Nova Drift

Survive - Evolve - Dominate

Nova Drift is a 'rogue-lite' space shooter that melds a classic arcade experience with modern action-RPG elements, emphasizing build-crafting and deep customization. Your ship rapidly evolves as you defeat enemies, allowing you to take a build from inception to execution in a single, captivating game session.

Build to play how you want, creating a unique build every game. Runs are quick, allowing for rapid experimentation and iteration.

Define Your Build, Combining Dozens of Choices of Weapon, Shield, and Body Gear, Including:

• Weapon - Thermal Lance: Channel a focused lance of heat that makes targets vulnerable to further damage.

• Weapon - Swords: Wield a pair of monomolecular double-edged swords that parry projectiles.

• Shield - Warp: Teleport when your shield breaks, creating an entry and exit blast.

• Shield - Halo: Burn targets within your shields radius.

• Body - Carrier: Command a legion of Swarm Constructs.

• Body - Leviathan: Become an ever-growing serpent that shreds with its body.

• Body - Firefly: Sear targets with massive thrusters.

Unlock an Arsenal of Over 200 Modular Upgrades:

Transform Your Build, Choosing From Dozens of Super Mods:

• Charged Mines: Your mines charge, unleashing your weapon on detonation.

• Dying Star: Take constant damage, but burn nearby targets based on proximity and how damaged you are.

• Barrage: Transform any weapon into a bullet hose.

• Singular Strike: Fuse all of your projectiles into one giant projectile.

• Ataraxia: Gain powerful passive buffs for each unspent upgrade point.

• Antimatter Rounds: Your weapon can punch through hostile projectiles.

• Void Slice: Teleport, slicing through anything in your path.

• Warp Strike: Your projectiles can screen-wrap.

• Sanctuary: Convert your shield into a massive roving bubble and gain power while within it.

Enjoy Varied Game Modes:

• Endless: Find out just how far you can push your build after victory.

• Draft: Jump deep into enemy territory with a pre-constructed build.

• Wild Metamorphosis: Enjoy a challenging "rogue-like" experience that offers powerful, transformative mods.

Unlock Modular Challenge Modes as Your Skills Grow. Greater Risk Means Greater Rewards!

Example Build - Celestial Striker:

This unconventional build defeats enemies by slamming right through them, detonating its shields, and burning anything nearby.

• Hullbreaker is the cornerstone of our build, fast, resilient, and able to deal massive crash damage based on its velocity.

• Amp Shield increases our velocity and damage, which results in massive crash damage.

• Volatile Shields ensures that when our Amp Shield breaks on impact, nearby enemies receive a devastating explosion.

• Flash Shielding lets us get our shield back quickly.

• Celestial Lance converts our speed into a burning aura, letting us crowd control as we soar.

• Celestial Surge lets us convert our aura into a massive burning projectile on demand, igniting anything in its path.

Nova Drift is a decade-long labor of love developed by Jeffrey Nielson (Chimeric) in collaboration with its community, featuring music and audio by Miles Tilmann (Pixeljam).