Creepy Crawlies was my entry into the Syntax Bomb Mix-It-Up game coding competition.

Ever since human life evolved on Earth the insects have always been there.

We thought they were indigenous to Earth. They were not ...

Defend the solar system from the threat of the insects who have colonised all the planets in the solar system and now seek to wipe out the existence of their greatest threat. Man.

Shortly after the evolving of our solar system the insects colonised Earth. They hoped no other life would form there but instead evolution went out of control and the colonised Creepy Crawlies found they were forced to share the Earth with a species that mostly both hated and feared them. Now their ancestors have returned and decided they want it all.

In the Twenty-Fourth century man had finally achieved its greatest goal in setting up airborne colonies in the hemisphere of the gas giants that could not be directly populated. With outposts now being present on Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus, humanity had spread to every possible world in our solar system short of the cold, lifeless chunks of rock in the Kuiper belt that were too far from the Sun to be worthwhile.

Realising the very real threat from the insect species, huge planetary grids were placed in the vicinity of the 8 major worlds in our system. As Pluto had been qualified as a planet once more in 2023, it was also included in the plan and defence systems were installed to protect each one from the invading insects that had proven remarkably resistant to each of the harsh worlds they invaded.

This is a war with heavy casualties on both sides but humanity are losing.

Enter you. Elite pilot and top of your class in the academy. You've been given access to a brand new prototype ship and given the task of eliminating the Creepy Crawlies from each planet that have come to the grid to destroy you.

You are the humans last hope as extinction beckons.

Only you can save all of our worlds.

Keys:

Cursor keys to move ship and Space to fire.

Esc to quit to title screen. On the title screen it will exit the game as well as doing it from the menu. P in-game to toggle Pause mode.

Numpad 0 or "F" - toggle full screen.