Independent game studio · Lanzarote, Canary Islands

Urgaton

Urgaton is an independent game development studio based in Lanzarote, founded by Andrea Colpani. Our first game is SpaceMission42, a space shooter for Android — and more ideas are on the drawing board.

SpaceMission42

A vertical scrolling space shooter for Android.

  • Retro-style gameplay: tough and challenging
  • Modern graphics: clean and beautiful
  • Engaging music composed for each level by Aaron Rossi

FREE edition

Free to play. May show ads.

Get it on Google Play

NoAds edition

Paid, and never shows ads — a small way to support the studio.

Get it on Google Play

Apart from the ads, the two editions are exactly the same.

Technical details

  • Multi-layer parallax scrolling
  • 3D models with real-time reflections
  • Three levels, each with a final boss: beat one to unlock the next
  • An endless survival level
  • High-quality electronic soundtrack

Credits

Game by Urgaton. Soundtrack by Aaron Rossi.

Sun picture courtesy NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO. Space pictures courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Trailers

See it in action

Short trailer30 seconds — a quick look at the gameplay across different levels.
Trailer1 min 35 s — a tour of the game's features.

Videos are loaded from YouTube (youtube-nocookie.com) only when you press play.

The story

Escape before the star explodes

You are a brave space commander on a dangerous mission to save the universe. Hostile beings are spreading destruction across the galaxy.

To stop them, you have already achieved your main objective: you destabilized the core of their star. Now they're running out of time — and so are you!

To get home, you must escape their star system before the star explodes!

The SpaceMission42 spaceship in deep space
The surface of a star in turmoil

Level 1

Escape from the dying star

Your mission begins near the star you have just destabilized. Reach the quantum portal that will take you to the edge of the star system.

Picture courtesy NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/SDO

The clouds of a giant gas planet

Level 2

Past the fifth planet's barricades

The next quantum portal lies near a giant gas planet. It will take you to another part of the galaxy — but first you must get past the enemy defences.

Picture courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech

A colourful nebula

Level 3

Homeward

Almost there! Fight your way to the last quantum portal — the one that will take you home!

Picture courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech

A bright light in a purple void

Level 4 · endless

Lost in space

Where are you? Hmm… something went wrong. You're lost in space! Survive as long as you can!

How to play

Controls

The game screen has four main elements.

Game screen with the HUD at the top, the Pause/Settings button at the top right, the joystick at the bottom left and the Fire1/Fire2 buttons at the bottom right
HUD
Shows your score, your current primary and secondary weapons, your position and your health. The HUD is display-only: you can't tap it.
Pause / Settings button
Pauses the game and opens the settings menu, where you can adjust the music and sound-effect volume, the ship's speed and the HUD opacity, and turn vibration on or off.
Joystick
Moves your ship around the screen, usually with your left thumb. You can fine-tune its speed in the settings menu.
Fire1 / Fire2 buttons
Fire your primary and secondary weapons. The primary weapon reloads quickly, so you can hold Fire1 down for continuous fire. The secondary weapon is more powerful but reloads slowly, so save it for when you really need it. While a weapon is reloading, its icon in the HUD turns red.

Tip: auto-fire

A little bug in the game lets you turn on auto-fire for the primary weapon:

  1. Press and hold Fire1.
  2. While holding it, tap Pause / Settings to open the settings menu.
  3. Release Fire1 once the menu appears.
  4. Resume the game without touching Fire1.

Fire1 stays pressed — auto-fire is on!

Updates

News

  1. Maintenance update for both editions, to keep up with Google Play's latest Android requirements.

  2. SpaceMission42 is out on Google Play, in two editions: FREE and NoAds.

  3. The trailers are now on YouTube.

  4. SpaceMission42 is coming soon — stay tuned!

Get in touch

Contact

Write to us

Questions, feedback or bug reports about SpaceMission42? We'd love to hear from you.

info@urgaton.com

The soundtrack

The music of SpaceMission42 was composed by Aaron Rossi, the music alias of Urgaton's founder. A stand-alone version of the soundtrack is available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and other music stores.

Listen to the soundtrack