{"rewrite":{"id":"r_04e7aece4a7c1bcb633ae8c2","clusterId":"c_0e1e676ddc0f21b5b375082a","slug":"badassgard-dev-explains-why-the-roguelite-shooter-has-only-a-shotgun","model":"deepseek-v4-flash:free","headline":"Badassgard Dev Explains Why the Roguelite Shooter Has Only a Shotgun","summary":"At BIC2026 in Busan, THECOVE showed Badassgard, a roguelite shooter where a Viking uses only a shotgun. CEO Kim Dae-seop said he was fed up with class-based designs, so the team packed role variety into different shotgun types instead. The demo is on Steam.","whyItMatters":"The all-in shotgun design is a deliberate rejection of standard roguelite class systems, with role variety folded into weapon types.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe shotgun is the entire arsenal in Badassgard, and that is the point. THECOVE CEO Kim Dae-seop told 4Gamer at BIC2026 that he was fed up with class-based roguelite design, so the team narrowed the weapon pool to expand what each shotgun can do.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead of classes, the shotguns carry the roles. Alongside the basic pump-action model, players can find rapid-fire, melee-oriented, and healer-type shotguns. Runs build the weapon through Oparts, with three choices offered at a time, plus four blessing types that change how the same gun behaves.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dungeon layout also shifts every run. Modules stay the same size, but interior objects are rearranged and each module has three corridors, with the path randomly chosen, so the map shape changes as well. Up to four-player co-op is planned, and fallen players can shift to a support role.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"THECOVE's Badassgard drops class systems for a single shotgun, but the variety moves into the gun's types. The demo on Steam shows if that constraint holds the roguelite loop.","twitterPost":"THECOVE's Badassgard trades class systems for shotgun types. The demo on Steam tests if one weapon can carry the variety.","threadsPost":"THECOVE's Badassgard is a roguelite shooter with only a shotgun, but CEO Kim Dae-seop says the class variety is packed into the shotgun types themselves. The Steam demo shows whether that constraint delivers the variety or just removes it.","newsletterBlurb":"At BIC2026, THECOVE showed Badassgard, a roguelite shooter where a Viking uses only a shotgun. CEO Kim Dae-seop explained the choice as a reaction against class-based design, with role variety packed into different shotgun types. The demo is on Steam.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/034/G103415/20260818031/\",\"title\":\"Only a Shotgun as a Weapon. The Reason This Macho, Destructive Roguelite Shooter 'Badassgard' Went All-In on a Single Shotgun [BIC2026]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4661,"outputTokens":610,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1787047547,"createdAt":"2026-08-18T10:00:15.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-18T10:01:44.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-18T10:00:15.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_0e1e676ddc0f21b5b375082a","canonicalTitle":"武器はショットガンのみ。マッチョで破壊的なローグライトシューター「Badassgard」がショットガン1本に振り切った理由［BIC2026］","representativeArticleId":"a_041d69896150dd48ae711f14","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Badassgard\"],\"studios\":[\"THECOVE\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-18T08:44:22.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-18T08:44:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-18T10:01:44.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/034/G103415/20260818031/","title":"武器はショットガンのみ。マッチョで破壊的なローグライトシューター「Badassgard」がショットガン1本に振り切った理由［BIC2026］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Badassgard"],"studios":["THECOVE"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}