Mayday

Mayday is a wave-based sci-fi shoot ’em up. You pilot the Skylon, a prototype combat craft that adapts as you choose upgrades, fighting enemy swarms, dodging projectile patterns and clearing targets to advance through each area. Its upgrade system makes every increase come at a cost: Attack lowers Defence, Defence lowers Speed, and Speed lowers Attack.

Story

In a future where the Agent Society protects peace from the shadows, the Fallen Star Organization hunts a myth and seeks to awaken a superweapon. You play as Agent Mayday, linked to the Skylon’s operating system, Elizabeth. Your mission takes you to the Alyphs Quadrant to shut down enemy bases before Nova changes everything.

Combat and upgrades

Each area advances when you clear a set number of enemies. Waves bring escalating bullet patterns and retaliation attacks, and you need to learn enemy behaviour, choose a stat path and survive long enough to reach each boss. After every wave, you select one of three specializations, each improving one stat while reducing another: Attack at the cost of Defence, Defence at the cost of Speed, or Speed at the cost of Attack.

Game modes

Story Mode features cutscenes. Arcade Mode skips cutscenes and offers continuous progression through stages of enemy waves, leading to bosses. It focuses on dodging, fast clears and build decisions across replayable runs.