Arena Orbital

3D combat demo for testing inertia, firing arcs, heat, energy, ammo, missiles, decoys, the stasis missile and the economy. Each team has 3 bases protected by turrets: the first to destroy all 3 enemy bases wins. The action takes place on a plane, like a MOBA.

WASD: Thrusters · the ship faces the mouse
Left click: Laser (hold)
Right click / Q: Railgun (from level 6)
E: Homing missile (needs a lock: keep the cursor on the enemy)
R: Stasis missile (also needs a lock)
F: Decoys (launched ahead of the ship)
G: Mine (hold near an asteroid with crystals)
X: Drop a mine (from level 3)
B: Shop (inside any of your bases, or while waiting to respawn)
Y: Locked camera on the ship or free camera
Free camera: Mouse at the screen edges, arrow keys or click the minimap to view other areas
Shift / Space: Boost
Mouse wheel: Zoom the camera in or out
Tab: Player list and stats (hold)
P / Esc: Pause

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Arena Orbital

Training (offline) · back to online

This demo needs a keyboard and mouse.

Match

Map

Hull

Bot difficulty

Allies (bots) Enemies (bots)

Show your ship's firing arcs

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How combat works

Shield: Outside a base it recharges very slowly (empty to full in about 1.5 min, and only while not taking damage). To refill it fast you have to return to one of your bases.
Energy: Every ship has an energy reserve that is always recharging. The laser drains it while firing, each railgun shot and each boost cost a chunk, and the engines use a little. At zero the weapons go offline and the engines run at 35% until it recovers to 20%. The Fighter has less energy but recharges faster; the Cruiser has more but recharges slowly. Each level adds +20 energy and the Reactor upgrade increases both capacity and recharge.
Laser: Strong against shields (×1.6), weak against hull (×0.5). Builds heat and uses energy. Damage comes from the laser's power (kW): more power, more damage and more energy used.
Railgun: Strong against hull (×1.6), weak against shields (×0.5). Uses ammo and energy per shot. Damage and number of shots come from the railgun model.
Missile: Equal damage to shield and hull. Can be shot down and fooled by decoys.
Stasis: Target at 1% speed. Slow and visible; can be shot down or fooled.
Bases: Repair the hull, refill the shield in 3 seconds, restock ammo and decoys, take in cargo and have the shop. Bases don't shoot: the turrets around them do.

Ship levels

1 → 10: Each level needs more experience than the last (+35% per level): 100 XP for level 2, 135 for 3, 182 for 4… and 1103 for 10. You only gain experience by mining, delivering cargo and fighting enemy ships (damage, kills and assists). Each level gives +15 hull, +15 shield and +20 energy.
Level 3: +2 missile capacity. Mines unlocked (3). Key X. They last 20 to 30 seconds and then disappear. They stay invisible to the enemy until it gets close.
Level 6: Railgun unlocked (right click or Q). Until then you fight with the laser and missiles.
Level 8: Missiles and mines maxed: +2 missiles and 6 mines.

Objective

Victory: Destroy all enemy bases. On the Large map there are 3 (the main base and the north and south forward bases). On the Duel map there is only the main base.
Duel: Smaller map for 1 vs 1: one base per team, the same three debris zones and up to 4 pirates per wave.
Turrets: Each base has turrets that fire at ships. A base can only be damaged after its turrets fall.
Regen: A base that goes 10 seconds without being attacked starts recovering health (1.5% per second).
Main base: The main base is protected while a forward base of the same team is still standing.
Respawn: When you are destroyed, you return at your main base. The higher your level, the longer it takes: 20 s at levels 1–3, 40 s at levels 4–6 and 60 s at levels 7–10.

Economy

Ore: Asteroids with amber crystals contain ore. Hold G near them. While mining you can't use the laser.
Scrap: Destroyed ships drop debris. The tractor beam pulls it in automatically when you pass nearby.
Cargo: The hold has a limit. Cargo only turns into credits when you enter a base. If you die, you drop everything.
Rare: North and south zones (gold): a wave of rare debris at 2 minutes and then every 2 minutes. Worth 2× normal scrap.
Epic: Central zone (pink): a wave of epic debris at 5 minutes and then every 5 minutes. Worth 4× normal scrap.
Pirates: Every 10 minutes pirates appear guarding the epic debris at the center of the map and attack anyone who gets close. When the wave is cleared, the team that destroyed the most pirates gets the pirate bonus for 30 seconds: extra shield equal to the ship's max shield, +5% damage on every attack (laser, missiles, railgun and mines) and the laser takes 15% longer to heat up.
Kills: Whoever destroys a ship gets 3× the base kill value. Anyone who damaged it in the previous 12 seconds gets 1.5× (assist).
Ammo: In the shop, each ammo level changes the type (for example, Steel → Tungsten) and increases damage. Upgrades have 5 levels.
Death: Every time your ship is destroyed, you lose 1 level of a purchased upgrade, chosen at random.
Credits: They only come from cargo you deliver (ore and scrap) and from kills and assists on enemy ships. There is no passive income. Spend them in the shop (B) inside any of your bases.

Both ships have forward-fixed weapons: you have to aim the ship. The Fighter fires two lasers at once and carries more missiles; the Cruiser has one slightly stronger laser and its railgun hits harder and reaches further.