What changed in this build

The build now runs on a 3-life structure with safer respawns, a 2-second combo window that can climb to x8, and larger asteroids that can drop shield, rapid-fire, triple-shot, or slow-mo support. The screen is louder with particles and score popups, but the real change is that the run finally rewards planning instead of only survival.

• The real score engine is the 2-second combo window. Small asteroids are especially valuable because they pay the best base score and are easiest to chain into x8 streaks.
• Bigger rocks are your upgrade source. Shield, rapid-fire, triple-shot, and slow-mo come from those larger drops, so splitting the field cleanly creates both safety and scoring tools.

• Use short thrust bursts and rotate early so the ship stays readable. The cleaner your line control, the easier it is to farm small fragments while the combo is still alive.
• Paired power-ups are where runs explode. Rapid-fire plus triple-shot, or slow-mo plus shield, can turn a messy screen into a scoring window instead of a survival scramble.

Common mistakes to avoid

Asteroids Lite FAQ

These answers focus on the new systems that most often change how the run actually feels, not on filler definitions.