Pilot your ship through varied side scrolling space encounters across multiple solar systems. As you progress, pick-up or trade for new weapons & ship modules to make powerful and interesting combinations.

The game is currently an early demo, showcasing 3 solar systems

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For more of what's planned, see below:

Gameplay

  • Classic 'Defender' like side scrolling shoot-em-up action
  • Each run randomly generated from pool of pre-built encounters
  • Choose your own route through each star system
  • Upgrade your ship with new weapons and modules
  • Choose which modules to fit and which to sell or discard
  • Varied play styles: high fire rate, single shot damage, missiles, drones
  • Many passive and active modules to choose from: cloak, EMP, blink move, explosive rounds, split shot (many more to come)
  • 3 starting ships to choose from (more to come)
  • Recharging shields, but limited hull hit points

Planned Updates

  • 10 solar systems (increasing in difficulty)
  • More starting ships to unlock: Drone commander, Trader, The Tank
  • More encounters (eventually each run will not see the same encounter twice)
  • More weapons and many more modules to choose from
  • Different shield options with varying behaviours
  • More music tracks
  • 2 Player (maybe!)

Controls

Keyboard:

  • Movement: WASD or arrow keys 
  • Fire Weapons: Space
  • Active Modules: 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Select/Action: Enter
  • Auto Fire Toggle: Tab

Controller:

  • Movement: D-pad or Left Stick
  • Fire Weapons: A
  • Active Modules: Shoulders & Triggers
  • Select/Action: Y
  • Auto Fire Toggle: Left Stick Down

Hold fire to hold ship facing direction.

Developed By:

Henry Skinner: Game Design, Programming, UI, Sound

Zack Livestone: Game Design, Art, Level Design

Planet art assets, credit Pixel Planet Generator by Deep-Fold

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Super Rift Fighter win v0.20.zip 51 MB
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Super Rift Fighter v0.20 mac.zip 59 MB

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