Welcome to Battle Lads! This is a game currently in beta, so it isn't fully developed yet (believe it or not) and in future updates I'll add more characters and Acts. HOW TO PLAY! ...really? there's a tutorial... whatever PC - WASD to Move, Mouse to shoot or slash. Arrow keys can be used to aim the target icon using Keyboard controls as another control option. E and Q to use special abilities. Mobile: Use the control stick at the bottom right to move. Drag the target icon to change where you aim. Click on abilities to use them. Battle Lads is a shooter game where you play as many different characters made by me and my friends @CodeStickman and @Donut_lord13 . Acts are basically like stories. Enemies differ from every Act, but as of V0.8, there's 3 Acts. Cutscenes and Credits are in-game, and are different depending on the Act you play. Progress on the next update: Currently, not much. We were taking a break from working on the game but now we should be starting to work at a faster pace at around Mid-September (cus school exists too) UPDATES! v0.8.5: Another half-update, huh. Reworked Bottle and Code, Added Act 3 Elite Mode and more! Check the in-game 'Updates' section in 'Extras' to learn more! v0.8: FINALLY!!!!!!!!!! ahem. Act 3 has been released. Fixed SO MANY bugs, Updated Code and Donut's movesets and more! More info can be found in the Updates section in Extras. (Released August 4th, 2026) v0.7.5: Donut is the 3rd and final character coming to the game before v1.0. Also, every character got a remodel, and more! More info can be found in the Updates section in Extras. (Released 29th March, 2026) v0.7: Added Elite Mode and did a complete enemy recode. This is only half of the recode since v0.9 will have a new feature that requires a recode to work. Also fixed many bugs. (Released 21st February, 2026) v0.6: Done a COMPLETE overhaul to the Title Screen, added the 'Gallery' section in 'Bonuses' that display bonus info about development and art. Also done a COMPLETE overhaul on the Enemy Journal. Finally, Added a setting to toggle the 'Danger Border'. (Released 23rd of January 2026) V0.5.5: Code has been Reworked, and his Code Drone ability is now a passive ability. (Released 20th December, 2025, but later in the day) V0.5: Added Act 2, Added Code as a character, Fixed many layering issues in the title screen, Buffed Bottle, Changed Bottle's sprite and tutorial, and more! More info can be found in the Updates section in Extras. (Released 20th December 2025) V0.4: Added 4 difficulties, Easy, Normal, Hard and Impossible. Also fixed many bugs and added a Badge for beating Act 1 in Hard Mode. Also improved the PC experience and made the overall experience better. (Released 2nd of November 2025) V0.3: Added 2 new enemies that appear on Waves 13 and 18 of Act 1. (Released 30th October 2025) V0.2: Added Act 1 Ending Cutscene and 4 Bottle Skins. (Released 28th October 2025) V0.1: First Beta Release! Includes Bottle and Act 1. (Released 27th October 2025)
