Altura - Skypirate

Altura – Skies of the Adriatic

Pirates have taken the Adriatic skies. From a little seaside hangar, build your own plane part by part, take off from the water and fight your way across a sunlit archipelago. Every wing, engine and gun changes how you fly, and every plane you shoot down leaves something behind to build with. Topple the cannon fortress, sink the black gunship, outfly the Great White, and win the sky back.

 Build, Explore and Fight!

This is an early proof of concept. Feedback is very welcome!

Build your plane

- Shape the hull by dragging frames, inflating sections and choosing nose and tail profiles.

- Mount parts anywhere: cockpits, engines, wings, guns, floats, gadgets, plus paint and stickers.

- Wings: blend by area. Racing wings are fast and nimble but have no armor. Parasol wings are slow, steady and armored.

- Engines: each has its own pull curve. The Racer Nose is punchy, the V12 is long-legged, and the Radial gives raw power.

- Hull shape: long hulls fly steadier, stubby ones are twitchier, and fatter hulls take more hits.

- The hangar shows your plane's stats and personality before you fly.

 Weapons with personality

- Machine Gun / Twin MG: high fire rate, but they overheat if you hold the trigger too long.

- Cannon: heavy hits that knock enemies off course.

- Shotgun: spray and pray. It auto-targets anything in front of you, but only at short range.

- Rocket Pod: keep a target in your sights to lock on, then the rockets home in.

- Gun Turret: a short-range auto-gunner that swivels and fires on its own.

 Explore and progress

- Earning parts: enemies drop part crates that hang from balloons. Collect them to unlock new parts.

-  Gears:  your currency. The first kill of each enemy type pays out

- Safe waters:  around your hangar keep pirates away while you take off and land.

Bosses

Defeat all three bosses to conquer the skies and win:

- Torre del Cannone: a fortress bristling with cannon turrets.

- Il Corsaro Nero: a pirate gunship circling the waves.

- The Great White: a shark-themed ace that hunts *you* down after a while in the air. If it shoots you down, it vanishes and comes back later.

Controls

Flying

| Key | Action |

| W / S | Dive / Climb (inverted by default, press **I** to switch) |

| A / D | Roll |

| Q / E | Dodge roll (time it right to shake off missiles!) |

| Shift | Boost |

| X | Brake / flaps |

| Space / Left Mouse | Fire |

| M | Sea chart (map) |

| R | Restart flight |

| T | Back to hangar |

| Esc | Menu |

Hangar

| Key | Action |

| B | Open hangar / builder |

| P | Free flight (open world) |

| T | Test flight |

| Right Mouse | Orbit camera |

| Mouse Wheel | Zoom |

| F9 | Dev: unlock all parts (test switch) |

| F7 / F8 | Dev: add / remove 10 gears |

Saves

Three save slots, with autosave when you return from an outing. Saves stay on your own machine.