Star Wars: Ace and Commander

Star Wars: Ace and Commander is a 2D starfighter game created by C3PO the Dragon Slayer using Game Maker 7.0 Pro. It was created to practice programming computer artificial intelligence (AI) before the AI was created in the 3D Avian Hunt. In the game, a player controls a starfighter and must assist his squadron to defeat the enemy starfighters and capital ships. Two modes of gameplay exist: Skirmish mode, where a player creates two squadrons of ships and plays as a fighter in one of the factions and participates in a battle between them, and Survival mode, where a player must fight wave after wave of progressively stronger enemies.

A version of the game is to be released on Yoyogames.com on July 30, 2009. Whether it will be expanded on or given a story is still in question.

Controls
A player controls his starfighter simply by moving the mouse. The ship will always move toward the mouse, going faster if the mouse if far away and slower if the mouse is close. Computer players are controlled in a similar way, and each unit has its own "cursor" object that it follows.

A player fires his primary weapon (i.e. lasers) by clicking the left mouse button. When the button is first pressed, the lasers will be linked, but if it is held down, the lasers will become unlinked and will fire faster. Linked lasers do more damage, but use up stamina.

Many ships also have secondary weapons, such as concussion missiles, proton torpedoes, or even buzz droid discord missiles. If a missile is to home on a target, the player must first lock onto the target by holding the right mouse button while the mouse is over the target until the lock-bar flashes and beeps are heard. Releasing the right mouse button will launch the missile. If a lock is confirmed, the missile will home in on the target, otherwise it will go straight.

Skirmish
In Skirmish mode, the player creates two fleets, with a maximum limit of one capital ship, two frigates, four corvettes, and three squadrons of 12 starfighters per fleet. The fleets are then created, with the player taking control of one of the starfighters, and proceed to fight one another.

Survival
In Survival mode, the player must create a squadron of 12 starfighters and choose one to play as. The squadron will proceed to fight wave after wave of increasingly more difficult enemies. Getting further in this mode will unlock new ships to choose from.