noun
1 : a rope tied directly to a harpoon, often through the lance eye; once commonly used in 'whaling' - the hunting of cetaceans for food and industry
2 : any single "jump" of faster-than-light travel where the departure point and end points are separated by less than approximately two million ship-legges in real-space (exactly 2,097,152 Cosien-standard ship-legges).
You're not out to save the world, you've just got bills to pay.
Deep-space shipping lanes have become infested with swarms of aggressive, parasitic creatures.
The Cosien Corporation has offered bounties for each confirmed kill.
There are rumours of something much larger out there. Some whisper of mythic "space whales". Others just laugh.
But you don't really care about any of that.
You just need the credits.
Short Warp: Deep Space Bounty is a modern arcade shoot ’em up blending top-down and side-scrolling missions in a gritty blue-collar sci-fi universe.
Pilot stock ships or build custom rigs across multiple game modes in story-driven, hand-crafted levels and infinite procedural runs.
- PICK UP AND PLAY - five unique ships, each tuned for a different style
- DESIGN - combine fuselages, engines, weapons, and more in custom builds
- CUSTOMIZE - fine-tune gameplay, performance, controls, and presentation
- DIE - it's gonna happen
- RESEARCH - a deep catalogue of components, upgrades, and expendables
- REPLAY - unlock new gear, enemies, and environments
- AND DIE - it's gonna happen a lot
- LEARN - new strategies to overcome ever-bigger challenges
- DEVELOP - new techniques as you explore different arcade games and play modes
- AND DIE AGAIN - it's still gonna happen a lot
- JUST ONE MORE! - hand-crafted missions and procedural levels for endless fun
No quarters? No problem!
Short Warp: Deep Space Bounty delivers the feel of classic coin-op shooters without the coin slot.
Multiple game types – Story Mode for scripted missions and Infinity Mode for endless randomized combat – keep every run fresh.
Create and save multiple pilot profiles, use Quick Boot to skip menus, and dive straight into action.
Whether you want pure pew-pew splosions or meticulous spacecraft engineering, Short Warp has a bounty for you!
May you find fortune in the stars…