Sky Shapers

Sky Shapers in an engaging and challenging 50 FPS vertical scrolling SHMUP from the new Norwegian developers Digilicious Nibbles, with lots of charm due to its distinctive hand crafted graphics. Featuring 3 unique levels and 37 enemy types, compelling boss fights, weapon upgrades and special weapons, high quality sound and two layers of parallax scrolling. The game includes a comprehensive introduction sequence, bonus point screen, and a persistent high score table. The game scored a favorable 88% in december edition of Amiga Addict, where James Walker wrote: "Whether you’re here for the laser-zapping, minigun spinning chaos or just want to experience some nostalgic arcade shooter vibes, Sky Shapers is (literally) a blast from start to finish." 

Reviews:

"Sky Shapers delivers an engaging and challenging shooter experience with plenty of charm."

"The satisfying main weapon, smart power-up system and unique setting make it stand out from the crowd."

"Sky Shapers is clearly a true labour of love from its developers."

James Walker (Amiga Addict #34 x-mas issue 2024) 

"One thing I particularly like is the neat animations of the sprites." "What`s more, an astonishing number of them fit the screen at the same time." "So, I am happy to give SkyShapers a warm recommendation."

Jan-Ove Lorenzen (Amiga Future #171)

Story

A mission to Mars brought a deadly virus to Earth that infected and killed all insects. Pollination robots code named Sky Shapers were built to avert a global food supply disaster. But the virus rapidly evolved and soon turned the Sky Shapers against the humans. A scientist invented a poison that neutralizes the virus. Eventually, lack of food made him too weak to stop the virus. Before he died he managed to prepare his pet hawk Tycho for an epic battle to save Earth from going extinct like Mars did. Now the only living creature on Earth is this pet hawk. You are this hawk! Your mission is to locate the last remaining seed vault and release the seeds. Can you stop the virus before it is too late?

Game features

• Made on original Amiga hardware. (Blitz Basic 2.1 and Deluxe Paint V)
• 9 waves and 3 massive levels.
• 6 mid level bosses.
• 3 end of level boss fights.
• Full 50 frames per second action.
• 37 unique enemies.
• 8 different Power ups.
• Highscores saved to disk.
• 109 colors on screen.
• Up to 10 sprites on screen (interleaved).
• 45 minutes of play time from start to finish.

Requirenments

• AGA only
•  Requires kickstart 3.0 or higher
• 2MB Chip RAM + 1MB Fast RAM (minimum 1877 KB of free CHIP memory)
• Hard drive only.
• Min. 020 14 MHz CPU (030 25 Mhz recommended).

Compatibility

A1200, A4000, Win-UAE, FS-UAE and MiSTer.

Supports two button joysticks, and keyboard controls.

Known Issues

If running on 020 hardware, slow downs can occure.

Don`t work on Amiga 500 mini.

 Installation

Running from hard drive

Extract the LHA archive, and run the HDinstall to install the game to hard drive. Run the game by double clicking the Sky Shapers icon.

MiSTer

Select a original 3.1 kickstart (not AROS) CPU: 68020, D-Cache ON, Chipset: AGA, ChipRAM: 2MB, FastRAM: 2MB or higher, SlowRam: None and then under drives select for the Pri.Master SkyShapers_v1.0.hdf file.

Physical Big Box Edition

Big Box edition of Sky Shapers. Order at Amigashop.org

The Big Box also include a free digital download, CD and sleve with game, 28 page user manual and an A3 poster.

Credits

Programming: André Bergei (Ninsei)

Graphics: Rune Wolden Skattum (Mr. Possible)

SFX: Ninsei and Mr. Possible.

Music: Ninsei

Big Box: Mr. Possible

We hope you like this game and continue to support our future projects.

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