Description

Space Shooter inspired by Asteroids, featuring 40 levels, a variety of weapons with upgrades, and plenty of bosses.

History

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Asteroids meets Galaga: a bullet-hell with deeper content, replayability, diverse levels and a huge mega boss! Pilot your ship through the cold fringes of space while escaping a horde of cosmic dangers. Collect rewards and equip yourself in the armoury to survive the many waves of enemies and destroy the mother ship. Asteroids’ homage

Winner of the 8th Game Jam Francophone, coded from scratch with no external library, AST-Hero offers a unique experience with custom made graphics and original FX and music. It was coded in CSharp in Visual studio 2017, and used Monogame as its framework.

Features

  • 5 levels of difficulty
  • Ship and weapons upgrades
  • Armory (in-game shop for missiles and upgrades)
  • 40 levels with bosses
  • Full Gamepad Support
  • Steam Achievements
  • Keyboard compatible (customizable keys)
  • English tutorial with subtitles

Videos

Gameplay Trailer — YouTube

Images

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Awards & Recognition

  • "Nominee" Swiss Games Awards 2023
  • "Winner" Prohelvetia International Online Platforms 2021
  • "Competitor" GWDC 2021 - Game Development World Championship 2021
  • "Winner" 8ème Game-Jam Francophone, itch.io, 1st December 2019

Selected Articles

  • Amazing game. So much great stuff in this one ! [...] One of the top games on this jam imo!
    Roidz6, itch.io
  • La musique est vraiment super entrainante, le gameplay est génial, les graphismes super réussit, un jeu magnifique ! Et je pèse mes mots ! Chapeau bas au concepteur !
    lucstanislash, itch.io

About Twisted BrainZ

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Twisted BrainZ is a Swiss indie game studio made up by Axel Pfister and Louise Pictet, who have been making games since 2019. The duo has proven to be a powerful creative force, envisioning intuitive gameplay with a unique brand of visuals, delivering experiences that players will want to come back to.
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