Asterboids

QUICK NOTES: 

• Use ESC to exit full-screen and exit again to access the in-game menu.
• The windows client performs better than the browser version. You also get thruster sounds with the windows client.

GOALS:

• Collect asteroids to build your base and fend off the enemy to reach end game content which takes about 15 minutes. 

• Specifically:
  • 1st: Kill the enemy (doing so spawns asteroids and advances game after so many)
  • 2rd: Gather mass (advances middle stage game)
  • 3rd: Survive (until ending events get triggered)

• The game is story driven and has an ending.

HOW:

• Use in-game tutorials and mouse/keyboard at bottom of screen.

HINTS:

- Hook helps to gather asteroids for building your base. Bigger asteroids are better for base building. Smaller ones get more and more worthless but do provide mass and minor protection.

- Thrusters are great at the start but don't help that much toward the end. Hold 'W' and put the mouse where you want to go. 

- Shields are great at the end but don't help that much to start.

- Turrets are great for shooting the enemy.

- Health (at middle bottom) is only for the main base. The main base has a lot of health while other asteroids that are connected, not so much. If starting asteroid gets destroyed, game over. 

SPOILER TIPS:

- Suggested build order as time and events pass: 4+ Thrusters (to build up base to improve speed), then 3+ Turrets (to pass first couple of events), and then more turrets and some shields. Toward the very end, more shields.

- Staying put and waiting for things to come to you can help move things along.  It is possible to go really fast in the game and effectively break things. Do so at your own peril and entertainment. It's considered a feature.

ABOUT:

Asterboids was made in about 2-3 weeks for a game jam with 'Invasion' for a theme. The idea was like asteroids but the opposite. Now the hero is defending asteroids from a hoard of invading enemies (boids).

Once you figure things out, it's about a 10-15 minute game depending on how good you get with the hook and thrusters. The hook takes patience and even then...

I love feedback. Throw it at me (good or bad) and I'll chew on it and try to do something useful with it. and please let me know if you made it to the end game content. 

Discord: https://discord.gg/YkQtDEbrrz