Contract Rush DX is a hand-drawn run n’ gun, with a focus on getting overpowered in the span of levels, and using those powers to defeat boss battles. Think of it like a full games progression in intensity, compressed into the length of individual levels. The game includes multiple playable characters, all with their own pool of upgrades and abilities.
The game started off as a week long personal game jam game, called “Contract Rush”, which was released to Newgrounds and now has over 100k views. We then created a spin-off for Halloween, “Contract Rush Dress-Up”, with custom drawing tools!
On the 1st of January 2021, we began development on the full game extension to Contract Rush, which over time has evolved to be the full sequel Contract Rush DX.
At the moment, we intend for a Winter 2022 release.
THE DEVS
Contract Rush DX is developed by two brothers:
(artist & musician)
Yo yo! I’ve been animating for around 6 years now, and got my start with YouTube animation. During development of this game, I’ve co-created the rhythm game Neon Rhythm, hosted the official Newgrounds Egg Jam, and continued to work on the Undertale fangame, Undertale Yellow!
(programmer)
Hey! I’m a game programmer that started out 3 years ago with a game making college course. Ever since I was young I had always dreamed of making games, and having that one big step helped me realize this is what I wanted to do. Along with Contract Rush, I’ve also programmed for Nest Quest for the Newgrounds Egg Jam, and the small minigame Contract Rush Dress Up.
EXTRA STUFF
This game began as a free webgame, and is being expanded into a full fledged release. We hope to inspire and continue the trend for Newgrounds games to expand and evolve into even bigger games. Things like Dead Estate, Alien Hominid, and Friday Night Funkin, to name a few.
Ideally more people can use Newgrounds as a place to get their early projects out there and played, and build off of those creations and characters into larger scale things!