
Burning Skies
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Burning Skies is a vertical SHMUP. Dodge bullets and destroy enemies to build your score and earn power-ups. Build your killstreak for a score bonus. And finally, test your skills against bosses!
The Enemies

Power-Ups
Controls

How To Install/Play
Just download the file and extract. Everything required is already in the file. Enjoy!
Credits:

Music:
Development Info:
This game is still under-development. If you've played the game and had thoughts, I'd love to hear them. If I can trouble you to fill out this short form, it would be very helpful to me!
This game was created using a custom game engine written in Java
| Status | In development |
| Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings) |
| Author | Monkeys In Distress Studios |
| Genre | Shooter |
| Tags | 2D, Arcade, Bullet Hell, Minimalist, planes, Retro, scrolling-shooter, Shoot 'Em Up, Top-Down, Top down shooter |
| Average session | A few minutes |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Keyboard |
| Content | No generative AI was used |
Download
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Click download now to get access to the following files:
Burning Skies 0.7.6 288 MB
Development log
- Version 0.7.6Dec 16, 2025
- Version 0.7.5Oct 08, 2025
- Version 0.7.4!Oct 01, 2025
- Version 0.7.3Aug 11, 2025
- Version 0.7.0Jun 07, 2025
- Version 0.6.1Nov 01, 2024
- Version 0.6!Sep 04, 2024
- Version 0.4 Updates!Oct 13, 2023

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Pretty cool.