Cosmochoria

Cosmochoria is an arcade adventure that plays as a love letter to old-school classics like Asteroids, Sinistar and Mario Bros. You control a tiny cosmonaut who finds himself stranded in a distant galaxy, hopping between planets to revive a long-barren universe one seed at a time.

The loop blends shooting and gardening: you blast aliens and giant space monsters, plant mysterious seeds that sprout new plants, and watch those plants produce more seeds to fill dead planets with life. Aliens drop crystals when they explode, and you spend that currency at an upgrade shop to improve your abilities, build defensive towers, and warp around the galaxy.

No story is obvious at first, but consecutive playthroughs gradually reveal the deeper mysteries of the universe. The galaxy is procedurally generated so each game is unique, and you are free to roam in search of secrets and hidden artifacts, or settle on a single planet to defend it and tend your garden, all set to a fresh electronic soundtrack and hand-crafted vector art.