Helix Shooter
About
A vertical scrolling shoot-em-up. Pilot a combat helicopter through four hand-crafted levels of escalating chaos — from the outskirts to the heart of enemy territory — and take down the warmech mothership at the end of the line.
Objective
Survive each stage, dismantle ground defenses and air patrols, and destroy the boss waiting at the end. Three lives, three HP each — pick your shots and don't get cocky.
Power Up
Hunt weapon drops to climb five firepower tiers: single shot, spread, laser, homing missiles, and a screen-clearing full spread. Snag rare blue wingman drops to fly with up to two AI escorts that fire alongside you.
How to play
Move your chopper with WASD or the arrow keys.
Hold Space, Z, or left click to auto-fire your current weapon.
Grab pickups for weapon upgrades, health, and wingmen. Dying drops your weapon one tier and costs you your wingmen — stay alive.
Features
- Four levels with unique boss fights
- Five-tier weapon progression with homing missiles and laser streams
- Recruitable wingman escorts that fight alongside you
- Air and ground enemies with tracking turrets and homing SAM missiles
- Destructible terrain — blow up buildings for bonus score
- Procedural pixel art and Web Audio SFX, no external assets
- Retro 320x180 internal resolution with crisp nearest-neighbor upscaling