Old World Skies

We have the technology! We are sending you back to 1940 in your RAF Typhoon to stop the battle of Britain before it starts. 1940's German engineering is no match for us!

*IMPORTANT:*

If controls are not responding, press P to toggle mouse cursor on/off in fullscreen

*Controls:*

Toggle Mouse Visible - P
Speed - W/S
Pitch Up/Down - (Mouse)
Roll - (Mouse)
Yaw Left/Right - (A/D)
Machine Gun - (Mouse 1/Left Click)
Missile - (Mouse 2/Right Click)
Camera - (C)
Cycle Target - (F (use if lock is buggy))
Restart - (Numpad 0)

Didn't manage to achieve the original vision, but I actually had a lot of fun playing just the one level in testing, hopefully you do to.

Performance certainly wasn't optimised due to time and a few small bugs that I know of.

Don't forget to leave a rating and feedback in the comments!

NOTE: Attribution left in for satellite image. Not sure where we draw the line on graphics rating for using something like that but feel free to skip graphics if you feel it is right.

Comments20

NTMalichi19 Oct 2026, 00:46

Controls didn't work for me expect for shooting with Mouse0 and Mouse1 :(

tweekus19 Oct 2026, 10:05

It took me a while to understand that the cursor disables the controls, but I figured it out.

It looks rawer than your previous games, but you survived a Compo, good job! Nice idea btw.

IndigoWolfauthor19 Oct 2026, 10:43

@ntmalichi If you go into fullscreen, you can press P to toggle mouse cursor which should hopefully fix it

IndigoWolfauthor19 Oct 2026, 10:57

@tweekus Yeah, definitely feels like it, I try to do something new each time that I've never tried before. Spent more time on figuring out the mathematics of the movement than the game itself.

The enemy AI also took more time that it is worth, as it is hard to notice they do actually dive, evade, chase targets, etc. Probably wasn't worth the investment

tweekus19 Oct 2026, 11:22

@indigowolf trying something new is great, don't worry about it. You learned something new ;)

givit-game-studios19 Oct 2026, 13:32

Struggled with the plane controls, got a bit motion sickness hahaha. When I finally understood the controls I basically got the plane flying straight. Good entry.

Prunus Padis19 Oct 2026, 14:03

As war thunder the scenario of shooting ww2 planes in a jet is not new to me.
The flying was super hard to control which was not helped by the stuttering performance. Though the physics seemed to be decent and not just flying where you are pointing. I can see this being pretty fun if you had more time. I love the idea!

TasakaSama19 Oct 2026, 17:02

Couldn't move; I could only shoot in a straight line. A pity it could have been interesting.

NikitaStarostin19 Oct 2026, 17:11

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to play; it lags and the controls don't work

Jesús González19 Oct 2026, 18:18

I tried to code enemy AI for a flying game in the past and failed multiple times. It is extremely hardcore. If there was a "Tech" voting category for technical achievement I would have given you 6/5 there.

strong9919 Oct 2026, 20:38

Fighterjet AI...? Amazing! Had some trouble with the controls after unlocking mouse controls (P). C/F seemed to do something else than described and turning with mouse made me do barrel rolls too. Perhaps to sensitive mouse? Was able to follow enemy planes for a while, unsure if I ever hit one. Still, an amazing compo build.

Avi20 Oct 2026, 01:43

Sending a modern Typhoon back to 1940 is a fun way to make the contrast between old and new technology central to the premise. I like the alternate-history setup, and taking on aircraft movement and enemy flying AI in a compo is an ambitious choice!

Taximan98120 Oct 2026, 08:05

Holy mouse sensitivity batman! Turned on a dime, didn't manage to sink any planes after 7~mins of playing, so had to give up. I see why people are trained to do this! Love the audio, the doppler when zooming past a plane felt super immersive. Nice work!

Nursultan20 Oct 2026, 13:32

Solid jam experience! Simple, intuitive, and very well executed. Left full ratings!
We’d really appreciate it if you could test out Meow Bomb! too. For an updated experience with a working PC and fixes, check out the alternative build here: https://naiper.itch.io/meow-bomb-by-naiper

Have fun playing!

XeduR20 Oct 2026, 14:18

I'm not sure if "people" were playing the same version.

I also had quite a lot of issues trying to play the game. Even after pressing P to "focus mouse" on the game, I had to hold down left mouse button to be able to control the plane. I wasn't really able to experience the game as my FPS dropped to about 3-5 after a few seconds of gameplay.

vorondesan20 Oct 2026, 15:19

Hi, unfortunately game freezes after launch, really wished to play it.

AO-8520 Oct 2026, 16:45

Awesome, your game is magnificent! I had a blast playing it, really cool stuff

Viktoria20 Oct 2026, 17:16

That’s truly old tech. I remember games like this on the PS1. Pure nostalgia.

Eugenik20 Oct 2026, 19:17

The premise of jumping into the Battle of Britain in a Typhoon is really ambitious. It's awesome seeing such a detailed historical setting brought to life with the high stakes of 1940 warfare. Great effort on this one!

brimstone21 Oct 2026, 04:16

hey.... this looks a lot like an LD36 entry, and their theme was "Ancient Technology". I wasn't able to run it though :(