DIASPORE

Warp into the sector. Break big rocks into small rocks. Collect minerals. Once the warp drive cools down, we’ll bring you home.

It’s an easy gig. Even a D-class clone like you ought to be able to handle it.

Just don’t wreck the ship. It’s company property.

DIASPORE is a vector-style space survival roguelite with inertia-based ship handling, a toroidal arena, auto-firing weapons, and a hostile ecosystem that grows more dangerous the longer you stay.

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-FEATURES-

• Inertia-based ship movement
• Toroidal arena
• Auto-firing, bullet-heaven style upgrade progression
• A reactive hostile ecosystem that expands over the course of a run

-ABOUT THE DEMO-

This is an early demo / systems test, but the core gameplay loop is complete.

The current build includes:

• a playable early-to-end run structure
  
• a handful of upgrades for the main weapon
  
• two subweapons
  
• one enemy faction
  
• one capstone enemy
• optional extraction with a risk/reward endless mode.

The focus right now is on overall game feel, clarity, readability, and whether the run structure is satisfying.

-FEEDBACK-

All feedback is welcome.

At this stage, I’m especially interested in:

• if anything breaks, behaves strangely, or performs poorly
• if anything feels irritating rather than intriguing
  
• whether the game encourages experimentation in a satisfying way
  
• if anything feels unclear, confusing, or obtuse
• suggestions for future content

-KNOWN ISSUES-

• Performance tuning is still ongoing. The demo should run well through normal play on a reasonable range of hardware, but very extreme post-extraction waves may cause slowdowns on lower end hardware. I've intentionally let scaling go off the rails a bit at the end because it's fun to blast lot's of things. You have been warned.