Always Surrender

Always Surrender is a vertically scrolling shoot ’em up built around score attack and deciding how far to push your luck. Survive as long as possible against an endless horde of enemies, then surrender to bank a bonus. Collect medals to increase your multiplier and contribute to a regularly increasing bonus score. If you stop firing for a short time, medals are drawn to you.

Game modes

The game has six modes:

• Normal: Face an onslaught with one life. Surrender before it is too late to escape and keep the bonus score.
• Novice: Play a more forgiving version of Normal, especially at the start.
• Timed: Score as much as possible in three minutes, with infinite lives and bombs. Bombing resets the multiplier.
• Classic: Play with three lives and three bombs, with no option to surrender.
• Expert: Face harder enemies with one life. You score only if you surrender.
• Pacifist: Do not shoot; score by staying alive as long as possible. Graze enemies and bullets to increase the multiplier.

Combat and scoring

You dodge enemies, bullets and lasers, and can use a slow-motion system that may activate when danger gets too close, temporarily making you invincible. Hidden methods can spawn additional medals, and four modes have a dedicated surrender button.

Other features

The game includes Tate support, a customizable UI, leaderboards and achievements.