Skyward Battles (Playdate) + free demo

Skyward Battles

Classic arcade shooting game with the air battles for Playdate console. Operate your battle plane using crank control. Shoot different targets in the air and on the ground, as well as sea targets.  Also, you can customize your airplane using upgrades.

The 20 Missions in the game, to complete all the missions you can spend more than two hours in the game.  You will fight with 3 Big bosses, 2 mini bosses. a lot of different enemies and targets.

Take off carefully, and smoothly, and do not make quick movements, otherwise, you can just destroy your airplane if turning the crank too fast while taking off. 

The first missions are a bit simple, for juniors, and each next will be harder, last few missions are only for pro pilots. Test your skills, good luck pilots!

Controls:

• Crank -  Operate the airplane in the air
• D-Pad Left - Shoot
• D-Pad Down - Drop a bomb

The game takes 2nd place in TOP of 2024 games list by Playdate Player, watch review

Review on Playdate Player Youtube channel

How to Play:

Basics of navigation: each target will be shown on the sides of the screen depending on the direction to the target, if you see points on the sides that means targets are present in that direction. The closest targets will have a larger point indicator. Targets that are too far will have a slow update of points indication.  Some of the points will be blinking, which means it buildings. Rombs indicates hard targets.

Home base indication - white circle with black outline, blinking.

Mission indication: 

on both sides of the screen will be shown mission information, icons of targets with a count of done/total, and target icons disappear when all targets done

To  complete a level you should back to the base when you destroyed all targets in the mission list, an indication of targets on both screen sides should be empty

If you have non completed target with an indication of landing at the secondary base, that means you should land at the secondary base to complete the mission

Gameplay Tips:

• Air Defense - To disable air defense turrets find radars and destroy them. Different radars can control different turrets. Sometimes it needs to destroy all radars to disable turrets.

• Loot - When you destroy an enemy airplane it drops loot, which can be money or extra bombs, as well as repair tools.

• Explodable objects - use explodable objects to destroy buildings or turrets, also land-based targets, when you shoot at explodable objects marked with a "!" sign it can destroy all around it while it explodes.

• Strategy - Not every mission is easy to complete just shooting all around, sometimes you need to think about strategy, first, try to find radars and destroy them, then destroy some hangars to reduce the enemy airplanes count, and then complete other targets of the mission.

• Enemy Bombers - Sometimes enemy bomber airplanes come, they can destroy your airbase. Try to destroy them before they reach your base. If they come and start attacking your base, you also can destroy bombs in the air, by just shooting them. 

• Boses - most effective to destroy bosses using bombs, as well they can be defeated just by shooting them but that can be too long

And p.s., sorry for my bad English, I have to learn it still, that is not my first language and I have no copywriter, all the text is just written by me from a head. Hope that will not affect the overall impression of the game, have a nice play

OST is also available for download for everyone who bought the game as bonus content

In order to install / update the game follow the steps below.

1. Log in to your Playdate Account at play.date.
2. Go to your Account page.
3. Go to the Sideload page.
4. Drag or select the .pdx game file (or zipped .pdx) to upload it.

Help doc on the official site:  https://help.play.date/games/sideloading