Orbital - Helium-3 Challenge

Orbital, Helium-3 Challenge is an action and strategy game where the player controls a spaceship to protect Earth and the Moon from a meteor shower and a Giant Comet that is on a collision course with the planet.

Developer : João Tadashy Nakamura Yukimaru

Your main objective is to keep the planetary orbit safe and destroy a comet that is on a collision course before it hits Earth.

To do this, the player must manage the Helium-3 acquired for efficient energy production.

You must:

• Destroy asteroids to generate energy.
• Create satellites that generate energy automatically.
• Create defense satellites to protect Earth and the Moon.
• Use the Force Field to protect Earth when needed.

How to Play

• Start by creating Type (1) satellites to generate energy automatically.
• Destroy asteroids to generate more energy.
• Don’t forget to convert the Helium-3 obtained by destroying asteroids into energy using the SPACE key.
• When the comet is on a collision course, you can create Type (2) satellites that shoot at the asteroids approaching Earth and the Moon.
• Accumulate enough energy to destroy the comet before it hits Earth.

IMPORTANT: Use the force field when many asteroids enter the planet’s orbit. Shooting consumes energy, so create an efficient strategy.

COMMAND KEYS

• Move up: W
• Move down: S
• Move left: A
• Move right: D
• Shoot: Left mouse button
• Create/Recharge energy: F key
• Open info panel, stop, and return to the game: Q
• Create Satellite: 1 key
• Create Defenses: 2 key
• Force Field: F

Main Rules

• You can only create energy if you have at least 10 units of Helium-3.
• 10 units of Helium-3 generate 30 units of energy.
• Shooting costs 1 unit of energy.
• After creating an element, you must wait 10 seconds to create the same element again.
• After creating the force field, you must wait for the force field to be destroyed and wait 5 seconds to create it again.
• To generate energy again, you need to wait 3 seconds.
• You can only create defenses when the Giant Comet is on a collision course.
• You can shoot only once at a time.
• Asteroids hitting Earth and the Moon reduce the system's life.
• You win if you destroy the giant comet that is on a collision course with Earth.
• You lose if the system’s life reaches zero or if you let the comet hit Earth.

Music Used in the Game

• HYPERDRIVE - Epic Powerful Futuristic Music Mix: Epic Sci-Fi Hybrid Music
• TURPAK - Land of Wonders
• Night Raptor - Revelation (ft. STARFORCE): Synthwave, Outrun, New Retro Wave
• Arcade retro game over sound effect (FREE)
• 80s Synthwave Music - Neon Dreams: Royalty Free Copyright Safe Music

Note: All music used in the game is free to use and has no copyright restrictions.

Additional Information: This game is part of a project for the first semester of the Digital Games course at Melies College. The development was done using the free version of Construct 3.

Developer: João Tadashy Nakamura Yukimaru

Teachers who assisted in development: Ivan Paz, Lia Fuziy, Danilo Aguiar, Pedro Budaibes.