🚀 VOID RUNNER

Master your momentum. Build your firepower. Keep the streak alive.

VOID RUNNER is a momentum-based arcade survival shooter set in deep space.

Drift through an endless asteroid field, blast rocks into pieces, and dodge enemy ships as the fight becomes more dangerous.

Collect upgrades, build your score multiplier, and use your afterburner to escape when things get crowded. Staying alive is only part of the challenge—how high can you score before your last life is gone?

This build is a gameplay prototype / core mechanics demo focused on flight, combat, upgrades, and arcade scoring. Balance, visuals, and content are still being developed.

🚀 The official Steam page and Steam demo are coming soon!

▶ PLAY IN YOUR BROWSER

Keyboard and mouse are required for this build.

Controller/Touch support is currently unavailable in the browser build.

🎮 WHAT'S IN THE PROTOTYPE

Momentum-Based Flight

Control your drift, move sideways while aiming, and manage a rechargeable afterburner.

Dangerous Asteroid Fields

Break large asteroids into smaller hazards.

Glowing ice asteroids can drop powerups, while rare golden asteroids and their fragments are worth extra points.

Growing Enemy Threats

Fight Skirmishers, shielded Elites, and fast Interceptor formations.

Watch for their attack warnings, dodge their shots, and attack when you see an opening.

Weapon Upgrades

Add an automatic companion turret and improve its fire rate.

Collect Laser upgrades to unlock twin shots and a three-shot spread.

Shields & Limited Lives

Refill your shield and protect your hull.

You have 3 lives, with 3 hull points per life.

Losing a life lowers each weapon upgrade by one level.

Streaks & Skill Bonuses

Chain kills together to build your score multiplier up to 5×.

Earn bonus points for:

• Destroying an entire Interceptor formation
• Defeating an Elite without taking hull damage during the fight

High Scores & Run Results

Beat your local personal best and compete on the global leaderboard.

After each run, review your:

• Kills
• Streaks
• Pickups
• Score breakdown

Custom Controls & Settings

Choose between Follow and Classic camera modes.

You can also:

• Rebind controls
• Customize your crosshair
• Enable optional touch controls
• Adjust display settings
• Adjust audio settings

The in-game How to Play guide explains flight, survival, upgrades, enemies, and scoring.

⌨️ CONTROLS

With the default Follow Camera and Mouse Aim enabled:

• WASD — Move relative to the screen
• Mouse — Aim
• Hold Left Click / Space — Fire
• Hold Shift — Boost
• Release Shift — Recharge boost

Your ship keeps drifting when you stop moving.

Steer against your drift, leave yourself room to dodge, and be careful—hitting an asteroid can destroy your ship if you do not have a shield.

🏆 GLOBAL LEADERBOARD

The global leaderboard saves your highest score under a player ID stored in your browser.

Clearing the site's browser data or using another browser can create a new player ID and a separate leaderboard entry.

An internet connection is required to submit online scores.

Your final score is also saved locally. If an online score submission fails, the game will show a message and give you the option to try again.

💬 HELP SHAPE VOID RUNNER

VOID RUNNER is still being developed, and your feedback is useful.

Share your score and let me know what you think about:

• Movement
• Difficulty
• Enemy attacks
• Upgrades
• Controls
• How easy threats are to see and understand

If something feels confusing or difficult to read, I especially want to know.

If you find a bug, please include your browser and what happened.

Follow the project on itch.io for updates and news about the upcoming Steam page and demo.