Code Shifter

• Title — Code Shifter • Developer — Arc System Works • Publisher — Arc System Works • Platforms — Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Windows Xbox One • Released — PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox OneJanuary 30, 2020Switch • Genre — Action, platform • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer

The story takes place in a video game development studio named Awesome Rainbow Corp., with initials spelling 'ARC', referencing the developers of the game. The player controls Stella, a video game developer working for said studio. Stella is currently developing a new fighting game. As Stella is about to finish developing the game, she discovers newly-found glitches in the game. Stella develops a debug program called Code Shifter. The player sends Stella's debugger avatar, Sera, into various files through Code Shifter to combat flaws that appear as platforming stages in order to fix the glitches in Stella's game. The goal is to eliminate all glitches before the game's release date arrives.

• Illustration — A screenshot from the game, as Sera The player controls control Sera, Stella's debugger avatar, inside her new fighting game, to combat flaws and fix glitches in the game. The game appears as an action side-scrolling video game. In these stages, the player finds data on other fighters (from Arc System Works' other works), which is used to turn Sera into 2D 8-bit versions of them. The game also has a 'Colorful Fighters' game mode featuring a brawler mini-game that allows up to 4 players to fight against each other. After every stage, the player is allowed to roam around the studio as Stella. Here, the player can talk to other developers which appear as non-player characters. • Illustration — A screenshot from the game, featuring all 30 playable characters, with Sol Badguy selected as Player 1

The game uses 30 characters from 13 of Arc System Works' other works, consisting of: • Birthdays the Beginning • BlazBlue • Damascus Gear: Operation Tokyo • Double Dragon • Guilty Gear • Inferno Climber • Jake Hunter • Kunio-kun • Of Mice and Sand • Prism of Eyes • River City Girls • Stay Cool, Kobayashi-San!: A River City Ransom Story • Wizard's Symphony The game also has 70 characters from Arc System Works' other works, appearing as non-player characters.

The game was first announced at the start of January 2020, with a confirmed release in the first quarter of 2020.