Move: WASD or ↑↓←→ or mouse / touch-drag. Firing is automatic — your only job is to dodge and position. P pause · T toggle Auto-AI · M mute · 1–4 or [ ] set game speed. Each Level = 4–7 waves of enemies, then a Boss. Clear the boss to open the Upgrade Bay and advance. Levels are endless and scale up forever. ◆ Cores — currency for upgrades (banked even when you die). + Hull repairs, S Shield recharges, R Overdrive = fire burst. A Core Magnet upgrade pulls pickups toward you. Spend cores on 20 weapon tiers (Pulse → … → Singularity), Damage, Fire Rate, Multishot, Engines, Hull, Shield, Magnet, Pet Fighters, and 4 stacking elemental effects: 🔥 Incendiary (burn), ⚡ Tesla (chain lightning), 💥 Blast (kills explode), ❄️ Cryo (freeze-slow) — they apply to your shots AND your pets'. Upgrades are permanent — they carry across every death. Death resets Score & Level to 1 but keeps all upgrades and banked cores. You start with 4 pet drones (up to 50). They're mini copies of your ship and fire the same weapon you have — upgrade your weapon and every pet upgrades too. They fly out to hunt a target until it's destroyed, then return to guard you. About half always stay home to protect you. Auto-AI flies, dodges bullets, farms cores and fights bosses on its own. When it dies it auto-banks cores, auto-spends them (prioritising weapon tier + more pets + survivability) and relaunches — getting stronger every run. Toggle it anytime with T. Slow / Normal / Fast / Lightning changes the whole game's pace — great for grinding upgrades fast on Auto-AI.