

Vortex Attack: ボルテックスアタック
KaleidoGames · 2015 · Shoot 'Em Up, Bullet Hell, Casual, Difficult, Shooter
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About Vortex Attack: ボルテックスアタック
From an initial choice of ships, (more unlockable by playing) the player has to destroy all the vortices they will face across the galaxies.
Features
Real machine hosted in "Arcade Vintage" (Petrer, Spain) built just for our game.
Vektar
- LOTS OF HEALTH
- BASIC SHIP FOR NOVICES
Voxar, Rozer, Blaster
- FAST SHIP
- GOOD MULTISHOT
- MANY ADD-ONS
- AVERAGE SHIP
- STRONG SHIP
- POWERFUL BULLETS
- FEW ADD-ONS
Valkyr, Metr-81, Kromaia, Blaxar
- FAST SHIP
- FEW BUT POWERFUL SHOOTING
- GOOD ADD-ONS
- FAST SHIP
- AVERAGE FIREPOWER
- POWERFUL ADD-ON
- FAST SHIP
- POWERFUL ADD-ON
- FASTER GAMEPLAY
- HEAVY ARTILLERY
- VERY POWERFUL BULLETS
- ALMOST NO ADD-ONS
Verminest, Beekyr
- HARD & SLOW SHIP
- FEW BUT POWERFUL SHOOTING
- MOST ADD-ONS
- WEAK & FAST SHIP
- HEAVY MULTISHOT
Game mechanics
The goal of each level is to destroy the vortices. Although some vortices will take several stage to destroy. Upon reaching a level where the vortex can be totally destroyed, it will unleash the most dangerous of its swarms to make things a lot harder for our players. The twist we've added in this game is that the vortex on each level will keep growing, throwing ever increasing waves of enemies to overwhelm the player, so that they must continually fight to push the vortex back. The game has been especially designed to play with up to 3 friends, although we're considering adding an optional fourth player based on player feedback.
To implode the vortices, the player must destroy enemies to collect their energy. On top of the vortex there are two spheres: The player level (blue sphere) and the vortex level (red sphere). When the energy item sent by the player reaches the vortex, the blue sphere shrinks the black hole, symbolized with the red sphere. But in the other hand the black hole is constantly growing stretching the blue sphere. The game ends when the blue sphere makes the red one disappear or the red one grows to its maximum size. The concept is kind of new, reuses the concept based in Beekyr and improves it by removing the unnecessary bits.
Game's history
The alien war machines caught us by surprise. A strange energy vortex appeared near colony Vehar-12, then they came, swarming from the centre of the vortex. The first attack was just over 20 Eartho-days ago and already eighteen colonies have been lost. 56 million souls, gone. Now they're approaching Earthos, our biggest colony. We're fighting back, but if it falls, we will be all but destroyed. The vortices had seemed all but indestructible. But now we have hope. Our technicians patched together a captured war machine, and discovered the key to the vortices, a new kind of energy they've dubbed 'Lumergy'. Our first tests of the device lead to an unexpected discovery. The energy used to create a vortex could also be used to destroy one. Using our modified war machine we can collect the Lumergy, and reverse its energy to collapse a vortex, destroying the swarm within. We can predict where the next vortex will open, and we can destroy it. We have only one chance at this, only one ship. Your only mission: Destroy the vortices. Save all of us.
Features
- Up to 3 simultaneous local players
- 11 ship models (upgradeable up to 4 levels each)
- STEAM: Online leaderboards and over 70 achievements
- Regular tournaments (via Steam or Fairs)
- Sci-fi particles madness
- Tons of individual upgrades
- Hundreds of fun levels featuring the innovative Vortex System, bosses and bonus
- Multiplayer designed gameplay
- Action neo-retro FX and music
- Arcade coin-op: Design and integration
Real machine hosted in "Arcade Vintage" (Petrer, Spain) built just for our game. Ships
Basic Ship
Vektar
- LOTS OF HEALTH- BASIC SHIP FOR NOVICES
Ships: Tier 1
Voxar, Rozer, Blaster
- FAST SHIP- GOOD MULTISHOT
- MANY ADD-ONS
- AVERAGE SHIP
- STRONG SHIP- POWERFUL BULLETS
- FEW ADD-ONS
Ships: Tier 2
Valkyr, Metr-81, Kromaia, Blaxar
- FAST SHIP- FEW BUT POWERFUL SHOOTING
- GOOD ADD-ONS
- FAST SHIP- AVERAGE FIREPOWER
- POWERFUL ADD-ON
- FAST SHIP- POWERFUL ADD-ON
- FASTER GAMEPLAY
- HEAVY ARTILLERY- VERY POWERFUL BULLETS
- ALMOST NO ADD-ONS
Ships: Tier 3
Verminest, Beekyr
- HARD & SLOW SHIP- FEW BUT POWERFUL SHOOTING
- MOST ADD-ONS
- WEAK & FAST SHIP- HEAVY MULTISHOT
Game mechanics
The goal of each level is to destroy the vortices. Although some vortices will take several stage to destroy. Upon reaching a level where the vortex can be totally destroyed, it will unleash the most dangerous of its swarms to make things a lot harder for our players. The twist we've added in this game is that the vortex on each level will keep growing, throwing ever increasing waves of enemies to overwhelm the player, so that they must continually fight to push the vortex back. The game has been especially designed to play with up to 3 friends, although we're considering adding an optional fourth player based on player feedback.
