe threats that seek to end your flight early. However, you don’t just have to go at this alone, as a second player can help out as Dirk Doggo, Rabbo’s canine companion, allowing for children and parents to play together to save the Barren.

FEATURES OF THIS FAMILY FRIENDLY BULLET HELL

• Shooting seeds and water droplets to fill each of 3 carrot fields per level
• Dodging + parrying falcons intent on knocking Rabbo out of the sky
• Beating 4 different avian bosses with unique mechanics
• Teaming up with Dirk Doggo in co-op mode – perfect for playing with kids!
• Original music, beautiful pixel art, narrative cut scenes, and a story of hope in the face of desolation

Air Hares drops onto the scene in January 14, and is purchasable on Steam. You can also buy a digital copy of the 50-page Air Hare comic, and the original soundtrack on Steam as well. You can discuss the Air Hares on the PopGeeks Video Game Forum!