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Wirehawk

Wirehawk is a retro boomer shmup: a top-down vertical bullet-heaven shooter in pure neon vector wireframe. Blast asteroids and alien waves, grab power-ups, dodge bullet storms and slow time with stasis - one ship, one laser, no mercy. Fly with mouse or gamepad. Autofire always on.

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Trax
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About the Game

Wirehawk brings back the arcade shmup of the golden age, redrawn in glowing vector lines on pure black. You just fly; your laser never stops firing. Fight your way up through the stages of distinct neon worlds, face a boss every tenth stage, and push your laser from a single beam to a screen-filling fan of twenty.

  • Pure neon vector look - every line drawn, no sprites

  • Asteroid runs, alien arenas, boss fights

  • Power-ups, helper drones, homing missiles and time-slowing stasis

  • Mouse or gamepad, one-hand friendly - autofire is always on

  • Short runs, instant restarts, old-school "one more go" scoring

  • Global Steam leaderboard - every run counts, race the whole world

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