NOVASTRIKE

Top-down free-flight space shooter

Gameplay: the ship firing a laser bolt down a line of T1 grunts as the nearest bursts apart
Burn, flip, stop. Your blue laser takes three grunts in turn, then one missile clears four.
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Fly a rocket through open space, clear five waves of grunts, then bring down the two-phase Dreadnought. In your browser, by keyboard, mouse or touch.

Fly different

You know the shape: waves, then a boss. The flying is what changes.

The ship at full forward thrust, three amber chevrons ahead of its nose
Full thrust, chevrons ahead.

Momentum, no drag

Thrust, let go, and you keep coasting. The chevrons mark where you travel, not where you point.

A laser bolt bursting a T1 grunt straight ahead of the ship
A bolt bursts a T1 grunt dead ahead.

Heat, not ammo

The laser never runs dry, but every shot adds heat. Hit the cap and it locks out until it cools. Twelve missiles hit for five, with splash.

The HUD's SHIELD and HULL bars, both full

Shield over hull

Your 120 shield recharges after a quiet moment. Your 200 hull never does. Only a repair canister brings it back.

Sixteen powerups drift in as canisters, from wing drones to a smart bomb.

Score table

  • YOUR SHIPShield 120 over hull 200. Laser and 12 missiles.You
  • T1 GRUNTHull 1. Seeks you, fires on a steady beat.100 points
  • T2 GRUNTHull 4. Faster, strafes in a spiral.250 points
  • DREADNOUGHTThe boss. Hull 120. Below half it enrages and calls in T1s.2000 points
The boss in phase two, its DREADNOUGHT bar under half, an escort grunt on its flank and a ringed planet behind
Phase two. The bar is under half and an escort has warped in.

FOUR T1S IN WAVE 1. THIRTEEN SHIPS BY WAVE 5. THEN THE BOSS.Ships drawn at true relative size.

How to play

Keyboard and mouse

  • WSThrust and reverse
  • ADTurn
  • SPACE or clickLaser
  • F or right clickMissile
  • BSmart bomb, once charged
  • ESCPPause

Touch

Hold the phone sideways. A floating stick under your left thumb aims the nose and burns the engine. By default a FWD, OFF, REV rocker sits under your right thumb, with LASER and MSL stacked beside it. BOMB joins them only while a charge is stored.

Before you start

Where it standsOne campaign: six waves across three sectors, the last one the Dreadnought. Every run ends on your score and your best.

Does it work on a phone?
Yes, held sideways. Turn it upright and the game pauses.
Is there sound?
Sound effects made in code, no music. Volume runs 0 to 10 in Settings.
What does it save?
Your best score and your settings, in this browser.
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