To implode the vortices, the player must destroy enemies to collect their energy. On top of the vortex there are two spheres: The player level (blue sphere) and the vortex level (red sphere). When the energy item sent by the player reaches the vortex, the blue sphere shrinks the black hole, symbolized with the red sphere. But in the other hand the black hole is constantly growing stretching the blue sphere. The game ends when the blue sphere makes the red one disappear or the red one grows to its maximum size. The concept is kind of new, reuses the concept based in Beekyr and improves it by removing the unnecessary bits.
Game's history
The alien war machines caught us by surprise. A strange energy vortex appeared near colony Vehar-12, then they came, swarming from the centre of the vortex. The first attack was just over 20 Eartho-days ago and already eighteen colonies have been lost. 56 million souls, gone. Now they're approaching Earthos, our biggest colony. We're fighting back, but if it falls, we will be all but destroyed. The vortices had seemed all but indestructible. But now we have hope. Our technicians patched together a captured war machine, and discovered the key to the vortices, a new kind of energy they've dubbed 'Lumergy'. Our first tests of the device lead to an unexpected discovery. The energy used to create a vortex could also be used to destroy one. Using our modified war machine we can collect the Lumergy, and reverse its energy to collapse a vortex, destroying the swarm within. We can predict where the next vortex will open, and we can destroy it. We have only one chance at this, only one ship. Your only mission: Destroy the vortices. Save all of us.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
✦ AI summary
Players praise the configurable controls and local co-op multiplayer experience, making it a fun option for playing with friends. However, critics find the game too basic and simplistic for a shoot-em-up, with design decisions that undermine the genre's difficulty—such as mechanics that encourage taking hits rather than avoiding them—combined with unexpected performance issues and optimization problems that hold back the experience.
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controlling is configurable and i can play it with my bestie! <34 found this helpful
Vortex Attack, developed and published by KaleidoGames, is a vibrant love letter to the golden age of arcade shooters, modernized for contemporary players while keeping the spirit of classic space combat games alive. Released in 2015, it channels the energy of titles like Galaga and Gyruss, blending fast-paced shooting mechanics with a hypnotic visual style and a relentless rhythm that rewards reflexes and precision. At its core, it’s a game about tension—the constant struggle to survive against an endless flood of enemies pouring from an expanding vortex that threatens to consume the entire screen. Every moment in Vortex Attack is a test of concentration and spatial awareness, pushing players to strike the perfect balance between offense and survival. The premise is deceptively simple but elegantly executed. Each stage begins with a single vortex at the center of the screen, pulsing with energy as it releases enemy ships and hazards in increasingly aggressive waves. The player’s goal is to shoot down enemies, collect luminous particles, and feed them back into the vortex to shrink it and eventually destroy it. As the vortex grows and the screen fills with projectiles, the intensi…1 found this helpful
Somehow i lost interest in this Shumps... there's a few problem with this game: 1) I guess the dev thinks shumps are too hard so they... erm, encourage you to get hit? So you can reflect them bullets away while you had your I-frames to do more dmg to the boss? I was literally tanking hits ! In A SHUMP GAME ! WHAT? And the boss dies so fast if i do that 2) If your ship are too big, then you are going to die fast (your ship is your hit point) 3) Somehow this game requires more ram than Skyrim? I can run skyrim with my outdated laptop, this game tells me game runs too slow... until the point that Achievements will be disabled... Why? Pros: 1) I do like a huge variety of ship to choose from 2) There's a fk ton of achievements for a Shump like this Otherwise... only buy on a Huge Sale, but you're not missing much if skipping this1 found this helpful
It's not a bad game, I wish I could give it a 'meh'. I think it's too basic for a schmup.
I am 32 years old. My ex-wife and I have a daughter together, and we adopted our son together. Both are now 4 years old. When we were going through our separation, I felt lost and unhappy. I was self-destructive. One day, I was so angry with everything spiraling out of control that I punched a concrete wall in a moment of overwhelming emotion. This resulted in breaking my fifth metacarpal in my right hand—the hand I worked with, played games with, and used to carry my children to bed—the hand I desperately needed to ensure I could continue providing. Upon learning the severity of the self-inflicted damage, I became almost suicidal. Keep in mind that just a few months before this, I was the happiest man, with no history of depression or anxiety. I had never experienced anger outbursts, nor was I the type to break down and cry, but I was in a tough situation that truly prevented me from seeing the light on the other side. With nothing better to do, I looked for a game I could play WITH ONE HAND while recovering. Somehow, I stumbled upon this game and read some of the comments. I decided it was worth a try... I must admit I didn't beat the game, nor did I play as much as some of y…
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