SETTINGS

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HOW TO PLAY

BAR WARS is played entirely by ear. Your ship, the enemies and pickups all exist in 3D space around you. Wear headphones or earbuds.

• F — steer left
• J — steer right
• Left Shift — bank left (hard, fast turn)
• Right Shift — bank right (hard, fast turn)

• ↑ — gear shift up: autopilot → slow → medium → full
• ↓ — gear shift down: full → medium → slow → autopilot
• ← — evade left (dodge: enemy fire mostly misses)
• → — evade right (dodge: enemy fire mostly misses)

• Space — fire current weapon (the auto gun fires on its own)
• Tab / Shift+Tab — cycle weapons (pickups auto-equip)

• T — radar ping: your ship reports ops
• R — re-navigation: in combat redirects toward the nearest op, otherwise toward the objective
• H — hyperspace jump: escape danger (4 per level, not in boss fights; ops always find you after a jump)

• S — shields: toggle on/off (cuts damage to a quarter while up; drains shield energy slowly)
• Enter — magnetizer: pulls nearby pickups to your ship (also skips cutscenes)

• L — target lock-on: locks the nearest enemy; the ship says "target acquired" and tells you when it's in range
• 1–9 — fire a missile at your locked target (needs a lock first; missile caches restock you mid-flight)
• E — EMP: destroys every op ship in the field; against a stage boss it only drops his shields (3 per level)
• Q — quit to main menu (with save option)

Range matters: an op dead ahead locks on by itself. Three hits at close range disable an op; six hits at midrange destroy it; at long range your guns only spark — use missiles out there, they always get through.

Steer toward enemy engine sounds to line up your shots. Your ship warns you about hull damage — it reports, never instructs. Your tank never runs dry; the fight is all ships, all the way to the boss.

The under-boss flies armored: your fire only bites while he is venting heat between attack passes. Listen for the vent — that's your window.

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Chapter 2 tease: An informant is running for a refuel station on the road to planet Magan — and the data on that ship is the key to the star system where Voyd is hiding.

• Hyperspace Charge — 50 bars

  One extra hyperspace jump (H key). Escape danger.

• Full Hull Repair — 40 bars

  Restore hull to 100%.

• Shield Boost — 60 bars

  Reinforced shields: 25% less damage for the next level.

• Weapon Upgrade — 80 bars

  Unlock the spread cannon for the next level.