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 HELL IS FUEL 0.9 PRE-ALPHA
 Native 3D action for the PlayStation Portable
 https://aahead.site/hell-is-fuel/
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ABOUT
  Fire is your weapon, your trail, and the resource keeping you alive.
  Shape a burning path, recall it through enemies, and descend from the
  Ash Wastes into the Obsidian March.

  This is a playable pre-alpha preview built directly for PSP hardware.
  The current build has been validated on a real PSP Go.

FEATURES
  - Full Ash Wastes to Obsidian March descent.
  - Eight enemy roles plus elite and boss encounters.
  - Player-centred 3D terrain, dynamic lava fissures, fire lighting,
    particles, bloom, vignette, camera shake, and cinema bars.
  - Procedural soundtrack, fire bed, and synthesized sound effects.
  - Two movement layouts selectable from the title screen.

CONTROLS
  Analog stick ........ aim
  Face buttons / D-pad  move (select the layout on the title screen)
  R ................... hold SEAR to shape fire; release to recall it
  L ................... ASH STEP
  Start ............... pause / confirm
  Cross ............... choose

REQUIREMENTS
  PSP-1000 / 2000 / 3000 or PSP Go running custom firmware
  (6.61 PRO-C or ARK-4).

INSTALL
  1. Verify the ZIP SHA-256 and unzip it.
  2. Copy the PSP folder to the root of the Memory Stick or PSP Go internal
     storage, merging with the PSP folder already there.
  3. Launch Hell Is Fuel from Game > Memory Stick or Game > System Storage.

  Keep all three files together:
     PSP/GAME/HellIsFuel/EBOOT.PBP
     PSP/GAME/HellIsFuel/title.raw
     PSP/GAME/HellIsFuel/music.raw

STATUS
  Pre-alpha 0.9. The complete run is playable, but some planned visual
  systems remain unfinished. Save data and balancing may change before 1.0.

BUILD
  Source revision: e603f53
  Built: 2026-08-11

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