Sky Shapers

Sky Shapers – Big Box Edition

Sky Shapers is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up developed by the Norwegian team Digilicious Nibbles for Amiga computers with the AGA chipset.

Featuring handcrafted pixel art, smooth 50 FPS gameplay, two layers of parallax scrolling and an original post-apocalyptic setting, Sky Shapers delivers a challenging arcade experience with a wide variety of enemies, weapon upgrades and boss battles.

The story

A mission to Mars has brought a deadly virus to Earth, wiping out all insects and threatening the planet's food supply. To prevent a global catastrophe, humanity created robotic pollinators known as Sky Shapers.

But the virus evolved, turning these machines against their creators.

With humanity gone, a hawk named Tycho becomes Earth's last hope. Carrying the cure developed by his late owner, a scientist, Tycho must battle the infected machines, reach the last remaining seed vault and restore life to the planet.

Features

• 3 large levels divided into 9 waves
• 37 different enemy types
• 6 mid-level bosses and 3 end-of-level bosses
• Smooth 50 FPS gameplay
• 8 different power-ups and special weapons
• Handcrafted graphics with 109 on-screen colours
• Two layers of parallax scrolling
• Up to 10 interleaved sprites on screen
• Intro sequence, bonus score screen and persistent high-score table
• Approximately one hour of gameplay from start to finish
• Developed on original Amiga hardware using Blitz Basic 2.1 and Deluxe Paint V

Big Box Edition includes

• Physical cardboard Big Box
• Game on CD-R with printed sleeve
• 28-page full-colour printed manual
• A3 poster

The physical edition includes version 1.0. Version 1.1 and additional digital versions are available for download, including WHDLoad and HDF formats.

System requirements

• Amiga with AGA chipset
• Kickstart 3.0 or higher
• Motorola 68020 at 14 MHz minimum
• Motorola 68030 at 25 MHz recommended
• 2 MB Chip RAM (at least 1877 KB free)
• 1 MB Fast RAM
• Hard drive required
• PAL display mode

Supports keyboard controls and joysticks with up to two buttons.

Compatibility: Amiga 1200, Amiga 4000 and compatible emulation environments, including WinUAE and FS-UAE.

Performance slowdowns may occur on systems equipped with a 68020 processor.

Credits

• Programming: André Bergei (Ninsei)
• Graphics: Rune Wolden Skattum (Mr. Possible)
• Sound effects: Ninsei and Mr. Possible
• Music: Ninsei
• Big Box design: Mr. Possible
• Developer: Digilicious Nibbles
• Publisher: APC&TCP