Captain Firehawk and the Laser Love Situation

Captain Firehawk and the Laser Love Situation is Portland Caviar’s adult-themed arcade shooter. Its science-fiction comedy follows an unlikely pilot, an engineer and a camera-equipped robot as they confront giant, size-changing antagonists across the galaxy. Shooting stages are linked by visual-novel-style interludes with animated character sprites. Stage progress accumulates across attempts, and completing stages opens additional material. The developer describes it as a tribute to classic shoot-’em-up games. The Steam edition is for Windows and provides interface and subtitles in six listed languages.

Gameplay

Complete arcade shooting stages and accumulate stage progress over attempts. Narrative interludes link the missions, while further material unlocks as progress is completed.

Setting and premise

A comic science-fiction galaxy where Captain Firehawk, engineer Emmy and the robot Dr. Unit respond to attacks by giant, size-changing characters.

Development and release

The Windows Steam edition was released on February 9, 2024. It supports six interface and subtitle languages, with no full-audio language listed.