Quasar

Quasar

It's commonly understood that nothing escapes Black Holes. Nothing... except... them. A technologically advanced species has begun using black holes as portals with the intent of conquering all of known space. Your fighter - the IX-9 Quasar - is the only thing standing between their invasion force and total domination. You must destroy 25 ships in each area, with enemies growing increasingly determined to overcome your offensive. Are you a skilled enough pilot to save the universe?

Controls

WASD: Move
Mouse: Aim
Space/Left Mouse: Fire
X/Right Mouse: Launch Smart Bomb
ESC: Pause

Modifications

- Design: 5 separate levels of logically scaled difficulty, with new challenges (to the player) introduced on each level. Enemy speed scales with the level.
- Aesthetic: (Significant Graphical Addition) Animated 'Smart Bomb' pickup grants the player one Smart Bomb for use when collected.
- Gameplay: New player ability - Smart bomb launch to eradicate all enemies on screen. Players may collect up to three smart bombs at one time.
- Gameplay: New enemy - An upgraded foe appears on Level 4 and 5. There are no shortcuts to those levels - only a skilled pilot will see them.
- Gameplay: UI -  Smart Bomb display to show available Smart Bombs
- Gameplay: UI -  Visible lives counter shows your remaining ships!
- Gameplay: UI -  Enemies remaining display shows you how close you are to beating the level.
- Gameplay: Powerup -  Smart Bombs will spawn at random on the battlefield.
- Gameplay: Powerup -  Extra ships will spawn every level, but will disappear after 10 seconds. The first will spawn sometime after you've killed 10 enemies, and the second will spawn sometime after 20. Extra lives past your maximum are worth extra points.