Space Impact +
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Space Impact + is a side-scrolling space shooter. Pilot your spaceship through the mission to defeat the alien forces, and explore planets with a ground vehicle. You can find it in Menu > Games > Space Impact +.
Goal
Pilot your spaceship through the mission to defeat the alien forces. Destroy enemy ships and avoid their attacks to progress through the 10 levels and beat every boss.
Controls
There are 2 control schemes. To switch, select Controls in the game menu, then choose Default or Alternate
Controls (Default)
- move up / jump
- move down
- move backward
- move forward
- fire main weapon
- fire bonus weapon
/ 
- pause game
Controls (Alternate)
- move up / jump- - move down
- move backward- - move forward
- fire main weapon- - fire bonus weapon
- / - pause game
How to play
Levels
The mission has 10 levels. In space levels, you fly a spaceship that moves freely. In planet levels, you drive a ground vehicle: it cannot fly, but it can jump over obstacles. Each level ends with a boss fight, and some levels also have a mini-boss.
Lives and retries
- You start with 3 hearts, up to a maximum of 5. Each hit from an enemy shot or a crash costs a heart. After a hit, your ship is safe from damage for 3 seconds.
- When you lose all your hearts, a 5-second countdown shows your remaining tries. Press a number key,
or 
before it ends to replay the level from the start, with your score kept. You have 3 tries after the first loss.
Weapons and pickups
- The main weapon has unlimited shots.
- The bonus weapon does more damage, and needs a short wait between shots. On planet levels it fires a rocket upwards. In space levels it is a laser or a homing missile, with limited ammo.
- Collect bonus pickups to get an extra heart or more bonus weapon ammo. Hearts and ammo carry over to the next level.
- Some obstacles cannot be destroyed. Your shots pass through them.
Scoring
| Action | Points |
|---|---|
| Hit an enemy | 20 |
| Hit a boss | 5 |
| Destroy a boss | 100 |
| Collect a bonus pickup | 5 |
Game modes
The game menu has these entries: Continue, Daily mission, New game, Boss rush, Controls, High scores and Instructions. Continue only shows when you have a paused game.
New game
Play the full mission, from level 1 to level 10.
Daily mission
One mission each day, the same for every player. Before you start, a screen shows the mission. It is one of these:
- Clear a level.
- Survive for a number of seconds in a level.
- Destroy a number of enemies in a level.
- Reach a number of points in a level.
In a Clear mission, you play the level to its end, boss included. In the other missions, the level's waves repeat without the bosses until you reach the target. The status bar shows the seconds or enemies left, or your score.
You have one ship: when you lose all your hearts, there are no retries. You have one try each day. If you pause the mission, select Daily mission again to go on playing. See Daily challenges for streaks and statistics.
Boss rush
Go straight to the boss fight of each of the 10 levels. Boss rush keeps its own best score on your device, which is not sent to the leaderboard.
Continue after game over
When the game is over, you can replay the current level from the start with your score kept, once per game. After a continue you have no tries left, so the next time you lose all your hearts, the game is over. It is free for subscribers, other players watch a video ad. Continue is only available on Android and iOS. This also works in the daily mission: the level starts again with your score and progress kept.
High scores and achievements
The Space Impact + leaderboard ranks players by their best mission score. Select High scores in the game menu to open it (Android and iOS only). The daily mission has no leaderboard, but it counts towards the shared streak achievements.
You can also unlock achievements in the mission (not in Boss rush):
- Defeat the main boss of each level, from level 1 to level 10.
- Clear all 10 levels without taking any damage.