A side scrolling shooter in full 3D. Charge the Lance beam, throw your indestructible Orb at whatever is coming, pick a laser and fight through eight stages of biomechanical horror. Learn the patterns, keep the Orb close and never stop moving.
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DRAG TO FLY
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Controls
Fly: ←↑↓→ or WASD.
Fire: Space or J. Hold to charge the Lance beam, let go to fire it. Five charge levels.
Orb: X or K launches the Orb, press again to call it back.
P pauses, M mutes. A gamepad works too (A fire, B orb).
On a phone: drag anywhere to fly, hold FIRE to charge, tap ORB. Turn the phone sideways and use full screen for the best view.
The Orb
The first carrier drone you destroy drops the Orb, a glowing ball that nothing can destroy.
It docks on the front or the back of your ship - whichever side it touches - and fires its laser in that direction.
Launch it into a crowd: it crushes small enemies, eats bullets and keeps firing on its own while it is out.
Use it as a shield. Docked on the back, it covers you from things that come from behind.
Power-ups
Red crystal: Helix laser, a thick twisting beam straight ahead.
Blue crystal: Rebound laser, three beams that bounce off the walls.
Yellow crystal: Crawler laser, shots that run along the floor and the ceiling.
The same colour twice levels the laser up (max 3). S speeds you up, M adds homing missiles, B gives a Bit drone that blocks bullets.
Stages
Eight stages, each with a giant boss: a wreck field, flesh caves, a dreadnought you fly along from bow to stern, a crystal nest, serpent tubes, a foundry, an iron citadel and the Hive itself.
Lose a life and you restart at the last checkpoint without your power-ups, but a carrier is always close by.
Every stage you reach can be started from the title screen. Extra lives at 30,000 and every 80,000 after that.