Parsec

Parsec is a space game where you pilot a spaceship through an asteroid field and try to destroy as many asteroids as possible before they destroy you. You start with a Blaster and can pick up two other weapons and health from random spawns around the world. Asteroids can also sometimes drop health.

Weapons

• Blaster: your starting weapon. It fires relatively slowly but destroys any asteroid in four shots or fewer.
• Minigun: fires very quickly and deals only slightly less damage than the Blaster, making it more effective.
• Sniper Laser: destroys any asteroid in one shot and can penetrate several with a single shot, but has a very low rate of fire.

Asteroids and debris

Asteroids vary in size, speed and damage. Small asteroids typically break off passing comets; though they may look harmless, they can reach high speeds, destroy spaceships in their path and push other asteroids a long way. They deal 25 damage when stationary and can deal much more at speed. Medium asteroids move slowly and are less volatile, dealing 50 damage; they are less likely than small asteroids to hit you at high speed. Large asteroids are nearly stationary and easy to hit and avoid, but are dangerous if you collide with them and deal 75 damage. Asteroids can break into smaller pieces when hit; this debris is mostly harmless and deals 25 damage.

Health and score

You have 150 health, shown as three blue squares, each representing 50 health. Health pickups restore 50 health and are marked with a grey square displaying “+50”. A score multiplier pickup doubles the points you earn for destroying asteroids while it is active. It is marked with a grey square displaying “2x”, and an active multiplier appears above your score. Your high score is saved between games.