Hi everyone, this is my first devlog and I am excited to officially announce the full release of my indie game Astra Prime. It has been a passion project for a while and finally all the work and time spend has brought me to this wonderful announcement!

Astra Prime is an arcade puzzle hybrid game that blends some unique and challenging gameplay mechanics together with traditional matching gameplay to create a simple yet engaging experience.

Your goal is simple – the stars in your galaxy are about to go supernova and you are the last hope to take up the challenge and attempt to stop them from exploding for as long as you can!

Combining elementary particles together creates nuclear fuel and stops the star from exploding but if you can’t combine the elements fast enough as the nuclear reaction and game speed gets faster and faster the star will go SUPERNOVA!!

One of the key game mechanics that is not so obvious is the nova cycle, the nova cycle starts moving from the center of the star and when it reaches the boundary all the recently combined elements are consumed and converted to nuclear fuel. Once this has occurred the nova cycle is reset and the player gets a chance to create new combinations of elements as fast as possible. 

This mechanic also creates an interesting tension as the game speed increases and the player tries to combine elements faster and faster.

There are three game modes – Xenos, Fusion, Binary and each one has uniquely challenging game mechanics. I won’t spoil it for you and let you discover the details as you play each game mode!

There are tons of achievements and powerups to unlock and leaderboards to conquer so I will conclude in saying that I hope to have news in the future about possible releases for other platforms including PC and iOS. have a fun time playing Astra Prime!

Thanks for your support and follow me on twitter@prempixelstudio

https://prempixelstudios.itch.io/astra-prime