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Starboi

Starboi is an arcade score-chaser about one perfect launch. Your aim swings on its own - time it, fling yourself through a field of drifting black holes, and rescue your friends from the cosmic horrors. Graze holes for points, chain rescues, and dive into the maw.

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Turtlevania Games
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Turtlevania Games
Release
September 12, 2025
323 days ago
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About the Game

The aim swings on its own. The launch is forever. Everything in between is yours to steal.

Starboi is an arcade score-chaser built on one core verb: the launch. Your reticle sweeps back and forth on its own, so timing IS the aiming. Slide along your wall, wait for the arc, and fling yourself across a field of drifting black holes to reach a friend trapped in dark energy on the far side.

What you do

  • Time the swinging arc and launch through the gap. Every rescue swaps you to the opposite wall and reshuffles the field.

  • Fly CLOSE on purpose: grazing a black hole pays points, and skimming two in one flight pays more.

  • Chain rescues without getting hit to climb the combo ranks (warm streak, hot streak, blazing, SUPERNOVA), each rank multiplying everything.

  • Blast black holes with star energy: they grow wider but slower, and a fully charged hole collapses for points and a shockwave.

  • Every tenth wave, a cosmic horror. Its maw opens on a rhythm. Shoot the opening, or launch straight down its throat for the big finish.

  • Every ten waves is a new zone, from the shallows to the beyond.

  • A daily run seeds the same field for everyone. No streaks, no FOMO. Missing a day costs exactly nothing.

Built to be felt

Hand-built visuals drawn in code, the original Star Boi soundtrack, full controller support with remapping, and an accessibility floor in every build: screen-shake and flash toggles, reduce motion, colorblind modes, and 8 languages.

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