Blit386Blaster

SERVER WAKE-UP

The multiplayer server starts on demand. If nobody has played for a while it is asleep, and waking it can take about a minute. Meanwhile you can fly solo; the game joins everyone else as soon as the server is up (the bottom bar shows OFFLINE until then).

CONTROLS

Click the game, then click or press Space to launch
W S thrust toward / away from the crosshair
A D strafe
Mouse to aim, left click or Space to fire
R on the title screen for a new name and color
M to mute or unmute sound

RULES

You start with 3 health circles. An enemy hit empties one.
Kills raise your max health by one full circle, up to 10. That is the only way to grow it.
Rocks take three hits per size and split twice. The smallest pieces drop red health pickups that refill empty circles but never raise your max. Grab them at full health to keep them from others. They vanish after 10 seconds.
Every kill also slows you a little, and your ship doubles in size at 5 kills and triples at 10, so leaders make big targets.
When you die, your kills go on a leaderboard that forgets scores after five minutes.

PRIVATE ROOMS

Add ?room=yourname to the address to play in your own room. Anyone who opens the same address joins you. Letters, numbers, - and _ only.

TWO PLAYERS, ONE BROWSER

Tabs share your saved name, so they would be the same pilot. Add ?profile=2 for a second identity: open a second player. Put the windows side by side; browsers pause games in hidden tabs.