polarity

Description

Kick Alien scum butt in polarity.
Its inspired by Ikaruga on consoles but it also has various things that are not as in Ikaruga. This is for people who like a game in the vein of classic shoot´em´ups, hope there are some of those here.

[UPDATES, changes & additions]
Update 10-29-2008:
-added take it with you feature: powerups one collects don´t get taken away anymore when one gets to the next level
-changed powerups to be recollectable: now when one gets hit by an enemy (bullet) the powerup(s) one had get dropped out and are collectable again (instead of having the powerups just removed completely as it was before)

Update 10-28-2008:
-all in one: packed all assets into main file, no more long loading screen waits during the game :)
-improved shield responsivness

How to Play

MOVE UP with UP ARROW KEY, MOVE DOWN with DOWN ARROW KEY, MOVE LEFT with LEFT ARROW KEY, MOVE RIGHT with RIGHT ARROW KEY,
SHOOT with SPACE.
SWITCH SHIELD color and SHOT POLARITY with B .
Enemy bullets in same color as your shield color won´t reduce your ship´s energy.
PAUSE with P

You can CUSTOMIZE the CONTROLS in the SETTINGS MENU.