Hero of the Circinus Galaxy

Story

Your home is being invaded by hoards of enemies. Their attacks are relentless and never ending. Will you be the one that stops them? The fate of the galaxy depends on you to stop them. Will you be the hero that saves everybody?

About

A classic game with modern graphics. Fight through increasingly more difficult levels where waves of enemies attack you in predicable patterns. Three acts with four levels each and then the final crescendo. The game is set up to be a challenge but not too hard. There is always an option to dodge most enemies but who will get the high score?

Note: The game might run a bit slow in the browser. If that is the case, make sure to change the graphic settings in the settings menu.

Choosing difficulty affects the amount of maximum health of the player and also the scoring multiplier. 

Controls

Movement

Bullets

Missiles

Pause

Power ups

Small health boost

Health boost

Gain a missile

Gain multiple missiles

Gain a shield that protects you from next hit.

Give (or extend) spread shot for a short duration.

Give (or extend) spread shot for a longer duration.

Change log

Version 1.1 (2022-09-19):

• Initial release

Version 1.1 (2022-09-22):

• Online leaderboard

Version 1.1.1 (2022-09-24):

• Minor change to online leaderboard

Version 1.2 (2022-09-29):

• Improved graphics performance
• Increased player ship speed
• Implemented new power up spread shot
• Changed player standard shot (twin shot, increased bullet speed)
• Improved player missile
  • Made it easier to see
  • Increased speed
  • Made cooldown easier to see
  • Error sound if clicked on cooldown
• Added information about current stage and how many stages
• Improvements to online leaderboard
  • Added scroll bar so it's easier to see the whole list
  • Increased the number of slots in the online leaderboard
  • Better error check if unavailable
• Added health bar for boss
• Additional small bug fixes

Version 1.3 (2024-04-13):

This version tweaks the game to be a bit easier. 

• Gameplay
  • Added outline to objects for better visibility
  • Added full screen indicator when player is damaged
  • Added health percent to health bar
  • Reduced player hit box
  • Tweaked enemy bomber shots to be more reasonable to dodge
  • Increased cooldown between spread shots
  • Increased bullet damage: easy 100%, normal 40%, hard 20%
  • Increased missile damage: easy 100%, normal 40%, hard 20%
  • Reduced missile cooldown: easy: 80%, normal 60%, hard 40%, extreme 20%
• Power ups
  • Added new power up, the shield
  • Picking up spread shot powerup extends the timer instead of replacing it
  • Power ups stop moving down when the you change level
• Enhancements
  • Increased the number of slots in the online leaderboard
  • Added more information to online leaderboard, level and difficulty
  • Added UI animations
• Bugfixes
  • Remove bullets when ending a level
  • Only show online leaderboard in menus