ChromaShield Alpha

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Your choice works in both Classic 2D and Lit 2.5D.

Overall difficulty: Normal

One slider tunes the whole match: asteroid colors and quantity, bot opponents, respawn limits, and how quickly rounds ramp up. Normal is this server's standard game, every preset keeps Cheats off, and scores from any named difficulty still count for the leaderboard.

Or adjust all the settings individually

CUSTOM MATCH SETTINGS

Starting asteroid colors (and score bonus)

How many asteroid colors appear in Round 1. Every color needs its matching shield, so more colors mean more shield switching — and a bigger score bonus.

Asteroid quantity and base score multiplier: ×1.0

How hard the asteroids push and how much each point is worth — both scale together, from a relaxed ×0.2 to a brutal ×4.0. Round 1 always starts with one asteroid and none are replaced mid-round: clear every asteroid and fragment to end a round early, or survive until the timer expires. At ×1.5 and above, asteroids warn before changing color; at ×3.2 and above, large and medium asteroids can also warn before splitting on their own.

Planet frequency and bonus value: Normal · 1 in 50 · bonus ×1

Rarely, a large asteroid arrives as a planet worth a big bonus — at Normal, about 1 in 50, worth five large asteroids in total. Rarer planets pay proportionally bigger bonuses and frequent planets smaller ones, so the expected payout stays fair; Off removes planets. Campaign always uses Normal, and every choice here remains leaderboard-eligible.

Gem & precious-metal frequency and value: Normal · every 100 breaks · value ×1

Breaking asteroids sometimes drops a gem or precious metal — fly into it to collect the points. At Normal, one treasure appears every 100 breaks; rarer treasure is worth proportionally more, so the expected payout stays fair. Off removes treasure. Campaign always uses Normal, and every choice here remains leaderboard-eligible.

Drifting hazards: Off · no hazards

Neutral hazards drift through the arena: spinning saw blades destroy any bare hull on contact — every shield safely deflects them, and nobody scores — while toxic barrels burst and apply Power Drain. Tractor beams can latch and haul them. Campaign adds saws on its own in later rounds; every choice here remains leaderboard-eligible.

Bot opponents (fill empty seats)

How many computer-controlled rivals launch with you; Custom matches start with none. Every arena still holds up to eight human pilots — humans fill open seats and replace bots when necessary.

Maximum respawns per round (score multiplier)

The default is 10 respawns per round at score ×1.09. Other finite limits make every point worth more, up to ×2.00 for a single ship; Unlimited remains available at ×1.00, and every choice here stays leaderboard-eligible. Pilots and bots that use up the limit sit out the rest of the round — they can keep watching or return to the lobby.

Increasing Difficulty Each Round Gradually add asteroid colors

Adds asteroid colors as the match goes on: at least two by Round 2, three by Round 7, four by Round 13, and all five by Round 20 — a higher Round 1 choice stays ahead of that pace. Turn this off to keep your chosen colors every round.

Ramp total asteroid count across rounds

Makes each round's opening wave larger than the last, scaled by the Asteroid quantity setting (at ×1.0: 1, 3, 7, 15, then 24). Turn this off to start every round with a single asteroid.

Ramp bot skill across rounds

Bots start at the standard skill (or the Cheats value below) and sharpen by five points every four rounds. Turn this off to keep bot skill flat all match.

Cheats Enable cheats

CHEATS OFF — Scores from this match count for the leaderboard.

Enable Cheats to reveal optional power-up frequency and individual odds, respawn wait, bot skill, and round length controls. Any match with Cheats enabled is ineligible for Best Round leaderboard records.

Power-up drop frequency: Normal · ×1.0

How often power-ups drop, from ×0.05 (almost never) through ×16 (constantly). A crowded arena can delay a drop until the server finds a clear location; Tutorial power-ups are unaffected.

Individual power-up odds

Fine-tune individual power-up odds

Keep the overall frequency above for when drops happen, then set each type's relative chance. Zero removes that type from ambient random drops; Tutorial and objective pickups are unaffected.

Waiting for the server's power-up catalog.

