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Shoot'em & Scoot'em

Aliens stole your horse! Saddle up, take aim, and blast across space! Every shot rockets you the opposite way and you can change directions on a dime. Can you rescue Scooty?

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Developer
Ryan Linehan, Ren Allsup
Publisher
Stray Software
Release
Coming Soon
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About the Game

Aliens have boarded your ship and made off with Scooty, your trusty steed. There's only one thing a Sheriff can do: grab your revolver, take aim, and shoot your way across space to get him back!

Shoot'em & Scoot'em is a space-western puzzle platformer with a unique movement mechanic there's no jump button. Every shot is your movement. Fire your gun and the recoil rockets you the OPPOSITE way: tap up to drop down, tap right to fly left.

PLAY HOW YOU WANT

Just want to reach Scooty? Fly straight to the finish. Want to master the game? Wipe out every alien on a level to earn all 3 stars! Don't like puzzling? Try out endless mode!

WHAT'S WAITING OUT THERE

  • 60 handcrafted levels packed with puzzles and gunplay

  • Take aim and blast through 3 different environments

    • The Sheriff's spaceship

    • An asteroid field

    • Alien planet

  • Traps and obstacles you will run into on your space adventure:

    • Sound-sensitive lasers

    • Extra-ammo pickups (who put those there?!)

    • Moving platforms

    • Portals

  • 15 achievements to try to unlock

  • Style the Sheriff to your preferences with different hats to equip

  • Change the look of Scooty to go with your new hats

  • Climb to outer space in endless mode!

Saddle up, pardner'. Scooty's counting on you.

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