ION WAKE – Pixel Art Space Shooter

About this game

To Play Press: HOME ONE SMALL SHIP. TWO HOSTILE SECTORS. ONE LAST SIGNAL. ION WAKE is a free pixel art space shooter you can play directly in your browser on PixelDeck. Fly through enemy formations, dodge incoming fire and unleash ion beams in a compact arcade shoot’em-up built entirely in PixelScript Studio. The Hollow Star has gone silent. Your mission takes you through the wreckage of Dead Orbit and into a hostile reactor complex. Break through the machines guarding each sector and destroy the cores behind the signal. HOLD. LOCK. RELEASE. Keep firing to clear a path, or hold X to slow your ship and lock onto enemies. Release X to discharge your ion weapon against marked targets. Ion attacks consume energy and reward successful kills with extra points. Decide when to fire, when to charge and when to move. Your ship has a small hitbox, so precise flying can get you through gaps that look impossible. THREE WEAPONS TO MASTER Collect weapon pickups to switch between three firing patterns: • PULSE — a focused twin-shot weapon. • FAN — a spread of projectiles for covering more space. • LANCE — a powerful concentrated shot. Collect energy to recharge your ion weapon and restore a lost shield. Grab medals for bonus points, keep your kill chain alive and skim past enemy bullets to earn graze bonuses. TWO SECTORS. TWO BOSSES. Fight through DEAD ORBIT and THE HOLLOW STAR, each with its own scrolling environment and music. Five animated enemy classes use different flight paths and attack patterns. Learn which targets to eliminate first, then face two bosses with changing projectile patterns. Clear both sectors to complete the mission, or launch another run and push your score higher. CHASE YOUR NEXT HIGH SCORE Fast kills build your score multiplier. Lock-on kills, medals and close dodges offer more opportunities to improve your run. Extra lives are awarded at 20,000 and 65,000 points. Sign in to PixelDeck before launching to submit your personal best to the shared online leaderboard. You can play as a guest, but submitting a score requires an account. The standalone HTML and Studio versions use a separate local leaderboard. Online scores are reported by the game. BUILT IN PIXELSCRIPT STUDIO ION WAKE showcases a complete game made with PixelDeck’s scripting environment: animated sprites, collision detection, enemy waves, boss phases, pickups, music, sound effects and leaderboard integration. • 256 × 144 pixel resolution. • Original pixel artwork and 59 animation frames. • An animated title screen and built-in flight school. • Five original four-channel music tracks. • Keyboard, touch and gamepad controls. • Free browser play with no installation required. Made for PixelDeck, a community for pixel art, game assets and free browser games. Launch your ship. Follow the signal. Make the next run count.

Controls

KEYBOARD Arrow keys / WASD: move. Hold Z / Space: fire. Hold X: slow down and lock onto targets. Release X: unleash an ion discharge. P: pause or resume. MENUS Arrow keys: select. Z / Space / Enter: confirm. Follow the on-screen prompts to retry, view scores or return. TOUCH Directional pad: move. Hold A: fire. Hold B: lock targets. Release B: ion discharge. GAMEPAD Directional pad / left stick: move. A: fire. Hold B: lock targets. Release B: ion discharge. PLAYER Use the buttons above the game to restart, pause, mute or enter fullscreen.