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Instructions

Protect the merchant ship from all attackers until it reaches its final destination.

• Thrust: W or UP
• Left/Right: A/D or LEFT/RIGHT
• Fire: SPACE

Power ups use the energy you acquire through taking damage. They also have a cooldown period.

• Spin Missile: E
• Boost: LEFT_SHIFT

Other:

• Fullscreen: MINUS
• Mute Music: COMMA
• Mute All Audio: PERIOD

Credits

Code: Brian McBarron, Kevin Pitstick, Mark Wiggans

Art: Kit McLellan

Sound and Music: Dave Abrams

Special Thanks: Tony Casale, Warren Dukes, Lori McBarron, Chris Pitstick, Ben Ross, Josh Suereth, Zak Wise

Thoughts on the Theme

The theme is "Your life is currency". We aspired to this goal in 2 ways:

1. You are a mercenary for hire in a dangerous job. Your life is the currency that your employers spend to achieve their goals.
2. Your ships absorbs enemy damage as energy. When you run out of capacity, it explodes. However, that energy can used to trigger power-ups. Thus, your ship's "life" is the currency which you spend on those power-ups.

Intro Text

In the war-torn future, human life is one of the most valuable currencies. The AI Accords of 2246 forbid machines from choosing to harm a sentient being. Therefore, expendable mercenaries like you are recruited to pilot mostly autonomous ships of awesome destructive power in order to make those life-and-death decisions.

Your armed escort service has a rare advantage. Your salvaged Andromedan ship acts like a giant capacitor that can absorb energy weapon fire. You can harness this sea of current to power one of your custom upgrades. But be warned... if the batteries fill beyond capacity, you'll rediscover the old saying:

Andromedans live on PHASER'S EDGE.

Screen Captures

Intro | Winning! :----------------------------------------:|:--------------------------------------------: |