NOVAPHASE: Retro Space Shooter

The sky tore open above Earth. You have one orbit to close it.

NOVAPHASE is a retro side-scrolling space shooter built around one idea: steal the barrage and send it back. Cloak, fly into the pink enemy fire and eat it; drop the cloak and it all comes back as your own volley. Eat too much and the core overloads. Orange fire cannot be eaten, steel walls you can slip through, and your guns cool only while cloaked — so every wave asks how greedy you dare to be.

A story worth flying through

THE OTHER SIGNAL is a 15-mission campaign with a 9-mission epilogue, BEYOND THE BRIDGE. Five locks hold the Rift open, and a fleet stands between you and the first. But that fleet keeps repeating the same eleven-second signal, and your ship’s AI is starting to understand it. Animated briefings with your pilot, your commander and the ship’s AI; missions with reach, scan, escort, hold and break objectives; and five endings decided by what you do out there. Every scene can be skipped.

• 24 story missions across 8 sectors, each with its own terrain, weather, enemies and boss.
• 16 boss fights: 8 multi-phase bosses and 8 mid-bosses. The finales transform.
• 4 ships, 5 primary weapons: Interceptor, Phantom, Bastion, Valkyrie; Pulse, Spread, Wave, Rail and Swarm. Equip rockets, an EMP or a drone.
• 6 modes: Story, Endless, Daily, Weekly, Boss Rush and Practice.
• Local co-op: a second pilot can join on the same screen.
• Build your run: upgrades, option pods, modules and weapon fusion. Spend salvage in the Hangar and climb eight Ascension tiers.
• Ghosts and DEATH CAM replays, three difficulties, accessibility settings, and English and Spanish.
• Procedural pixel art and an original synthesized score. Play in your browser on desktop or phone with keyboard, mouse, touch or gamepad.

Controls

Open Controls from the title or pause menu for device-specific help.

Keyboard: WASD or arrows move. Automatic fire is enabled by default; hold J, Z or Space with HOLD TO FIRE enabled. L or C phases; K or X uses the secondary; Shift dashes; P pauses or resumes; Enter selects; Backspace goes back.

Mouse: hold left and drag to move and fire; right click phases; middle click uses the secondary; flick while dragging to dash.

Touch: drag on the left to move and fire; upper-right phases; lower-right uses the secondary; flick to dash; II pauses. A left-handed layout is available.

Gamepad: stick or D-pad moves; A fires or selects; Y phases; B uses the secondary or goes back; RB dashes; Start pauses or resumes.

A JASHUVO Game. Developed and published by JASHUVO. © 2026 JASHUVO. Made with Godot. Engine and font notices are in Credits.

Development used AI-assisted code and text. Promotional covers and banner use generated illustrations based on the game; playable art is procedural and audio is synthesized.