Overview
Space Shooter is a competitive two-player game built in Unity for macOS and the OUYA Android-based games console. It takes clear inspiration from classic arcade shooters — R-Type, Gradius, and Ikaruga — but frames them in a head-to-head versus format rather than a single-player experience.
The ruleset is intentionally tight: one shot ends you. Each player starts with 3 lives. Last one standing wins the round. It's a game about reading your opponent and controlling the space between you.
Weapons & Power-Ups
- Standard shooter — infinite ammo, the bread and butter
- Special weapon — limited ammo; includes homing missiles, lasers, or rapid fire depending on which power-up you collect
- Power-ups spawn randomly — grab them for increased ship speed or improved rate of fire
Platform Notes
The OUYA was a short-lived Android-based console that used standard game controllers. Building for it meant targeting a specific controller input API — an interesting constraint that forced deliberate decisions about control scheme and UI layout.