Space Shooter

Pokinvade

Hold the bottom of the screen against a descending formation of aliens, then face what follows them.

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Genre
Space Shooter
Lives
3
Players
1
Price
Free

About Pokinvade

Pokinvade is the fixed shooter: you move on one axis, the formation advances on another, and the arithmetic only ever runs one way. Clearing the grid is not the end of it — a shielded boss arrives to finish the level.

How to play Pokinvade

  1. 01Move your Poki left and right along the bottom of the screen.
  2. 02Fire upward at the alien formation as it advances.
  3. 03The formation drops closer each time it reaches a screen edge.
  4. 04Being hit by alien fire costs a life; letting the formation reach you ends the run outright.

Controls

Keyboard

  • Left and right arrow keys to move
  • Space to fire

Touch

  • Drag to move
  • Tap to fire

How to win

Destroy every alien in the formation. The progress bar tracks the full count for the level.

Later levels field more aliens, advance them faster, and increase the rate of return fire. The boss gains shield strength, which turns the closing phase from a damage race into a positioning problem.

Tips for Pokinvade

  • Clear a column from the outside in. Narrowing the formation buys you horizontal room to dodge in.
  • Do not park under the formation. Almost every death here comes from firing upward while standing still.
  • The boss shield resets its state when the boss dies, so a shielded phase is never permanent — keep pressure on rather than backing off.

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