Starpire
Controls
- Arrow key: move
- X: Shoot
- Z/W: Engage boost mode
Story
207X: Humanity discovered Tau Ceti D, a sane planet suitable for human life. Efforts were then made to develop Faster Than Light engine, as life on Earth became harder and harder, because of past centuries of industry leading to climate changes.
212X: FTL engine are now massively produced, and humanity is starting to spread accros Solar system, at the cost of worsening even more life on Earth.
215X: The first interstellar expedition was sent to Tau Ceti but contact was lost upon arrival at in the system without explanation. A few years later, hostile alien lifeforms foutages were sent back to Earth by an investigation probe swarm.
216X: Several unsuccessful military expeditions resulted in massive casualties.
217X: Researches from Church Corp Ltd. engineered a new type of weapon with gathered data, capable to pierce the alien shield and hull.
As an autonomous pilot system your objective is to fight your way in the system and secure a route to Tau Ceti D.
You are humanity last Hope!
Special Thanks
I'd like to thank Krystman from the youtube channel Lasy Dev, for his tutorial and inspiring graphical and game design ideas his contributors.
Thanks to Alyx.dev for helping out with music.
Thank for reviewers.
And thank you for trying this out!
| Updated | 1 day ago |
| Published | 26 days ago |
| Status | Prototype |
| Platforms | HTML5 |
| Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
| Author | stupeflo |
| Genre | Shooter |
| Made with | PICO-8 |
| Tags | 2D, Arcade, Bullet Hell, No AI, PICO-8, Pixel Art, Sci-fi, Score Attack, Short, Space |
| Code license | GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL) |
| Asset license | Creative Commons Attribution_NonCommercial_ShareAlike v4.0 International |
| Average session | A few minutes |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Keyboard |
| Content | No generative AI was used |
Development log
- Some little cosmetic changes and bug fixes1 day ago
- Redesign and code rewrite15 days ago



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