Crawler Blaster
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About Crawler Blaster
Crawler Blaster is a fixed-screen shooter in the style of old arcade classics. A chain of green segments winds down the screen, turning around whenever it meets a wall or a mushroom and dropping one row each time. Your small ship at the bottom fires nonstop, so the skill is in positioning rather than pressing a fire button.
It suits anyone who enjoys short, escalating arcade rounds. A session lasts about three to six minutes. A good run clears several waves, keeps the mushroom field under control and avoids the extra crawlers that start arriving from the opposite side in later waves.
How to play Crawler Blaster
- Move your ship under the crawler and shoot upward. The gun fires continuously.
- Shoot a segment to remove it. A mushroom grows where it was, splitting the chain in two.
- Chip away at mushrooms that block your shots, which take four hits each.
- Dodge the crawler when it drops into the blue-tinted zone at the bottom.
- Destroy every segment to clear the wave and start a longer, faster one.
Controls
| Keyboard and mouse | Move the ship with the arrow keys or WASD, both horizontally and vertically within the lower area. Firing is automatic, so you never press a fire key. |
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| Phone and tablet | Touch and drag. The ship follows your finger and stays slightly above it so you can see what you are doing. Lift your finger to stop steering. |
Scoring
Shooting a head segment scores 100 points and any body segment scores 10. Clearing a whole wave adds a 200 point bonus, and breaking a mushroom completely gives 1 point. Later waves are longer and quicker, so scores climb into the thousands.
Tips and strategy
- Aim for the head first. It is worth ten times a body segment, and the new head then leads a shorter chain.
- Do not over-clear mushrooms. They slow the crawler down by forcing turns, which gives you more time to shoot.
- Each hit mushroom changes color before it vanishes. Leave the dim ones near the top alone and clear only ones blocking your lane.
- You have 3 lives. After a hit you respawn in the bottom middle with brief protection, and crawlers in the lower area are removed.
- From wave 2 extra crawlers enter from the right. Keep moving sideways so you are not trapped between two chains.
Crawler Blaster FAQ
▸Do I need to press a key to shoot?
No. The ship fires on its own about six times a second as long as the game is running.
▸Why do mushrooms appear when I hit a segment?
A destroyed segment leaves a fresh mushroom behind it. That changes the crawler's path, so plan which segment you shoot.
▸How does the game end?
You lose a life whenever a segment touches your ship. After the third hit the run ends and your wave number is shown with your score.
