Super Rift Fighter
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
Status | In development |
Platforms | HTML5, Windows, macOS |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
Author | Future Space Game Company |
Genre | Action |
Made with | Unity, Aseprite |
Tags | 2D, Arcade, Indie, Pixel Art, Retro, Roguelike, Shoot 'Em Up, Side Scroller, Space, Unity |
Average session | About a half-hour |
Inputs | Keyboard, Xbox controller, Playstation controller |