Star Swarmers

HOW TO PLAY

1. Slide your lance fighter along the bottom of the screen and hold fire to rake the swarmer formation above.
2. Every wave's formation is composed fresh: phosphor gnats are fragile, amber bulwarks take two bolts, and magenta sabres fire aimed plasma.
3. Watch for lone swarmers peeling off on dive runs — they shoot on the way down and ram if you let them through.
4. Kills and near-miss grazes grow your risk multiplier up to ×8, but taking a hit resets it to ×1, so fly bold but clean.
5. Between waves, choose one of three upgrades with up/down and fire: rapid cycling, twin lances, aegis shields, overdrive thrusters, or piercing rounds.
6. Warden bosses hold every fourth wave — break their halo hull to clear the campaign.

Controls

• Move leftArrowLeft / KeyA · D-pad / left stick
• Move rightArrowRight / KeyD · D-pad / left stick
• Upgrade cursor upArrowUp / KeyW · D-pad up
• Upgrade cursor downArrowDown / KeyS · D-pad down
• Fire lances / confirm upgradeSpace / KeyZ · Gamepad A
• Confirm upgradeEnter · Gamepad Start
• PauseEscape / KeyP · Gamepad Start

SETTINGS