Respawn wait: 3 seconds

How long you wait to respawn after your ship is destroyed, from 1 through 10 seconds. Campaign and Tutorial keep the standard 3-second wait.

Bot skill: 40

Sets the bots' starting skill. Above 50, bots also start using mines, the tractor beam, and shield rams — clumsily at first, expertly near 100. As skill rises above 50, bots increasingly focus on human pilots; even at 100, they reserve a 25% chance for asteroid work and their normal roles. The separate ramp option can still increase that skill between rounds.

Round length: 2:30

How long each round lasts, from 30 seconds through 5 minutes. Campaign and Tutorial keep their standard length.

Restores every individual setting above to this server's defaults. Your match mode and ship choice stay the same.

SAVE / LOAD CUSTOM SETUP

Generate one portable code for every Custom gameplay setting. The code contains no pilot, browser, ship, or match identity. Loading a Cheats setup still requires the leaderboard warning.

Generated code Load a setup code

No setup code generated or loaded.

Hold a seat for a friend (60s)

Launching keeps one seat out of automatic matchmaking for 60 seconds. Share the MATCH CODE shown at launch and on the match row; a friend enters it under JOIN BY CODE to take the held seat.

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HOW TO FLY & TUTORIAL

Learn the controls step by step in a private practice arena.

How to fly

A / D turn W thrust
Mouse flight: move left/right to turn, hold left-click to thrust, and right-click to launch or release the tractor. Click the arena to capture the mouse; Esc releases it and pauses. Keep the keyboard for shields, mines, and utility controls.
Hold Y U I O V — energy shields (5s tank, 5s recharge)
Tap Space to fire the tractor beam. It grabs the first thing it hits and reels it in; tap Space again to let go. It costs nothing, works while a shield is up, and ordinary grabbed power-ups activate instantly. In multiplayer Survival, cursed pickups tow instead; any active color shield or Super Shield blocks their delivery.
A reeled-in asteroid or rival ship stops just clear of your bare hull but stays within shield reach. Asteroids still need their matching-color shield; any shield can hit an unshielded rival. Destroy anything while your tractor holds it and the arena's tractor bonus applies (1.5× under standard balance).
Tap Q to drop a mine in your last shield color (yellow at first) — hold a different color key first to pick another. Mines destroy matching-color objects and never hurt you; blowing up a rival scores 250 base points.
Each mine costs half a color tank (2.5 seconds of charge). As the tank refills you can drop more of that color, up to the arena mine cap.
Ram a rock with the matching shield to score. Against another ship, any active color shield or Super Shield destroys an unshielded rival; any active shield blocks every other shield regardless of color, and bare ships bounce.
At ×3.2 difficulty and above, a large or medium asteroid may crack, spark, and shake before subdividing. Destroy it before the warning ends; an automatic split awards no points.
After respawning, you are briefly protected and pass through other pilots. Activating a shield, launching the tractor, or dropping a mine ends that protection immediately.
Esc back to this lobby M mute
B toggles animated space.
K toggles asteroid letter overlays.
N toggles pilot name overlays; your YOU marker stays visible.
H toggles your ship's direction arrow.
Lit 2.5D: L toggles HQ lighting.

CONTROLS

Customize keyboard

Select a control, then press a new key. Assignments are saved in this browser when cookies are allowed.

DISPLAY

Display

Shows an arrow ahead of your ship so its heading stays clear. Its shortcut can be customized in Controls; this preference is saved in this browser and shared by both visual modes.

Adds slow star shimmer, changing auroras, and gentle sky travel. Saved in this browser and shared by both visual modes. Turning it off restores the original static sky; Reduce Motion also keeps it static.

Shows the matching shield key in the center of each asteroid. Its shortcut can be customized in Controls; this preference is saved in this browser and shared by both visual modes.

Shows pilot names beside ships. Its shortcut can be customized in Controls; this preference is saved in this browser and shared by both visual modes. Your own ship always keeps a YOU marker.

Lighting

Adds fixed-light self-shadows and object-to-object shadows to every solid 3D object. Saved in this browser and uses more graphics power.

