Factorians

Factorians is a vertical-scrolling space shooter where you shoot down numbers by recognizing their prime factors!

Instructions:

• Fire at enemies by launching Factor Torpedoes
  • Click a button on the right or hit a number (2, 3, 5, 7) and your targeting system will fire off Factor Torpedos at any enemies onscreen for which that number is a factor.
  • Higher levels: Use the letter i for 11 and the letter o for 13.
• Arrows keys: fly. Only necessary to avoid enemies. (WASD keys also work.)
• When your Prime Bomb is unlocked in the lower right, click that button or use the Space key to launch a bomb that will eliminate all prime enemies on the screen.
• Press [ for previous track on the jukebox, ] for next track, \ to restart track. Backspace key pauses / continues music.

You start with 3 shields--green boxes in the bar on the left.

Watch your heat (green-red gradient bar on the left). Every time you fire you build up heat which cools down slowly. Too much heat and you can't shoot--screen will flash red and a coolant flush will bring your heat back down soon.

This game is a prototype. This game isn't mobile-friendly yet; you will need to play on a computer. 

This game was partially built as an example of using xAPI for learning analytics; anonymous data is recorded in a Learning Record Store. No personal information is collected.

Background image from NASA (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team)