skyw0r

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.

NEW alpha trailer video:

Some video of v0.6:

New in v0.8

• The 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 scenes

Historical references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