VULPES ASTRO

VULPES ASTRO is a retro vertical shoot-'em-up made with Pyxel. "vulpes" is Latin for fox — a fox-meets-space theme

Features

• Laser heat (TEMP) system — keep firing and the cannon overheats and locks up. Managing fire/cool rhythm is the core skill.
• Wave-based sectors — 3 waves per sector, with a no-miss bonus.
• Meteor bonus stage — shoot falling rocks for points; smaller & faster = higher score.
• Three bosses — INSECT → DREADNOUGHT → KITSUNE (nine-tailed final boss), appearing every 3rd sector and looping.
• Barrier — a one-hit shield you can grab in the meteor stage.
• Weapon power-up — twin-column fire with no overheat (ammo-limited); when to unleash it is up to you.
• Loop-2 twist — "warp bullets" phase in at center and home in on you.
• Difficulty curve — more fire and pressure as you go; extra life every 50,000 points.

Controls

• Move: Arrow keys or A / D
• Fire: Space or Z (mind the TEMP gauge)
• Start / Retry: Space

How to play

Playable right in your browser (HTML). Note: an internet connection is required (the Pyxel runtime is loaded online).