During the eighties Earth fought a hard battle against an invading alien species. They ran away when were forced to listen to boy bands' songs that were playing around at that time. Now Earth is beign invaded again! And it's your job to defend your city against them. Citizens have already escaped to subterranean shelters, but you must protect their homes for as long as you can!

This is a homage to the classic Atari 2600 game: Missile Command

New Aliens on the Block is a casual single player shooter game for everyone.



You control a cannon placed at the center of your city block, with limited ammo to fight against waves of enemy projectiles coming from the sky. You must destroy the projectiles before they reach the buildings. If you loose your cannon or all 6 buildings, the game is over. 

Your cannon can withstand minor damage, and takes some time to auto-repair, during that time your targeting speed will be reduced. The buildings, on the other hand, cannot withstand any damage. 

You gain points by destroying enemy projectiles and spaceships and extra points if you hit more than one enemy with a single shot! keep amassing those points and you'll earn bonus rebuilds that will replace lost buildings at the beggining of the next wave. Reach a certain wave and you'll start to earn twice as many points! how far will you go?

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  • A beautifull city to protect with night and day cycle and a color changing background.
  • 2 types of enemy projectiles that falls from the sky with distinct behaviour,  damage and progressive difficulty.
  • 3 types of alien spaceships that can be destroyed for points and other benefits, each with it's own characteristics such as speed, movement pattern and hitpoints.
  • Dramatic sci-fi music and retro sound effects that will transport you back to the eighties!
  • Multiple profiles suport. You can have a profile for each player in your house and easily compare statistics from the high scores screen.
  • Windows and Linux builds.
  • Playable with keyboard or gamepad.
  • English and Portuguese localization.

This game was made with assets created by very talented people:

Franco GiachettiBevouliinlike, a hundred bearsDaniel CookKenney VleugelsNathan LovatoRallixGameSupplyGuyMichael Parent, Corey Annis, David StearnsBeep Yeah!Alec Shea

If your're interested in game development, be sure to check out their work.

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, Linux
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorGuGames
GenreShooter, Action
Made withPaint.net, Audacity, Godot
TagsAliens, Arcade, Casual, Explosions, Godot, High Score, Sci-fi, Short, Singleplayer
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish, Portuguese (Brazil)
InputsKeyboard, Gamepad (any)
AccessibilityOne button, Textless

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A classic with a new look! I recommend it to all nostalgic players and new ones too!