Bark to the Future

Bark to the Future is a single-player, side-scrolling shoot-'em-up played with one-button flapping. Taps keep your character airborne while you dodge incoming threats and fire back across a crowded screen, trying to survive and score.

The creator cites Gradius, Flappy Bird and pinball as influences, and each one maps to a piece of the game: flap-style control, shmup pacing and ricochet timing. Codex and the Phaser engine were the tools, it is set up for phones as well, and it came 477th of 945 at Vibe Jam 2026.

The hook is the environment: the walls are part of your arsenal. Chaining bounces off them fills the screen with bullets and builds toward full bullet-hell chaos, and the score climbs by making the most of every shot you can land.