Astral Defense is a tiny pixel art space shooter designed for mobile. Each wave randomly generated and endlessly scaling with difficulty. Collect power-ups and conserve special ammo for more troublesome Alien Vessels. Inspired by retro arcade classics such as Galaga.

User Defined Controls in Menu (Top Right)

Default PC/Mac Controls
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Left: A or Left Arrow
Right: D or Right Arrow
Fire: S, Spacebar, or Click

DoubleShotToggle: Q or 1
TripleShotToggle: W or 2
SpreadShotToggle: E or 3

StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5, macOS, Linux, Android
Release date Jul 11, 2019
Rating
Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars
(15 total ratings)
AuthorPixel Pajama Studios
GenreShooter, Action
Made withAudacity, Aseprite, Bfxr, OpenFL, Stencyl
Tags16-bit, 2D, Arcade, chiptune, Endless, Pixel Art, Procedural Generation, Retro, Space
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse
AccessibilityConfigurable controls
LinksHomepage, Twitter/X, Community

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astraldefense-win-live.zip 7.8 MB
Version 2
astral-defense-1.1.0-android.apk 22 MB
Version 1.1.0
astraldefense-linux.zip 13 MB
Version 1.1.0
astraldefense-mac.zip 10 MB
Version 1.1.0

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Fun game! Is there an ending to it, or does it continue indefinitely?

Can you provide an Android APK directly to itch that doesn’t require Google Play Services? I specifically buy games from itch.io to avoid that.

Hey. I played your game on PC and I have to say I liked everything about it!

The graphics are cool, the controls fell good and fair. The difficulty curve is very balanced.

Keep it up!

Super solid game! I love games I can jump right into and quickly play to get my fix! Once I get my phone working again I''m gonna love this on my commutes :) 

Great Work!

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Very nice game!! 5 STARS!!!!!!

Although I think it would need a configuration for the controls (on PC) and that you can change the language.

Very good! Nice Work!!!

Thanks so much, we're glad you enjoy Astral Defense!

The PC/Mac version does come with a user defined keybindings option in the menu, although no  controller support has been implemented. Localization would be a pretty large undertaking because of the way Astral Defense's art/animation was tediously created.