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Interstellar Sentinel Highlights: Live Caravan Events and Community
A lot has happened around Interstellar Sentinel, and we wanted to share a look back at some of the moments that helped define this stretch of the journey One of the biggest standouts was seeing Caravan Mode (5-minute ga…
Minor update: QOL Weapon Tuning & Difficulty Lives adjustment Fix
Thanks everyone for playtesting the new Caravan level! - Weapon Tuning for some of the underperforming weapon sets - Difficulty selection, fixed the number of lives given for each difficulty level - Minor tuning adjustm…
V 3.4.0 Live - QOL Weapon selection for stage practice, weapon buffs & Moarz
New features: Caravan 3 level, the community is going nuts over this one Practicing a level now let's you pick your starting weapon set Weapon buffs and balancing pass Performance optimizations (runs like a dream on a S…
Ho Ho Ho Interstellar Sentinel 3.3.0 is now live under your X-Mas tree!
Happy holidays, friendoes, it's been a wild year. Your support means everything to us, and we wish you the very best in your gaming adventures! Thank you for being on this journey with us to craft modern retro games wit…
Uplifting Goat October Wins: Unreal Engine Milestone, Caravan Competition & More
October has been a busy month packed with breakthroughs Unreal Engine Port Progress The Interstellar Sentinel port to Unreal reached a major milestone. Over 8000 bullets in a single shader running with animations, colli…
Uplifting Goat Sept. Highlights: High Scores, Canal 3 Expo, & a Glimpse at IS2!
September has been an exciting month for Interstellar Sentinel Caravan Competition and High Score Chasing The community has been chasing high scores in the main game while super players pushed the leaderboards even furt…
Interstellar Sentinel – 25% Off + IRL Caravan Competition in São Paulo
What's a Caravan? Caravan competitions began in Japan in the 80s, when Hudson Soft toured with Star Soldier and Hector ’87. Players had just 2–5 minutes and one credit to prove themselves. The format was pure intensity—…
Free Caravan Competition Build 1.3.0 Live Now!
This is the free demo; grab it from the download demo button on the page. This demo is a nice cross-section of the core game system at work in Interstellar Sentinel. Your objective is to survive, don't let enemies escap…
Two new game modes, more bad ass baddy deaths, and weapon buffs are waiting...
Version 3.2.0 Build Notes Big Highlights: 🚀 New Game Mode: Caravan 1 — Blast your way to glory in this action-packed, 5-minute high-score chase! 🏁 New Game Mode: Race 1 — Speed thrills and thumb skills: rubbing is rac…
Games That Inspired Interstellar Sentinel
Games That Inspired Interstellar Sentinel Inspired by Salamander/Life Force, Gradius, R-Type, DeathSmiles, Akai Katana Shin, Einhander, and DoDonPachi. These titles heavily influenced Interstellar Sentinel's mix of hori…
New Game Mode: 9 Hells Boss Rush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-FYOFpUygo Big new mode! 9 Hells Boss Rush! Recommended for players familiar with the existing game features. This mode was built to leverage all your acquired skills and then turn up th…
Interstellar Sentinel Turns 1 year old Birthday & Gamescom Sale
This month, Interstellar Sentinel turned one year old, and we're doing a 25% off birthday & Gamescom 2024 sale! We're so grateful to our community for playing and sharing!
Build 2.4.0 is now live with moar polish, tuning and bug fixes!
General: - Increased DBK wing flap animation speed a bit because he was being a little too lazy - Fixed up on hit visual effect triggering at the wrong time with environmental conditions - Lesser Demons now get sucked b…
LISTEN; to the Full Interstellar Sentinel Original Soundtrack
LISTEN; to the Full Interstellar Sentinel Original Soundtrack for your listening pleasure! Wow! I mean, wow, the reception of this album has been phenomenal! So many people have reached out over the last couple of days…
Build 2.3.5 is now live with lots of polish, tuning and shenanigans!
General: - Optimization improvements across the game on first time weapon and enemy explosions DrBossKey: - Improved collision with a new gold shield effect Weapons: - Weapon set 3, bottom plasma laser weapon is now lon…
(Navi voice from Zelda) Hey, listen! Interstellar Sentinel demo is live!
(trumpets from the heavens are sounding in your mind) The Interstellar Sentinel Demo is now available for you to play! Check it out and hop on over to the Discord server to post your high scores! Can you achieve the S+…
Build 2.2.0 is now live with a brand new feature Weapon Dumper!
Build 2.2.0 is now live with a brand new feature Weapon Dumper! New Feature: Power Downer! You're in for a treat! Now, just hit that triangle or Y button to unleash the Power Downer – a nifty power-up right in the middl…
Build 2.1.1 is Live! New intro cinematic featuring Loki & Zay's shenanigans!
Build 2.1.1 is Live! Hot and new! - Adventure Introduction cutscene & shenanigans General: Music: - New boss battle music; Titanic Champions - Music balancing pass across all levels - Boss battle intro warning sound and…
Interstellar Sentinel Update 2.1.0 is Meow Live!
**Bigger Notable Changes:** - DrBossKey now has flapping wings just like the heavens of supernatural mischief intended! - Player bullets now draw behind the player so you no longer need to panic when not being able to s…
Shmup Fest Live Developer Stream Play Through Relay starting tomorrow
Heyo friendoes! I will be doing a play through of Interstellar Sentinel for the Shmup Fest relay lineup tomorrow 9/30! We're on at 10:10am PST and streaming about an hour earlier. I hope you can make it! Schedule below!…
