A modernized Godot 4.x port of the original 1998–1999 Alien Invaders — a 2D shoot-em-up originally written in Visual Basic 6 with DirectX. The Godot version is the actively developed, current incarnation of the game; the original VB6 source is preserved alongside it for reference and history.
Play in your browser — no install required.
Controls: Arrow keys / A,D to move, Space to fire, Shift for shields.
The game also runs natively via Godot. To try it locally:
- Install Godot 4.3+
- Open the
godot/folder as a project (godot/project.godot) - Press F5 to run
The web build is produced and published automatically by a GitHub Actions workflow (.github/workflows/deploy.yml) — see DEPLOY.md for details.
- Godot 4.x port (
godot/) — a complete rewrite of the game in GDScript: core engine, alien AI, levels, scoring, power-ups, UI, sound, and a test suite. See godot/README.md for the project structure and godot/IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md for what's been built. - Original VB6 source (1999) (
vb6/) — the complete original project, assets, and release notes, kept as the authoritative reference for the game's original logic and feel. See vb6/README.md and the docs under vb6/docs/.
godot/— Current Godot 4.x port: scripts, scenes, assets, and testsvb6/— Original Visual Basic 6 code and assets (1999)vb6/docs/— In-depth technical documentation for the original gameDEPLOY.md— How the web build is exported and deployed to GitHub Pages