Bombyx

Bombyx is an audiovisual sandbox shoot ’em up in which you pilot a gunship around your Gravatar character, firing in 360 degrees with flapping-style flight mechanics. You can also play in ZeroG mode, which uses full six-degrees-of-freedom movement.

Flight modes

In Gravatar mode, you play as Orbal while the gunship orbits your character. In ZeroG mode, you control a virtual AI gunship. The game also includes a pair of Diffluent Jets for Zero-G mode and a Monkey Mode in which grabbing a banana turns on gravity.

Zones and enemies

The sandbox includes a colorful Gravatar map and the Zero-G Cauldron zone. You encounter pumpkin grenades, retro ghosts, space worms, UFOs and robots.

Visuals and sound

The graphics combine colorful abstract imagery, fractal textures and procedural geometry, with particle effects, color cycling and hue shifting. Character and concept art includes work by Katsumi Yokota, Mike DuBois and other artists. The soundtrack features professional musicians from around the world.