Scrapheap Shuttle

Scrapheap Shuttle is a sci-fi themed shoot-em-up game with puzzle elements, where you guide your spacecraft through outer space and waves of aliens in an attempt to get to the Interstellar Academy before you're too late.

Set in an alternate universe where humans have populated most of the nearby galaxies, and regularly commute via space-travel to reach places of employment and/or learning. Aliens have only recently made contact with humans, and are currently attacking the Interstellar Academy. 

You play as a broke, but resourceful, student that has been accepted into the Interstellar Academy, 12 lightyears away. But faster-than-light space travel is expensive, so the student has scavenged parts from scrap yards to craft their own spaceship. The student begins the long trip to the Interstellar Academy, only to find their travel fraught with danger. Can the student keep up with the repairs and get to the Academy in one piece?

Take flight in your shuttle, controlling it from a top-down exterior perspective. Fly around space (WASD or Arrow Keys to move), using your ship's laser cannon (Mouse to aim, LMB to fire) to defend yourself against the alien attack. Switch to Maintenance mode by pressing the Space Bar.

By heading to the maintenance (Spacebar), it brings you inside the flight deck of your shuttle, where damage that you have taken has broken important systems. You must play minigames (Mouse and LMB to interact with broken systems) in order to repair the damaged systems and gain health before the next wave of aliens reaches you. Return to Point and Shoot by pressing the Space Bar again.

Maintenance Minigames:

• Gum the Wires - click on the wire box to open, drag the same coloured wires together to make them stick with gum.

• Ducktape the Window - Click on the role of ducktape on the table to grab some, keep on clicking on the cracks until it seems sealed enough.

• Hit the Monitor - For some reason, the Blue Screen of Death makes the ship work. Keep on clicking on the glitching monitor to hit it until it works again.

As you reach later and later waves, more aliens appear to attack you. Your score is increased every time you destroy an alien, and a 'flawless bonus' is added to your score each time you survive a wave without being damaged. Try to survive 10 waves with your ship intact to unlock a secret cutscene! After the cutscene, you have the opportunity to continue your playthrough to obtain a high score!

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Art Design: Samantha Castillo and Huy Nguyen

Music: Ryan Schaare

Narrative Design: Todd Scanlon and Daniel Tohill

Programming: Samantha Castillo, Ryan Schaare, and Sumi Van der Walt

Project Management: Samantha Castillo and Todd Scanlon

Sound Design: Daniel Tohill

Mascot: Benson

Sound Effects: Mixkit and Pixabay

Fonts: "Railway to Hells" - Imagex Fonts, and "Sci Fied Bitmap" - Andreas Nylin

Additional Images: IStock