Rotary Space Shooter Centauri Sector Alpha Demo Available

Centauri Sector is a tactical, space combat game that combines several gameplay elements effectively to create an addicting game.

is a tactical, space combat game that combines several gameplay elements effectively to create an addicting game. You assume the role of a fleet commander, starting out with a basic corvette class ship, tasked with defending the Centauri System from constant space pirate attacks. The game plays in turns, as players  move their ship or fleet once before engaging in battle. The game is in Alpha, so it isn’t fully developed, but the recently released public buildhas plenty to keep players occupied for hours!

The demo sees players fighting to gain prestige (money credits) and experience, to level up and unlock skills like speed boosts, shield upgrades, etc. The level ups also allow fleet slots to add ships to a squad. Not only can different ship types be added, but each ship has different weapon and module slots depending on the class. Players can purchase and add modules that increase shield capacity, buffer a weapon’s overheating rate, and speed up engines. When new ships are purchased, players can then change the ship they play as when entering the combat screen before fighting in real-time (think back to the classic Asteroids game). Players can also allocate a ship’s energy resources to their weapon, engine, or shield systems in real-time to boost a certain system for optimum efficiency, while the other two suffer a small deficiency for the duration.

To reiterate, Centauri Sector is in Alpha, but does not lack the components this early on to hold you over until future updates and demos. You’ll be more than occupied running attack sweeps to clear out those pirates to fund your weapon and fleet upgrades!

Developer Lone Wolf Games’ site can be found here, the demo is available here, and you can vote for the game on Steam Greenlight here!