Astro Chickens | HTML5 Arcade Game

Astro Chickens is a premium wave-based space shooter built entirely with vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Zero dependencies. Zero build tools. Open index.html in any modern browser and play instantly.

Pilot a spaceship across 10 unique environments and blast through endless waves of alien chickens before they reach you. Destroy enemies to earn coins, collect power-ups mid-wave, and unleash your ship’s special ability to survive. Every fifth wave brings a boss fight. There is no finish line — only a higher score.

Key Features

• 10 unique playable environments with animated backgrounds rendered entirely on Canvas 2D
• 15 procedurally drawn ships — all rendered with Canvas 2D, no sprite sheets
• Each ship has a unique special ability: Bomb, Nova, Freeze, Missile, Laser, or Barrier
• 3 difficulty modes: Normal, Hard, and Insane — each scaling enemy speed and fire rate
• Wave-based progression — formations grow larger and faster every wave; boss fight every 5th wave
• 6 power-up types that drop from defeated enemies: Weapon, Shield, Life, Rapid, Spread, and Laser
• Full coin economy — earn coins in-run, spend in the store to unlock environments and ships
• Magnetic coins — collected coins automatically fly toward the player ship
• Complete ad monetization — reward ad on Game Over, lobby interstitial with configurable frequency
• All audio synthesized at runtime via Web Audio API — no audio files bundled
• Zero dependencies — pure HTML5, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript
• Mobile ready — virtual joystick + shoot zones, DPR-aware canvas, responsive layout
• All player data persisted via localStorage — no server or backend required