I've released desktop versions of Space Raider (Godot Engine space shooter)!

[@programaths]

That's a good reimagination of a classic!

[@HitBit_Gaming]

This reminds me of River Raid on the C64.😁

[@afterfivegamedev]

That's exactly what it is - River Raid in space :) I spent hours of my childhood playing it on the Atari.

[@TheBlues8820]

The web version is solid. Is it generating the layout randomly? Because I've come across multiple fuel pads in a row and I rarely see hull restorations. Also sometimes it spawns the fuel pads directly in line with one of the ships firing horizontal which destroys the pad as soon as they appear.

[@afterfivegamedev]

Yes, it's random, so some seeds may be more lucky than others. The powerup has 85% chance to be fuel and 15% to be repair station. Maybe it needs to be tweaked up a bit. The horizontal firing ships have a 25% of not firing, so again - it's bad luck. I guess I could make it so that enemies and powerups don't spawn in the same line, but again - seeing the player running out of fuel and having the pad destroyed right before his nose - priceless :) Happens in the original River Raid, too.

[@larsthomasdenstad9082]

Is this inspired by Cavern Raider on the VIC20?

[@afterfivegamedev]

No, it's inspired by River Raid on the Atari 8-bit.

[@larsthomasdenstad9082]

@@afterfivegamedev Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks for responding.