Cora

Cora is a top-down shooter in which you play as a CORA Unit, an unusually strong autonomous machine. Created by the Galactic Imperium to control its subjects, CORA Units began to show signs of sentience. Most came to sympathize with the people they were assigned to control, helping two-thirds of the galaxy form an alliance and peacefully secede from the Imperium. You, however, left your post and settled on an abandoned planet with a few hundred other CORA Units.

Years later, the star that lights your sky begins to dim, and a fleet of strike craft surrounds the planet. The ships do not appear to be from the Imperium, and their intentions are unknown.

CORA Units

You can choose from three CORA Units, each with its own shot type and special attack:

• Uriel: fires a forward power shot and can unleash a Giant Beam.
• Titania: fires homing shots and can deploy a turret.
• Tito: fires aimed directional shots and uses an Imperium Refraction Crystal.

Pickups and specials

Power pickups increase your shot's power. Collecting 64 gives you an additional turret, while losing a life costs you 32 power pickups. Point pickups award points based on how far up the screen you collect them: up to 10,000 on Normal difficulty, 15,000 on Hard and 5,000 on Easy.

Special pickups fill your special meter. Once a segment is full, you can use your CORA Unit's special attack to clear bullets and deal extra damage. Using a special as soon as you are hit prevents you from losing a life. The game also includes 1up pickups.