skyw0r

Game Overview & History

UPDATED April 9, 2015: New release v0.8. See below for a list of changes, and the new downloads.

Skyw0r is a space combat arcade-adventure rendered in an 8-bit graphical style. Using the keyboard and/or joystick, the player pilots his/her starship to different sectors of the galaxy to engage in challenging 3-D dogfights with alien ships, visit friendly planets to repair and refuel, and generally shoot/dodge/grab cool stuff in space. There may also be an infiltrator mode, where you enter derelict freighters in a space suit and fight crazy robots while trying to retrieve treasure or secret datafiles. Skyw0r is inspired by the space-combat home-computer and console games of the 70’s and 80s, particularly the works of Doug Neubauer at Atari Corporation. Skyw0r is currently in playable alpha.

Gameplay Mechanics & Systems

NEW alpha trailer video:

Some video of v0.6:

Release & Industry Impact

New in v0.8The distance and direction to the current mission objective are now shown on the map.Endurium fuel is now cheaper, and the asteroid fields yield more of it.Enemies sometimes drop endurium crystals when destroyed; harvest them to refuel your ship.There are now enemies in some asteroid fields.All map objects display helpful labels when you are nearby.The player begins farther away from the starbase, and must find it using the beacon.Bomber jet firing rate reduced a bit.Fixed missing keybindings.Fixed incorrect camera position/angle on switching to some flight mode scenesHistorical references These are some videos of classic games by the great Atari programmer, Doug Neubauer. His designs were a huge influence on Skyw0r.

Radar Lock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4RguF-vcg4 Star Raiders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUp7GnrGsow Solaris http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f68IjW7_w98