Starlight Ascendant: Roguelite

Alien formations pour in from the top of the screen, lock into place, and dive. Your guns fire on their own. Your only job is to fly. When the wave ends, the shop opens, and that's where runs are won. Lock the offer you want, reroll the rest, and combine two weapons into something new. A few waves later your ship is throwing chain lightning and orbiting blades, and the screen is mostly explosions. Survive 20 waves. Kill the boss. Then start over with a new ship and a worse idea. BUILD SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T WORK There are 11 base weapons. Combine two of the same tier and they merge: two copies rank up, and two different weapons make a hybrid. Cyber Sword and Fire Ball make a Flame Saber. Pulse Laser and Lightning Spark make a Spark Storm. That's 55 hybrids, plus 3 more weapons you earn in the other worlds. Then pile on items. There are 169 of them, from burn and chill to life steal,…