sphereFACE

About This Game

sphereFACE is a retro-styled 3D vector shooter, wrapped around the inside of a sphere.

An unashamedly abstract shooter that ranges from slow, strategic sniping to frantic rock-dodging action, with roguelike elements of exploration, progression, discovery and permadeath.

GAMEPLAY

• Destroy the “asteroids” in each sphere to unlock the hyperspace portals leading to other spheres, and navigate through a vast procedurally generated 3D space, homing in on the disturbance that woke you from slumber.
• Sophisticated inertial flight dynamics on the inner surface of a sphere are difficult to master – agility, awareness and good reflexes are essential to survive.
• Look freely around each sphere using mouselook, a controller, your keyboard, or even your VR headset.
• Roguelike single-save system featuring permadeath.
• Dark and twisted science fiction storyline.
• Arcade style top-10 high score system.
• Determine your own difficulty curve – progress cautiously and slowly, or charge in with guns blazing.
• Stray too deep into the hyperspace tunnel network and it won’t be long before you meet something that shoots back…

WEAPONS & POWERUPS

• Collect and upgrade a variety of destructive and unusual weapons, such as the spreadGUN, gaussRIFLE, guidedROCKETS, spaceMINES, flameTHROWER and singularityCANNON.
• Destroy “enemy” ships and catch their “powerups” to improve your weapons. That is what they are, right?
• Fashion armour from smashed asteroid rock, and find movement augmentation devices such as reverseTHRUSTERS to improve your maneuverability.
• Each weapon has its own strategy and learning curve, but the true sphereFACE master must learn to use them in concert with each other.

MUSIC

• A full album length original score by five awesome professional musicians, featuring ambient electronica mingled with deep techno and a sprinkling of chiptune.

TECHNICAL

• The game engine is completely custom built, which allows sphereFACE to have exactly the gameplay experience it needs with no limitations. The game is highly optimised and will run smoothly – even on that old notebook.
• Fully configurable controls – bind any control to any key, mouse button, gamepad button or stick, joystick axis or even foot pedal; any combination of devices can be used to control the game.
• Theme support – create and share a customised look for the game.
• Simultaneous updates on Windows, Linux and macOS.
• Ongoing development – new features and improvements added continuously, professional and highly responsive development team.

Reviews

“I have a feeling that this is the type of game that teaches your brain a whole new way of thinking.”
OpRainfall

“The concept of remaking a classic arcade game into something new, yet familiar at the same time is no easy thing to do, however VoxelStorm has managed to do it extremely well.”
GameGrin

“The title is also much more than simply ’Asteroids 3D’. There are multiple weapons which add variety as well as a degree of strategy and an ongoing story that your progression through the game will reveal.”
VRFocus