Space Dogfight
Neon space combat with momentum: fly with AI wingmen, lock on missiles, protect your carrier and tear down shielded enemy capital ships across 10 missions.
Space Dogfight is a rotational space shooter where your fighter turns, thrusts and drifts with real momentum through a glowing nebula. You never fly alone: AI wingmen hold formation on your wing and dive into the fight, and a single key switches their orders between covering you, attacking at will and defending the carrier.
The ten-mission campaign mixes three kinds of objectives. Kill missions throw raider fighters, darting interceptors and a deadly enemy ace at you. Protect missions send bomber waves armed with torpedoes at your carrier while its turrets help you hold the line. Strike missions pit you against frigates, cruisers and a dreadnought flagship whose shield generators must be blown up before the hull will take damage, while their turrets track you and their hangars launch fighters. Keep an enemy in front of your nose to build a missile lock, use the afterburner to escape, and let your shields recharge. Mission score earns credits to spend in the hangar on hull plating, laser coils, missile racks, engines and extra wingmen, and upgrades are saved.
It suits players who like arcade space combat with some tactics on top. Tip: in strike missions, lock missiles onto the generators first, then circle the hull to stay out of the turrets' line of fire.
How to play
Complete each mission's objective: shoot down the required number of enemies, protect your carrier through every wave, or destroy the enemy capital ship by first knocking out its shield generators. Lasers fire forward; hold an enemy in front of you to lock on and fire homing missiles. Shields recharge when you avoid damage. You have two reserve ships per mission; losing them all (or the carrier) fails the run. Earn credits for hangar upgrades between missions.
Controls
- A / D or Left / Right: Turn
- W / Up: Thrust
- S / Down: Brake
- Mouse: Point to steer, click to fire, right-click for missiles
- Space: Fire lasers
- E / X: Fire missile (homing when locked)
- Shift: Afterburner boost
- F / Q: Change wingman orders
- Touch: Left stick to fly; FIRE, MSL, BOOST and ORDER buttons
- P / Esc: Pause
- M: Mute
- R: Restart
Category: Shooting games
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