Sinistar reborn — the MAW is being built out of the crystals you are mining, and you cannot stop the birth. Only arm yourself for it.
Goal: Somewhere in this field the MAW is under construction, and it finishes whether you like it or not — the build meter at the top is its birth clock. Enemy WORKERS chip crystals from the planetoids and ferry them to the site to hurry it; you shoot the same planetoids to shed the same crystals, collect them on touch, and forge every fifth one into a BOMB — the only thing that hurts it. Every crystal on the field is a three-way decision: in your hold it is a bomb, in a worker's claws it is a faster doom, and a carrier shot down is a delivery DENIED that drops its cargo back onto the field. When the meter fills, the MAW WAKES and hunts you in lunges; bombs launch themselves when you are close enough, each one blowing a visible chunk off its face, and blowing off every chunk kills it — worth more than everything else in the zone combined. Then a new site starts building, faster. You cannot stop it being born. You decide what it is born into.
Controls: Drag anywhere (or WASD / arrows) to fly — you fire forward while thrusting, and coast silent when you let go. Crystals collect on touch; bombs forge and launch automatically. On level-up, tap a card (or keys 1-3) to choose your boon.
Somewhere in this field the MAW is under construction, and it finishes whether you like it or not — the build meter at the top is its birth clock. Enemy WORKERS chip crystals from the planetoids and ferry them to the site to hurry it; you shoot the same planetoids to shed the same crystals, collect them on touch, and forge every fifth one into a BOMB — the only thing that hurts it. Every crystal on the field is a three-way decision: in your hold it is a bomb, in a worker's claws it is a faster doom, and a carrier shot down is a delivery DENIED that drops its cargo back onto the field. When the meter fills, the MAW WAKES and hunts you in lunges; bombs launch themselves when you are close enough, each one blowing a visible chunk off its face, and blowing off every chunk kills it — worth more than everything else in the zone combined. Then a new site starts building, faster. You cannot stop it being born. You decide what it is born into. Controls: Drag anywhere (or WASD / arrows) to fly — you fire forward while thrusting, and coast silent when you let go. Crystals collect on touch; bombs forge and launch automatically. On level-up, tap a card (or keys 1-3) to choose your boon.
Yes. VECTAMAW runs free in your browser with no download, no install and no account — open the page and it starts.
Yes — VECTAMAW has on-screen touch controls and is built to run at 60fps on a mid-range phone as well as on desktop.
A typical run takes around five to ten minutes. It suits medium sessions and plays intermediate, so it sits in the Challenge corner of the arcade.
VECTAMAW is a skill game in the VECTARCADE catalogue — vector-drawn, instant-play, and scored on a global leaderboard.