Meteor Storm

Meteor Storm is a drop-in meteor blaster for 1 to 4 NABUs. Everyone drives a laser cannon along the ground of a small planet under the same falling sky. Start it and you land in a storm that is already raging, or open a new one. Players can join or leave at any time.

What falls

• Big rocks split into two small rocks when you shoot them.
• Small rocks just break.
• Mines drift down blinking. Shoot them, or they blow a crater in the ground and wreck any cannon close by.
• Seekers home in on the nearest cannon (from level 3).
• Saucers cross the sky and drop mines (from level 4).
• Power pods float down. Shoot one or drive under it to catch it: S spread shot, R rapid fire, H shield bubble, N nuke (clears the sky and the points are yours).

The storm

• Points are multiplied by the storm level.
• Every rock that lands drains the planet shield everyone shares.
• The team clears a level every 30 hits. The sky and the mountains change colour, the storm gets faster, and the shield gets some strength back.
• If the shield breaks, the planet is breached and the storm starts over at level 1.
• Your own score, your own cannons, one sky: grab the points before your friends do. You get an extra cannon every 5000 points.
• When you run out of cannons your score goes on the leaderboard. Press FIRE to jump straight back in.

Controls

• Joystick or arrow keys: move
• FIRE (hold for auto fire) or SPACE: shoot
• Up: warp to a random spot (recharges in a few seconds)
• ESC: leave the storm

Network play

Each player owns their own cannon and shots, so moving and shooting never lag. The host runs the sky and sends it 15 times a second, and hits are confirmed by the host. If the host leaves, another player takes over and the storm carries on. Needs an Internet Adapter with multiplayer support.