DFA: Death From Above

 Old-school, Galaxian style shooter.   

Instructions: Left and Right Arrow Keys to move.  C or X to shoot.  Kill enemies, don't die.

New in Release Candidate 2

• fixed a bug where killing the last enemy with a shield collision restarted the current sector
• fixed a bug that cause time distortion to continue after death
• changed powerup duration to bar instead of countdown
• added audio alert when powerup is about to expire
• added explosion animation for player death
• added trails to stars when warping between sectors
• fixed a bug that caused powerups to be dropped off screen
• updated attract mode to use a timer instead of time() to preserve intended sequencing
• fixed a bug which caused active shots and explosions on players last death to carry over to attract mode
• fixed a bug where fighters would move horizontally at normal speed during time distortion
• updated sound effect for time distortion
• switched rapid fire to time based rather than usage based
• added triple shot powerup
• tweaked effect of time distortion powerup
• updated hitbox on player shots to avoid grazing
• added brief logo animation in attract mode
• removed remaining enemies from end screen since they often block stats

New in Release Candidate 1:

• new logo and title
•  command ships always drop powerups
• command ships only appear on even waves
• 3 powerup types
• powerup can be shot to change type
• enemy shots can now be shot
• enemies return to original slot after player death
• added 4 second pause at start of wave before enemies activate
• enemies no longer disappear when you die
• stopped enemies from "warping" horizontally from left to right and vice versa
• slightly adjusted drone attack movement
• added accuracy report at end
• fixed a bug where enemies who should die in collision return to formation
• fighers & drones now x2 points while attacking
• 2 additional screens on attract mode
• fixed a bug where dying in a collision with the last enemy replayed current wave
• fixed a bug where killing last enemy with shield collision replayed current wave
• lives remaining no longer includes the current life

New in this version:

• Music and Sound Effects
• Tweaked difficulty progression
• Added Rapid fire powerup (25% chance when killing command ship)
• Various bugfixes