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
Historical referencesThese are some videos of classic games by the great Atari programmer, Doug Neubauer. His designs were a huge influence on Skyw0r.
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