Wiki Getting started Playing on a phone
Playing on a phone
Playing Galaxy on a phone: landscape play, adding it to your home screen and the touch controls.
Vessarion Galaxy runs in your browser; there is nothing to download from a store. If you add it to your home screen the address bar goes away and the game opens like an app: full screen and in landscape.
Turn your phone sideways
The game is played in landscape: just turn your phone sideways.
Add it to your home screen
On an iPhone: Safari → Share → Add to Home Screen. On Android: Chrome → ⋮ menu → Add to Home screen. Illustrated steps and common problems are on the Install on your phone page.
Touch controls
| What do you want to do? | How |
|---|---|
| Fly | Tap empty space; if you hold and drag, your ship follows you. |
| Pick a target | Tap a ship; the red circle is your target. To drop it, tap the ✕ on the target panel. |
| Lasers | They fire on their own once the target is in range. |
| Rockets | Every tap on the ROCKET button fires one salvo. |
| Skills | The buttons on the skill arc (Recharge, Surge, Untouched, Leech). |
| Menus | Hangar, Map and Quests stay on the screen; the rest is under ≡ Menu. |
| Windows | Drag a window by its title to move it. |
Tips
- The game is updated often: Menu → What's new tells you what changed.
- For sound use the Menu → Sound button; to save battery you can turn the graphics settings down in Settings.
- If the connection drops, the game tries to reconnect; docking at a station before you leave is always safe.
To start playing, see the First 10 minutes guide.