A simple mouse+keyboard based space shooter. Try to survive for as long as possible while avoiding asteroids and enemies. One hit kill.

Controls:
Aim with mouse
Left mouse button or space bar: accelerate
R: reset (after death)
M: toggle sound on/off
Q: skip the tutorial

You've lived in the outer debris field for 127 years, drifting between the asteroids and discarded ships of old empires. Sure, you have to be on constant alert to avoid getting flattened against the side of a stray asteroid. But you only need to sleep with two quadrants of your brain at a time, and the floating shapes provide a serene environment while you work on your undergrad thesis.

Now, however, a mining consortium has decided that debris field presents a mineral-rich opportunity. The only problem is, interstellar treaties forbid the granting of mining rights in inhabited territory. But there's an easy fix for that: remove the inhabitants.

They are coming for you. There are too many of them, and one hit will take you out. But they're in your home. Navigating this place comes as easy to you as algebraic geometry. So you're going to win.

Made using LÖVE https://love2d.org and exported to web using https://github.com/davidobot/love.js

Sound credits
Used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ):
Gun_Zap2.wav by joncox  https://freesound.org/people/jonccox/sounds/175269/

Used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ):
laser3 by nsstudios https://freesound.org/people/nsstudios/sounds/344276/
Picked Coin Echo 2 by NenadSimic https://freesound.org/people/NenadSimic/sounds/171756/
Ding 3 by andersmmg https://freesound.org/people/andersmmg/sounds/523424/

Used under Creative Commons 0 license ( https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ ):
SFX Magic by renatalmar https://freesound.org/people/renatalmar/sounds/264981/
distant explosion by Kostrava https://freesound.org/people/Kostrava/sounds/324277/
Balloon Pop / Christmas cracker / Confetti Cannon by Breviceps https://freesound.org/people/Breviceps/sounds/458398/
power down.mp3 by Rvgerxini https://freesound.org/people/Rvgerxini/sounds/492651/

Updated 21 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
Authoraloobyalordant
GenreShooter, Action
Made withLÖVE
Tags2D, Arcade, High Score, LÖVE, Minimalist, Retro, Shoot 'Em Up, Space, Top down shooter

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DebrisDrifter20240913.zip 4.2 MB
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DebrisDrifter1.1.05.zip 4.2 MB

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That was cool! I really like that the enemy ships can get obliterated by debris too, and the sounds and graphics look and feel very satisfying. The level up system is really nice, collecting the fragments is cool. My high score was 3,102. I'm making a bullet hell esq shooter called Shmooblin Blaster, so if you'd like to check that out and give me some feedback I'd really appreciate it. Nice game!

Thanks, glad you liked it :)

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Fun game!

I like that it forces the player to not just stay back and shoot from a distance and they have to go in after each kill to get the exp.

Not sure if it is a bug or not, but the timer keeps going on the game over screen. Would be nice to be able to see the time I lasted.

Thanks for playing! And good suggestion; I've updated it so the timer now stops when you die.