POWER-UPS & TREASURE CODEX

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Floating power-ups

Fly into a floating icon to activate it. The tractor instantly collects ordinary power-ups; in multiplayer Survival it tows cursed pickups until they reach a pilot or a shield blocks them.

Ghost Ship (10s) — phase through matter; cannot destroy, score, or collect.
Invisibility (20s) — hidden from rivals; shields, mines, and scoring work normally.
Super Shield (20s) — deflects rocks safely, destroys unshielded rivals on contact, and safely bounces off every active shield; its shell flickers for the final 2 seconds.
Big Shield (20s) — doubles the size and reach of color shields.
Big Ship (20s) — doubles your ship, shield reach, and collision footprint without changing speed.
Small Ship (20s) — shrinks your ship, shield reach, and collision footprint to half size without changing speed. CURSED — bonus points if taken deliberately
Super Slow (20s) — caps the ship at half normal speed. CURSED — bonus points if taken deliberately
Speed Boost (20s) — raises top speed and doubles thrust.
Rapid Recharge (20s) — doubles every color tank's recharge speed.
Infinite Energy (10s) — keeps every color tank full no matter how much energy you use.
Wiggle Drive (10s) — constantly swerves your ship left and right, preventing straight flight. CURSED — bonus points if taken deliberately
Power Drain (20s) — shields drain their color tanks twice as fast. CURSED — bonus points if taken deliberately
Double Score (10s) — doubles every point award earned while active.
Triple Score (10s) — triples every point award earned while active.
Magnet (20s) — pulls every other live ship and every asteroid, planet, power-up, treasure, and mine toward you across the whole arena. CURSED — bonus points if taken deliberately
Repulsor (20s) — pushes those same live objects away from you across the whole arena.
Supernova — detonates the instant you collect it: a radial shockwave hurls every asteroid, rival ship, mine, treasure, and drifting hazard away from you. You stay put and take no damage.
Phoenix Egg — never expires; your glowing ship survives one lethal hit without dying or respawning.

At most one Body, Geometry, Handling, Drive, Survival, Field, Battery, and Score effect can be active. Compatible categories stack; a new pickup replaces only its own category. Rapid Recharge, Infinite Energy, Double or Triple Score, Magnet, and Repulsor keep their remaining time after death. Phoenix Egg stays ready until it saves you, then it is consumed.

YOUR STATS

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LEADERBOARD

Time range

Best Campaign runs

Every Flight Plan competes on one board. Each pilot appears once with their best finalized Campaign run, ranked by highest round and then that run's total points; the Flight Plan column names the plan that run was flown under. Choose Points to reorder those same best-run entries; Best Round remains the separate per-round view. Grades summarize that run as Dominated, Cleared, and Survived; they do not change rank.

#	Pilot	Flight Plan			Grades Dominated, Cleared, Survived	Achieved
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Best Co-op runs

Crew size

Official runs rank by highest stage, completion, team points, fewer repairs, and faster active time. Bot-assisted and modified-balance runs stay in your stats but not this board.

#	Crew	Stage	Team Points	Repairs	Time	Achieved
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Rival Arena season rankings

Field size

Official human-only Rival bouts have a separate seasonal rating. P marks a provisional rating. Use a column heading to sort; the time filter above applies to this board too.

#	Pilot		Rated				Deaths	Time	Achieved
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Treasure Heist records

Field size

Official human-only Heists keep a factual board: wins, cargo points banked, deliveries, steals, and active time. Combat score and victory margin do not create a rating. Use a column heading to sort; the time filter above applies here too.

#	Pilot						Achieved
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Best round leaderboard

Points is each pilot's best eligible scoring round; Pace / Score and Bot Skill describe that same round. The other record columns are independent single-round highs.

Points is each pilot's best eligible score. Pace and score multiplier plus bot skill describe that same round. Wins is the eligible total for the range; each activity is an independent eligible single-round high. Achieved is the date and time of the selected record.
#	Pilot		Pace / Score	Bot Skill						Achieved
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Flight training

ChromaShield Alpha

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