Pumpkin Invasion

@apollonianking, glad you liked the fractal! It inspired me to make a shooter over the top of it. I think it works well with a Halloween theme - kinda weird. About the enemies, you've gotta get the power-ups so you can shoot them down before they shoot you down.

Also, auto-fire would be nice. There's no reason to ever stop firing so why do I have to hold down a button for that?

Seems pretty good, though the alien fire power does ramp up a lot on level 3. Also, the spread triple-shot is awful and you start showering the player with the things around then. Triple shot = massive amounts of firepower directed exactly where I want it. Spread triple shot = single shot directed where I want it, plus two shots that I can't aim so might pick up a few lucky kills. That is not an upgrade!

@kthorjensen, the meters match the Power-Ups that are explained on the Start Menu, Game Over Menu, Pause Menu, Quit Menu - they are hardly totally unexplained. I can see the bullets fine, and the little Bats' weapon damage is very low. Finally, the bosses only spawn Bats that can be killed really easily & quickly, and when you kill the bats you get loads of Power-Ups and Health Packs to restore your ship - as well as loads of cool explosions. They are added initially as a surprise, then you should realise they are good for your ship's health.

@Irasfel, the 'W' weapon power-ups makes your spaceships shoot more frequently with more powerful bullets - so you can kill things a lot quicker, you can easily notice this as the W bar increases and your bullets get bigger brighter and more frequent. The 'S' shield power-up reduce damage to your ship, so the smaller bullets do less harm to you. The Candy just gives you a bigger score, but you lose some each time you die in Arcade Mode. Then, of course you have your various weapons power-ups that shoot more bullets at once.