This narrative-driven 2D shooter frames an alien insectoid invasion of Earth as the backdrop for uncovering hidden technological, historical, and spiritual secrets. The story takes center stage over mechanical refinement, delivering an ambitious, offbeat tale with humor and creative ambition that resonates with players seeking character-driven sci-fi rather than polished gameplay.
About this game
Why are alien insectoids invading Earth in 2023? This narrative driven 2D shooter pits you against a seemingly hopeless battle against the invading Insectoids. How will you (and Earth) manage to survive? What hidden technological, historical, and spiritual secrets will you discover as a result?
What players are saying
▲ Recommended0 hrs
Developer seemed more like a writer than a programmer.
Damn, the story of this game is nuts. The vibe of the game is so free and effortless as the creator obviously was full of passion and inspiration. When I tried out this game I got pretty much instantly hooked to the story as it was so excellently far fetched with fair share of funny moments and so effortlessly good writing. Would definitely recommend playing it as this game is an experience. This game is art.
As promised, a spiritual successor to 2023: Alien Bugs Invade Earth has been released on Steam. Look for 2024: Aliens Are Coming! (also free to play) This new game has about 20-40 minutes to experience (depending on how you play it), and the story and gameplay experience will steadily grow and expand over time. Hope you enjoy it! This will be the final post on 2023: Alien Bugs Invade Earth. Anything from now on will happen over at the new game. See you there!
After many ups and downs, I'm pleased to announce that Alien Bugs Invade Earth has a successor that will be coming out soon! Sometime at the end of December 2024, look for "2024: Aliens Are Coming" in early release. The company for both 2023: Alien Bugs Invade Earth and 2024: Aliens Are Coming shut down earlier this year, but I was successfully able to transfer these games to a new company. Despite this significant hiccup, development has successfully transitioned away from the Unity Engine to the Godot Engine. Unfortunately, this means that 2023: Alien Bugs Invade Earth will remain feature and story incomplete, as I will not risk activating any of Unity Engine's license agreements by updating the game, but the story and gameplay will live on in 2024: Aliens Are Coming as well as other games that are further down the pipe. I'm sorry for the delay, but since this next game is based on open-source software, I can promise this time that the story will continue to move forward! (Also, I learned my lesson from this game, and it's not going to be nearly as text-heavy. It turns out reading is less painful if there's less of it and you have voice-acting to go along with it! This does mean, however, that development is *far* more complex and time-consuming than it used to be. That's fine though, because I figured quality over quantity was the right way to go.)
Because of Unity's decisions on a corporate level, the Unity game engine is no longer viable for developers of small indie games like me. Instead of risking this game's future on the future decisions of a few morally questionable corporate people at Unity, I've decided to migrate this game away from Unity sooner rather than later. I can't let my efforts be at the mercy of some evil corporate giant that threatens to suck what little money I make from my efforts. (Especially considering how much money I've already given Unity to date) This is a very unexpected necessity that will cause a lot of extra pain, work, and most importantly, delays in development. Make no mistake: this game is not dead. It'll be well into 2024 before players see a new update (which was just 1-2 weeks away from releasing! arg!), but development will continue! We will see character animations! Voice acting! No more walls of text! More story! Motorcycles! Psionics! Black triangle spaceships! Space fights! Just don't ask me how long it'll take before all of this finally comes out. I'm truly sorry. I'll post another update once development gets back on its feet here.
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