Star Defender: Space Shooter

About Star Defender: Space Shooter

The galaxy is swarming with googly-eyed space critters — buzzing bees, grumpy bats, flying fish and fire-breathing little dragons — and only one pilot stands in their way.

Drag anywhere on the screen to steer your starfighter; it fires on its own. Aliens swoop in along curving flight paths, lock into formation, dive at you and shoot back. Grab lightning bolts to raise your bullet level up to 10, pick up glowing gems to switch between the Pulse Blaster spread, the Ion Laser beam and homing Seeker Missiles, and save your bomb for the moment the screen fills with bullets.

Every sixth level ends with a giant boss that changes its attacks in three phases: bullet fans, rings, spirals, sweeping streams, summoned minions and full-speed charges. Clear each level on Easy, Normal and Hard to earn its three stars, then spend your coins on Power, a higher bullet-level limit and four more starfighters.

Features

• Classic vertical shoot 'em up with one-finger drag controls and auto-fire
• 36 hand-built levels with alien waves that fly real formation paths
• 6 giant bosses with three attack phases each
• 3 weapons that level up to 10: spread blaster, ion laser and homing missiles
• 5 starfighters to unlock, Power and Bullet-level upgrades
• Easy, Normal and Hard for every level — 108 stars to collect
• Plays offline, English and Vietnamese

How to play

1. Drag anywhere on the screen to move your ship — your finger never covers it. The guns fire automatically.
2. Lightning bolts raise your bullet level; at the limit they trigger a short Overdrive.
3. Coloured gems switch your weapon (or level it up if it matches).
4. Tap the red bomb button to clear every enemy bullet and damage all aliens on screen.
5. You have 3 ships per level; losing one also costs one bullet level.
6. Spend coins in Upgrades and the Hangar between levels.

Tips & tricks

• Stay low and move in small steps: most alien shots are aimed at where you are now.
• Kill the aliens in front first — divers come from the formation.
• The Ion Laser shreds bosses, the Pulse Blaster clears wide formations, Seeker Missiles never miss.
• Keep your bomb for a boss phase change, when the screen is the busiest.
• Stuck on a boss? Raise Power a few levels and buy a higher bullet-level limit, then try again.

Frequently asked questions