Rocket Blasters
A downloadable game for Windows
About This Game
Rocket Blasters is a fast paced, action packed space themed shoot-em-up. Rack up points by destroying asteroids and enemies on your trip through the stars.
Gameplay
There is nothing too deep going on here, blow up asteroids, enemy spaceships and occasional bosses in your very own super awesome rocket ship. Get a variety of upgraded weapons in order to help blow up more asteroids, enemy spaceships ... you get the idea.
Unique Scoring System
Rocket Blasters has a unique system that rewards precision and restraint while blowing stuff up. Each time you fire your weapon, you lose a point, that's right, you lose a point for shooting. However, each time you hit something, you will get 2 or more points back, depending on what you hit. Spamming bullets may be easier, but it will not get you the high score.
The Dread Pizza Armada in all its glory
Enemies
Asteroids are not the only obstacle your rocket will encounter along the way. The Dread Pizza Armada is planning an attack on Earth, and you must destroy as many of their drones as possible.
Drones
You will encounter many of these dangerous robot ships on your journey. Avoid them, and their lasers, or suffer a painful demise. Shooting them will earn you more points than blasting asteroids, so thinking strategically about what you shoot will help you raise your score.
Pizza Armada Battleships
The Dread Pizza Armada was named after these oddly shaped triangular battleships. Be careful of lingering behind them, as they have a dangerous array of lasers aimed right at you!
Colossal Dreadnoughts
The Colossal Dreadnought is the rarest and most dangerous ship in the Armada. Huge and heavily armored, your rocket will have to be quick to avoid its dreaded Annihilation Beam, which destroys everything in its path, including asteroids, your rocket and even its own drones. Finding its weak spot will be key in overcoming this deadly foe.
Battling a Pizza Armada Dreadnought
Upgrades
Your rocket starts with a simple laser blaster, however, as you progress through the game, you may find some useful, temporary upgrades along the way. Look for the floating upgrade gear, and simply fly into it in order to upgrade your rocket. Upgrades have a time limit, indicated by the numbers that appear above your rocket on the screen.
Triple Blasters
Two extra lasers allow you to clear a path through obstacles and enemies much more efficiently than the single cannon you start with.
Side Cannons
Side Cannons allow you to slip past enemies and dangers, while giving you the power to blast them out of space from the side. This allows for a very different, strategic approach when confronting enemies.
Energy Shield
The Energy Shield is a very powerful upgrade, making your rocket completely impervious to all dangers for a short time. Be careful of the timer though, it is quite inconvenient when you lose the shield in the middle of a battle.
Destructo Beam
Possibly the most effective offensive weapon in the universe, the Desructo Beam was actually a recovered Dreadnaught Annihilation Beam, which was re-engineered to fit on your rocket. Enjoy its destructive powers while they last!
Artwork
Rocket Blasters is the end result of a small series of ball-point pen drawings I did in October of 2017. The drawings were simple space themed images showing a small rocket ship, that developed into a story over the month long period. Someone suggested I animate the images, and I did one better and turned them into a game.
Some early drawings in the series
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $1 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Comments
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Hey you'll probably never see this but I did actually buy your game for a dollar but it doesn't work, on load it says there are no steam licenses or something like that. No big deal but maybe you oughta fix it or take it down
Interesting! I will see if I can fix that.
I'm wondering, perhaps Steam has to be installed for it to work. I never had any trouble running it outside of Steam, but maybe it's an issue when there is no Steam on the computer. I will have to test that ... that could effect my other games too.
Just to check, do you have Steam installed on your computer?
Yeah, I do. I don't think that's it
Okay, I think I've figured it out. I just uploaded a new version of the game. The filename ends with "_ITCH.exe" - I have removed the old version so that should be the only one there. If you download the new version it should not try to connect with Steam.
Sorry for the inconvenience! Thanks a lot actually, I was not aware of this issue. If you would like, I can send you a Steam key for the game too. But let me know if the issues is resolved on your end first.
I love your games, there are always so unique and interesting, especially the paradox vector. I am looking forward to an update on your games and Good Luck buddy, keep up the good work :)))
Hey, thanks! This is an older game, I just never put it here for some reason.