Astrobatics/Gameplay

Main menu
The game has 7 options to choose from, New Game opens up the level selection menu, if there is no progress yet then only Mission 1 will be selectable, Options opens up the menu for volume adjustment, keyboard or mouse control, weapon auto selection, and key readjustment, Hall of Fame opens up the local leaderboards, Help opens up the Help section of the game comprising of 5 pages, showing various information to the player about the interface, and power-ups, the About button shows the game version and people involved with the game, Registration minimizes the game and asks the player for some information such as their name and e-mail address which will be used for submitting their scores in the Worldwide Leaderboards as well as game updates, this will be greyed out when the player has successfully registered, and Exit closes the game.

Dashboard
The Dashboard can be found on the top section of the screen which shows various information about your ship while playing the game, the 5 icons on the left section represent the extra weapons, if they are greyed out it means don't have them yet, however when they are lit up with numbers besides them then that means you can use these extra weapons until the number goes to 0, the number represents the lives you have and you always start with 5, the green bar represents your HP and it will change in color to yellow and red when you have lesser HP, the blue bar represents your cannon charge and it will recharge when you stop firing for a while, upon firing again when the blue bar is fully charged your ship will release a "super-shot", and then the numbers beside the blue bar is your score, and on top of your score is the mission name.