Escape The Swarm
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Humanity were broken, scattered, and overwhelemed by an unknown threat known as the Swarm. You somehow arrived at an abandoned star base with ship damaged by the Swarm. Repairs were needed on your ship to escape and you could hold the Swarm with your drone. You could set rudimentary defenses, but you know that the Swarm will overwhelm you.
Control your drone in order to eliminate ships of the Swarm. Scraps will be gained by destroying enemies and used to repair, setup turret, or escape and win the game. Protect your base. Escape before the swarm overwhelms you!
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Big Iron
"The Swarm outgunned and overwhelmed the Military to its knees" - Recovered News Feed at 2XXX
This game involves ranged combat with the enemy.
Never Gonna Gonna Give You Up
"This is what I only have before the Swarm screws me up. Need to hold them out until I gathered enough to repair my ship and run away." - Personal Log 420
Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down. Never gonna run around, and desert you. (Player needs to protect the base instead of the drone they control)
Trade Offer
"This base won't last for couple of waves! I could repair the damages and build defenses, but that's the only thing I could do" - Personal Log 419
Player uses scraps to either repair, build turret, upgrade turret, or escape. The amount of scraps gathered were limited as the Swarm will overwhelm the player.
Controls
- Aim plane's direction with mouse.
- Left click to fire weapons.
Assets
Space Background from Freepik.com
Sound assets gathered from Bensound.com, kenney.nl, and freesound.org
Some GUI assets acquired from kenney.nl
Details could be seen in game credits.
Source Code
Source code could be seen on this link
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux |
Author | hori75 |
Genre | Shooter, Survival |
Tags | Singleplayer, Space, Top down shooter |
Download
Install instructions
Download and extract the zip file. Keep the .exe and .pck file on one directory. Run the .exe file to play the game.
For MacOS users, you need to remove xattr from the downloaded game.