Awaria

For the trilobite genus, see Calmoniidae.

Awaria is a 2024 bullet hell video game by independent developer Łukasz "vanripper" Piskorz.^[1] It revolves around a mechanic named Ula who, controlled by the player, fixes broken machines while avoiding female ghosts who she later kisses after each level.

Awaria
Developer(s)	Łukasz Piskorz
Publisher(s)	Łukasz Piskorz
Designer(s)	Łukasz Piskorz
Artist(s)	Łukasz Piskorz
Engine	Unity[citation needed]
Platform(s)	Windows macOS Linux
Release	December 16, 2024
Genre(s)	Bullet hell
Mode(s)	Single-player

Awaria was released via Steam on December 16, 2024, and received positive reception.

Gameplay

One of the levels of Awaria. The player controls Ula (the purple figure, bottom center), in order to evade the green ghosts and their attacks.

The player controls a mechanic, Ula, who runs through the game's small top-down levels attempting to fix broken machines, while evading the attacks of increasingly aggressive ghost girls. Depending on the difficulty level, getting hit by a ghost's attack leads to a game over. If Ula manages to evade the ghosts and fix the machines, she can kiss the ghosts as a reward for beating each level.^[1]

Development

Awaria is a stylistic follow-up to Piskorz's 2020 game Helltaker, though it is thematically and mechanically different. "Awaria" means "mechanical breakdown" or "failure" in Polish.^{[citation needed]}

The soundtrack is composed by Mittsies, who had also scored Helltaker.^[1] The sound design is by Patryk Karwat.^[2]

Piskorz distributes Awaria for free over Steam and itch.io for Windows, Mac and Linux computers.^[1][2]

Reception

Like Helltaker, Awaria was well received by players, with 96% of Steam reviews positive following its release.^[3]