AsteroidsNEO

Prepare for a new spin on an old classic. With brand new content, unique gamemodes, and custom classic-styled art, AsteroidsNEO is here to fill your rock-destroying urge!

Table of Contents

• Features
  • Gamemodes
    • Endless
    • Invasion
  • Game Types
    • Classic
    • NEO
  • Powerups
  • Bosses
  • Other
• Planned Features
• Development Screenshots
• Installation
• Playing
  • Controls
  • First-Time Play

Features

Gamemodes

Endless

What you're used to! An endless barrage of asteroids to blast into bits (and points!).

Invasion

(Coming soon...) Saucers galore. They fight back, and they're sharp shooters. Watch out for flying cows.

Game Types

Classic

The classic Asteroids experience, in HD! Accurate movement, hitboxes, point values, spawn rates, enemy behavior, and more.

NEO

A new way to experience Asteroids while keeping the same, classic feel. The same features as Classic mode, but with the addition of powerups, bosses, and new, more interesting waves and features.

Powerups

• Multi-shot
  • "3 times the pellets!"
  • Fires 3 pellets instead of 1
• Forcefield
  • "Un-freakin'-touchable!"
  • Immune to all forms of damage while active
• Laser
  • "I'mma firin' ma lazar!"
  • Fires a large laser beam instead of pellets
• Time-freeze
  • "Freeze!"
  • Freezes the movement of all asteroids
• Bomb
  • "Kaboom."
  • Destroys all asteroids on-screen
• Point-Multipler
  • "More money, more power"
  • Doubles the amount of points per asteroid
• AI-Drone
  • "2 is better than 1"
  • Summons an AI drone to fight with you
• Heat-Seeking Rockets
  • "Good luck missing your shots."
  • Fires heat-seeking missiles instead of pellets
• Shockwave
  • "Shocking, isn't it?"
  • Explodes all asteroids by 1 size level
• Extra Life
  • "Wahoo...?"
  • Gives you an extra life/ship

Bosses

• Mothership
  • Much bigger than your average saucer
  • Lots of health and a healthbar
  • Better weapons than her children
  • Spawns smaller saucers to do her bidding

Other

• Mouse-less support (arrow keys)
• Fullscreen availability
• Post-processing effects and graphics
  • Complete post-processing customization
• Lil cute easter eggs

Planned Features

• Custom music and sound effects
• Custom keybinding
• Cosmetics
  • Customize ship color
  • Unlockable trails, animations, and other fun things ;)
• Online Multiplayer
  • Co-op
  • Versus
  • PvP
• More powerups
• More bosses and waves
  • Asteroid Belt
  • The "Moon"
• More gamemodes
  • Invasion
  • Ammo Shortage

Development Screenshots

Installation

1. Find the latest release from the GitHub's "Releases"
2. Download the "AsteroidsNEO.exe" installer executable
3. Open and go through the installation process

Playing

Controls

• Menu:
  • Next Option -> Down Arrow
  • Previous Option -> Up Arrow
  • Select Option -> Spacebar
• Movement:
  • Forward -> Up Arrow
  • Backward -> Down Arrow
  • Turn Left -> Left Arrow
  • Turn Right -> Right Arrow
• Other:
  • Shoot -> Spacebar
  • Open Menu -> Escape

First-Time Play

1. Open the game
2. Press "Play" on the main menu
3. Select the game type and gamemode
4. Press "Launch"

System Requirements

• Windows 7+
• MacOS (untested)