The alien marauders have arrived in the skies over the Earth, and you are inexplicably the only one who can stop them from stealing all of the humans! Use your super-advanced fighter jet to stop them, and

DEFEND ALL HUMANS!!


A game built in just a few days' worth of time (over the course of nearly two years). The basic idea and design and, well, most of the rest of it all owe a lot to Defender.

I wrote a blog post about its development at https://shamuspeveril.com/devlog/2024/20241020/

Credits:

StatusPrototype
PlatformsHTML5
Release date 58 days ago
Rating
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorShamus Peveril
GenreAction
Made withGodot
Tags2D, Arcade, Godot, Pixel Art, Space
Average sessionA few seconds
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Joystick

Development log

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It was interesting to play this after having played the original Defender for the first time at an arcade just last month. It felt fresh to me despite being from the early 80's because I don't think I've seen other games where you can fly left and right like that, and that the controls feel really responsive and fun.  You've definitely captured the feel of the gameplay.

Thank you! Capturing the right feel was my primary goal here, so I'm glad to hear I managed it.

Really fun game with nice visuals! One little problem was that right when you spawn, and there's an alien on top of the spawn point, then it's an automatic death.

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Thanks for checking it out! You're right, I should have added a brief invincibility period on spawn... 🤔