Space War
By @minho_storm
Pilot a starship through a hostile galaxy, dodging meteors and blasting alien ships to survive the endless cosmic onslaught.
How to play
- Move your ship around the screen to dodge incoming obstacles and enemy projectiles.
- Keep your ship aligned with targets since your weapons fire automatically straight ahead.
- Destroy meteors for 1000 points, enemy ships for 500 points, and UFOs for 100 points.
- Collect floating power-ups to upgrade your bullet spread, gain shields, or restore lost health.
- Survive as long as possible and avoid losing all three of your starting lives.
Controls
- Touch
- Drag your finger across the screen to move your ship.
- Keyboard
- Use the WASD or Arrow Keys to move your ship.
- Mouse
- Click and drag to move your ship around the screen.
More about this game
Take command of a starship in a vertical scrolling shooter where your vessel fires automatically. Navigate through waves of oscillating UFOs, diagonally falling meteors, and aggressive enemy ships that perform coordinated strafing runs. You start with three lives and 100 health points per life. Taking hits from enemies or their projectiles drains your health. Collect power-ups to restore health, upgrade your weapons for a wider spread, or gain a temporary shield. The run ends when you lose all three of your lives.
Tips
- Meteors take exactly three hits to destroy and have a high one-in-three chance of dropping a helpful power-up when shattered.
- Enemy ships stop at twenty percent screen height, pause for one second, and then track your movements while firing projectiles.
- When the game timer reaches thirty, cyan and red enemy ships upgrade their attacks to fire three bullets at once instead of a single shot.
Questions
How do I upgrade my weapons?
Collect the weapon power-up to increase your firing spread. At level three, your firing rate doubles, dropping the delay between shots to just a fraction of a second.
What do the different enemies do?
UFOs spawn in waves of four and oscillate as they move down. Meteors fall diagonally towards the center. Enemy ships perform coordinated strafing runs, tracking your position while firing.
How does the health and damage system work?
You have three lives, each with one hundred health points. Colliding with a UFO deals ten damage, while enemy ship collisions deal twenty-five or forty damage depending on their type.