Hazelnut Hex 1cc - Normal (C-Style, 3,092,450)
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Hazelnut Hex is a 2022 indie Cute 'em Up / Horizontal Scrolling Shooter made by Chunderfin Studios, a one-man company headed by cartoonist, animator, computer programmer and long-time arcade fan James Hamilton who envisions the game as a "love-letter to old-school arcade shumps".
In a manner reminiscient of Cotton and Mystic Riders, Hazelnut is set in a fantasy-themed universe (rather than a sci-fi one). Players assume the role of a Cute Witch named Nat, famed for her skills in conjuring "the best breakfast cereal in the world", especially her trademark cereal brand called "Hazelnut Hex". Nat's jealous nemesis, Lamona, whose cereal sales - notably her "Cauliflower Curse" brand - is lagging due to Nat's success, decides to retaliate by stealing all the breakfast in the world. It's up to Nat to battle her way through hordes and hordes of Lamona's minions in multiple levels to save breakfast before it's too late!
...nope, the game doesn't attempt to make any sense of all this. Not that it needs to.
The game is available on the Nintendo Switch, macOS and Microsoft Windows.