Finally, a mobile game for gamers! Inspired by the 16-bit era, the golden age of space games, and the game Star Control in particular, novaWARS brings proper gaming to mobiles in this design-your-own-ship arcade space-combat shooter. No more need to carry your 3DS or Vita or Switch when you want a real game on the go. 😉
Arcade game control
Supporting pioneering control schemes as well as hardware controllers, novaWARS brings the console/arcade experience to the touchscreen. Dodge, weave, spin, shoot. Use a planet’s gravity for a speed slingshot, or draw your pursuer into a fatal collision with an explosive asteroid. This is real gameplay, dependent on reactions and skilful execution.
A mobile game with depth
Design the perfect vessels to conquer/save the universe, selecting from components in millions of combinations to balance fire-power, manoeuvrability and cost to fit your play style and the current level challenges, whether that’s direct combat or using environmental hazards to your advantage.
Classic ’90s space-game flavouring
Inspired by the great 1990s space games such as Master of Orion, Ascendancy, and of course Star Control, novaWARS indulges in the same delight of varied tech and gobbledegook sci-fi jargon. As well as the typical blasters and laser beams, expect cluster-missiles, gravity wells, and maybe a few ‘antimatter cones’ and ‘space limpits’. 😉
Still a mobile game
novaWARS doesn’t overreach itself, and is designed around short bouts so you can get a decent game when you’ve just got a few minutes to kill. A wealth of alternative control options also bring a simpler interface so the delights of real games are accessible to mobile gamers unaccustomed to d-pads and face-buttons. Guiding a ship through combat with waypoints is very nearly as good as the real thing.
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