Devastation - Annihilate the Alien Race

Devastation - Annihilate the Alien Race is a 2D dual-stick shoot ’em up with bullet-hell and arcade-style gameplay. You fight through hordes of alien ships, dodge clouds of enemy fire, use bombs and upgrades, and take on more than 11 massive bosses. You can play solo or with up to four players locally, compete for high scores on the leaderboards and unlock up to 30 achievements.

The alien war

In 1988, an unknown spectral phenomenon begins attacking people from the sky. Its ships appear as faint black shapes or white lights, and the attacks grow louder as they approach. The aliens strike at night, sometimes in pairs, and can shapeshift, control the weather and cloak themselves during the day.

In response, four skilled fighters form a team called the Hunters and build a ship named Horus. They travel through an open portal into unknown space, destroy alien forces and face the leaders of their clans. By using technology taken from alien ships, the Hunters grow stronger and eventually fight the alien race to extinction.

Game modes

The game has three score-competitive modes:

• Arcade: Start with a full shield that takes two hits of damage. Mega and shield power-ups restore it.
• Hardcore: Your shield is corrupted and takes one hit; power-ups no longer restore it.
• Timed: The game ends when the timer reaches zero. Killing enemies and bosses and collecting time power-ups add time. Losing your ship causes a drastic time reduction, but lives are infinite unless One Life is active.

Game types

Each game type sets your starting lives, bombs and upgrades, and some restrict what you can acquire or keep:

• Normal: Start with three lives, three bombs and no upgrades. Each upgrade type is reduced by one when you die.
• One Life: Start with one life and three bombs, with no upgrades. You cannot acquire more lives, and each upgrade type is reduced by one when you die.
• No Bombs: Start with three lives and no bombs or upgrades. You cannot acquire bombs, and each upgrade type is reduced by one when you die.
• All Upgrades: Start with three lives, three bombs and all upgrades maxed out. Upgrades are never lost.
• Debug [Secret Mode]: Provides infinite lives, infinite bombs and an infinite special upgrade weapon.

Difficulty styles

Four difficulty styles adjust enemy health, firing rates and the frequency of power-ups:

• Starter: Enemies have 1x health, fire at a low rate and power-ups spawn very frequently.
• Average: Enemies have 2x health, fire at a normal rate and power-ups spawn frequently.
• Professional: Enemies have 3x health, fire at a high rate and power-ups spawn less frequently.
• Insanity: Enemies have 4x health, fire at the maximum rate and power-ups spawn rarely.