Ahead of the Game - Star Overlord is an idle love letter to arcades, Lofi, tower defence, and roguelites

Beautiful sci-fi romp by means of 80s arcade nostalgia
Lofi beats and charming paintings
Tower defence, idle upgrades, and merge parts mixed

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What’s this? A vibrant mixture of my beloved Capybara Go parts, peppered with neon lights, synth music, and Lofi vibes? I by no means would have thought such a factor might exist, however alas – exist it does within the type of Star Overlord, and it is superb.

Half tower-defence, half idle merge journey, this beautiful sci-fi quest can have you defending your ship towards hostile alien forces whilst you’re planet-hopping throughout the galaxy, and it is all introduced in useful portrait mode too.

Very similar to (however not fairly) the aforementioned capybara-themed loafer, this one enables you to improve your stats, equip weapons and equipment, then set off on interstellar missions clearing by means of countless alien hordes.

Every time you defeat your foes, you will be rewarded with random power-ups you’ll be able to select to just accept (by way of adverts), in addition to extra weapons you’ll be able to merge to type much more devastating ones.

You may also unlock extra slots in your ship’s grid to supply further actual property to your weapons, however beware – it isn’t only a matter of increasing your slots as a lot as you’ll be able to. Every new slot means your ship will get larger, which additionally means you turn into an increasing number of weak to massive, crunchy bosses that’ll whittle down in your protect till you are right down to your final HP.

All these add to the exhilarating rush that tower defence genres all the time convey, coupled with roguelite parts by way of randomly generated buffs that boost every stage. As an added bonus, you additionally get to choose your responses as dialogues between you and your bot are sprinkled all through the degrees, and when you’re something like me, that good little narrative contact makes all of the distinction.

So, how do you play Star Overlord?

This love letter to all issues 80s arcade is presently in early entry on Android, however truthfully, I do not see what else it wants to enhance at this stage given how pleasurable it’s. There’s even a StarCraft-esque AI voice that prompts you each time a brand new improve is on the market, which is just music to my RTS-loving ears.