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Night Shield
A jet demo made in Arcwright. Catapult off the carrier, take the jet over Caldera Island, and switch to the cockpit with its live screens. Play it free in your browser on a computer, Mac or Windows. A desktop download comes in the first update.
It runs at about 56 frames a second in Edge on a Steam Deck. A desktop download of the demo, for Mac and Windows, comes in the first update.
Best on a computer. The browser demo is made for a keyboard or a gamepad on a desktop or laptop. Phones come later.
What's in the demo
- Fly Caldera Island: a dawn prologue, then the catapult launch and free flight over the island, its town of more than 12,000 buildings, the clouds and the sea
- The cockpit (V): live radar, stores and compass screens, and the HUD on the glass
It's a demo: the full game comes later. Everything you see is made and running in Arcwright, the same engine you can download free.
How to play, step by step
01
Pick Fly Caldera Island
The demo's menu has two ways in. Fly Caldera Island is free flight: no mission, no clock. Use the arrows and Enter, or a controller.
02
Dawn on the carrier
The first time, a short prologue plays: dawn over the carrier, then the briefing in the ready room. It plays with its own sound and music.
03
Run up to full power
On the catapult, hold Shift (or RT) to full power. Past full power is the afterburner. The shooter launches you when you're ready.
04
Off the bow
The catapult throws the jet off the deck. Pull back gently with S as you leave.
05
Gear up and climb
Press G to bring the gear up. The radio tells you the sky's yours.
06
Fly the island
Head for Caldera Island: the volcano, the town, the harbour and the beach. For something to do, the recon tour asks you to pass eight marked places low.
07
Press V for the cockpit
The radar, the stores screen and the compass are live, and the HUD sits on the glass. Press V again to go back outside.
Controls
| W / S | Pitch: nose down, nose up |
| A / D | Roll left, right |
| Q / E | Rudder left, right |
| Shift / Z | Throttle up, down (past full power is the afterburner) |
| G | Landing gear up or down |
| V | Cockpit view |
| U | Show or hide the HUD |
| Esc | Pause |
| Gamepad | Controllers work too (RT is full power) |
In the browser and on the desktop
The cockpit view in Chrome.
Full power on the catapult, in the desktop app.
Afterburners over the sea, in Chrome.
Make your own
Night Shield is made in Arcwright Beta 2. The engine is free: build a game of your own, by hand, with AI doing the boring parts.
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