Space Shooter
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Alien Escape
Slip upward through alien-controlled zones. Patrol drones sweep searchlights, laser gates pulse on a rhythm, and every zone has a countdown to reach the exit gate.
Controls
| Arrows or W A S D | Move in any direction |
|---|---|
| P or Esc | Pause / resume |
| R | Restart |
| Joystick | Move in any direction |
|---|
On touch screens a control pad appears below the game. You can show or hide it with the Touch pad button above the game.
How to Play
- Press Start Game. Your ship starts at the bottom of the zone and the exit gate is at the top.
- Patrol drones sweep yellow detection cones. If you enter a cone, the drone shows a ! mark, turns red and chases you. Touching a drone costs a life.
- Laser gates cross the whole zone. Each one is labeled OFF, WARNING or LASER ON with a countdown in seconds. Cross only while it is off.
- Watch the Time chip. Reach the exit gate opening at the top before the zone timer reaches 0:00, or you lose a life and the zone restarts.
- Each escaped zone leads to a longer, busier one. The run ends when all 3 lives are gone.
Objective
Escape as many zones as possible. Every zone you escape is worth 500 points, and the seconds left on the zone timer become a time bonus, so a fast, clean escape scores the most.
Difficulty progression
Zone 1 is short, with one slow laser gate and two slow drones. Each new zone is longer (up to about 4.6 screens tall), adds laser gates and drones, keeps lasers on for longer and off for less time, widens the drone detection range and speeds up chasing drones. The timer also gets relatively tighter each zone. Chasing drones always stay slower than your ship.
Scoring
| Action | Points |
|---|---|
| Zone escaped | 500 points |
| Time bonus | 10 points per second left on the zone timer |
| Being spotted | No penalty by itself, but a chasing drone can cost a life |
Your personal best is stored only in this browser. Scores are for fun and are not official records.
Tips
- Stop just below a laser gate and read its label. When it says OFF with a countdown of 2 or more, you have time to cross.
- The WARNING label means the laser switches on within a second. Do not start crossing when you see it.
- Drone cones sweep side to side. Wait at the edge of a cone's range and slip past while it is pointing the other way.
- If a drone spots you, keep moving away. Your ship is faster, and the drone gives up and returns to its patrol once it loses you.
- Do not waste time waiting for a perfect moment. The time bonus is 10 points per second, and running out of time costs a life.
- Use the progress bar on the right edge to judge how far you are from the exit gate.
- The exit is only the opening between the two green posts at the top, so line up with the center before the final climb.
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About Alien Escape
Alien Escape is a stealth-flavored arcade game about timing and route choice rather than shooting. You have no weapons. Every zone is a vertical stretch of an alien base that you climb from bottom to top, and the obstacles all follow readable patterns: drone searchlights sweep back and forth, and laser gates switch on and off on a steady rhythm with a countdown label, so a careful player can always find a safe moment.
The pressure comes from the zone timer. Waiting too long for the perfect gap wastes seconds that would have become bonus points, and the timer running out costs a life. Later zones are taller and more crowded, with more drones, wider detection cones and lasers that stay on longer. Being spotted is not instantly fatal, because your ship is faster than any drone, but a chase can push you into a laser or another searchlight. Your personal best is saved locally in your browser.
Categories: Alien Arcade Games, Space Survival Games, Space Flying Games. Alien Escape is an original game made for Space Arcade Games. Its gameplay is arcade-style and fictional, not a scientific simulation (see our disclaimer).
Frequently Asked Questions
What happens when a drone spots me?
The drone shows a ! mark, turns red and chases you. It is slower than your ship. If you stay well out of its range for about a second and a half, it gives up and flies back to its patrol route. Touching it costs a life.
How do I know when a laser gate is safe?
Every laser gate has a text label with a countdown: OFF with the seconds until it turns on, WARNING in the last second before it turns on, and LASER ON with the seconds until it turns off. You only need to avoid it while it is on.
What happens when the zone timer runs out?
You lose a life and the same zone restarts from the bottom with a full timer. If it was your last life, the run ends.
Where do I respawn after a hit?
You stay where you were (just below the beam if a laser hit you) and blink for 2 seconds of invulnerability. Any chasing drones give up and return to their patrol.
Is my best score saved?
Yes. Your personal best is saved in your browser's local storage on this device. It is not uploaded anywhere and there is no online leaderboard.