Draconis is an arcade-style 2D/3D shoot-em-up for the PC and iPhone. Its very fast and challenging, but there is a “Simple” difficulty included for those who aren’t used to the intense action of arcade SHMUPs.
This game uses almost all aspects of the iPhone to offer good graphics, control, and gameplay.
* Tilt your phone to move your ship up/down/left/right.
* Hold one finger on the phone to fire standard shots.
* Tap two fingers to fire your special attack.
* Tap the top and bottom of the screen at the same time to pause for a breather!
* When you die, tap the screen where you wish to respawn.
And on the PC:
* Arrow keys move left/right/up/down
* Spacebar fires
* Enter uses the special attack
Also, your ship has a special ability you’re not used to in shoot-em-up games: It has an energy shield that protects you from straight-on hits, and not only that but it deflects the enemies’ shots right back at them! Use it to your advantage!
This game has many unique enemies, 5 unique levels with their own bosses, and literally unlimited gameplay if you’re really good! Once you beat the 5th unique boss, the game wraps back around for an even more challenging trek through the levels!
Unfortunately the iPhone version of this game is no longer available due to the flooded App market.
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Draconis uses the Draconis Graphics Engine, which is a very capable yet simple 2D rendering engine using OpenGL.
Advanced animations and features include:
Sprites and groups, controlled invidivually or through a group update.
Texture sharing
Rotation
Alpha
Color overlay
Shadows
Scaling
Clipping
And more…
The PC version of Draconis uses the following open source libraries:
Also, try out the sequel:
Draconis 2 – Back to Basics flash game
