CounterAttack (tuxdb.com)

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Introduction

CounterAttack is a scrolling space shooter with lots of upgrades and interesting levels.

Earth is under attack! The Automations, humanity's own creation, have rebelled. They will stop at nothing short of the complete destruction of their former masters. There is but one hope, the experimental space fighter program. Fight solo or team up for intense coop action, 1 - 2 player locally or 1 - 4 players online, unlock upgrades, use powerful ultimate abilities, enhance your ship the way you want, and save the Earth from annihilation.

Key Features

Customize your ship by choosing the weapons and upgrades that fit your play style
1-4 Players Online
1-2 Players local Co-op
Cross platform multiplayer, PC, Linux, Mac
7 Playable characters each with a unique ship
Each ship has a powerful unique special ability
Tons of ship upgrades allowing limitless combinations
40+ attachments ranging from engine turbos to full weapon conversions
Story mode with 20 challenging levels (more levels planned)
Dynamic story depending on characters chosen and levels completed
Endless survival mode; how long can you last?
Original music

The CounterAttack

Play as one of 7 heroes with up to 4 players while you defend the Earth from the Automaton invasion. Each ship has a unique ult, players can customize their ship with unlockables and attachments, as well as a combination powerup system which allows personalized weapons and attacks.

Fight crazy bosses

Each level has its own boss, with some secret levels and bosses. Unlock new weapons and upgrades by beating some levels or accomplishing difficult tasks.

Choose from the 7 pilots

Each pilot has a unique ship and ultimate weapon. Ayumi has the Tactical Nuke, Biff as the Big Biff Laser, Marcus has the Mesonwave, Joe has Overcharge, Sarah has the Quantium Shield, Sloane has the Fighter Squadron, and Carl has the Asteroid Controller.

Quality of Life

Greetings Pilots!

This and the recent updates have been focused on bugfixes and quality of life improvements. There are not button icons showing cooldown for actions as well as specials and even powerups. The upgrade computer is now equipped (and unlocked) by default for new players, and it's priorities have been slightly changed to help the initial power spike. Of course you can unequip it and play like before as well!

There are also a few new localizations!

New Stuff
Added Use Powerup and Use Special button icons on powerup bar
-Can be disabled in Player Options in the pause menu or from main menu->options
Added Traditional Chinese localization
Added German localization
Added Portuguese (Brazil) localization
Added Hungarian localization
Added Italian localization

Changes & Improvements
Upgrade Computer is now a default attachment and equipped for new Pilots
Upgrade Computer is now disabled on level Tutorial Space & Extended Tutorial (instead grants +1 Power)
Upgrade Computer will now pick Spread 2 and Side 1 over Speed 2
Upgrade Computer will now pick Missiles 1 over Speed 3
Angry Reloader now fires missiles on underwater levels
Improved how restarting games work, especially if you just saved or loaded
Increased Phase plasma damage by 12x
Increased BubbleShieldHealth from 170 -> 220
Tweaked Plasma Projectiles visual
Increase MiniNuke base contact damage 45->65
Laserrangs no longer work underwater
Autobeams no longer work underwater
NanoFighter collision damage increased 4 -> 12.5 + Power
NanoFighter collisions no longer destroy mines

Fixes
Fixed issue preventing changing custom ship settings in pause menu during local multiplayer game
Fixed issue where your ship would become invisible when resurrecting friends in local multiplayer games
Fixed issue with AutoCannon sometimes getting Spread/Meson effects
Fixed issue where some hacked mines were still exploding on Battle for Earth and Minefield
Fixed (another) issue with autoguns not targeting enemies on the edge of Vertical levels
Fixed gamepad menu navigation issue when loading Loadouts
Fixed rare graphics device crash on Linux
Fixed several abilities not rotating when facing backwards (such as Wall of Rockets when using Switchback)
Fixed incorrectly rotated Malfunction text on some levels
Fixed plasma not scaling as it increased in power
Fixed camera rotation bug on Redemption

Also there were some minor optimizations on planet levels.

Thank you again to everybody reporting bugs and sharing their feedback!

Keep flying o7
-never.