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HOW TO PLAY
Shard Swarm is a free retro space shooter you play right in your browser. There is nothing to download and no account to create. It works on phones, tablets and computers.
- On a phone or tablet: tap the screen to start, then drag left and right to steer. Your ship fires for as long as you hold.
- On a computer: press Enter to start. Move with the arrow keys or A and D, fire with Space, pause with P, mute with M.
- You can have two shots in the air at once, so make them count.
- You start with three ships and earn another every 20,000 points.
ENEMIES AND SCORING
Each wave flies in, locks into formation, then breaks off one by one to dive at you. An enemy is worth at least double when you hit it mid-dive.
- Shard: 50 points in formation, 100 diving.
- Orbiter: 80 points in formation, 160 diving.
- Warden: 150 points in formation, 400 diving. Takes two hits and fires a three-shot spread.
Every wave is faster than the last and sends more divers at once.
TIPS FOR A HIGH SCORE
- Thin out the formation while it is still flying in. Enemies on their entry path are easy targets.
- Let Wardens dive before you finish them. The 400 points add up fast.
- Stay near the middle. Divers aim at where you are, and the corners leave you nowhere to go.
- Watch the shots, not the ships. Most lost ships come from a stray shot, not a collision.
ABOUT
Shard Swarm is a jROD Games original, built by JR Cloud Technologies in St. Cloud, Florida. The game was designed, coded, tested and deployed with AI in a single working session.