Put a Smile on Your Face with Space Smilies

Described as more fun than a ‘basket of kittens’, AdderTheBlack’s Space Smilies is a tribute to c lassic shooter Space Invaders that ups the ante with its own level-editing feature.

that ups the ante with its own level-editing feature. Gameplay promises to be a pleasant blend of the familiar mixed with the new, which means players will have to face hordes of advancing ‘smilies’ and a multitude of other shapes. Similarly to Space Invaders, the attacking ships will try to drop bullets and destroy you, and the UFOs and self-sacrificing kamikaze ships will either drop bombs or blow themselves up in the process of trying to obliterate your ship. And while emulators might provide the necessary means to play Space Invaders today, the feeling of playing Space Smilies on a phone or tablet is said to improve the experience even more.

The controls are easy to learn, only requiring the player to move the ship by using their fingers while the gun fires at the enemy automatically. Players can also use the level editor to modify the number of columns and/or rows in the game, change the start/end speed, or alter the appearance probability of saucers. Space Smilies comes with a humorous OST and funny sound effects, and invites players to participate against other players from around the world via the global leaderboards.

Space Smilies is now available for free from the Google Play Store. What are your thoughts on the game? Let us know in the comments section below.