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Notes from the Skywar arcade.

Design retros, balance changes, and short essays about what we are building. Updated as we ship.

June 2, 2026·7 min read·guide / war-room / missions

War Room missions 1–5 walkthrough — loadouts that actually work

Concrete loadout advice for your first five War Room missions in Aircraft mode on Normal difficulty.

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June 1, 2026·5 min read·intro / arcade / site

Welcome to Skywar — three browser games, zero downloads

What Skywar.io is today: War Room, Fighter Ops and Rocket Ascent — how saves work, how ads appear, and where to start.

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May 20, 2026·8 min read·guide / rocket-ascent / space

Rocket Ascent campaign guide — Moon to Sun without melting your hull

Mission order, rocket unlocks, upgrade priorities, and the Thermal Coating requirement for the Sun run.

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May 12, 2026·9 min read·guide / fighter-ops / air-combat

Fighter Ops beginner guide — hangar, sorties, and your first ten levels

A practical walkthrough for Fighter Ops: choosing your first jet, upgrade order, mission flow, and common mistakes on levels 1–10.

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May 1, 2026·5 min read·opinion / web / arcade

Why we still ship browser games — the case for the instant-load arcade

Why Skywar stays browser-first in 2026, and what the three-game arcade model is good for that a downloadable client is not.

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March 22, 2026·8 min read·design / war-room / devlog

Designing War Room: how a single-button game grew into a strike simulator

A design retrospective on War Room — Strategic Strike Simulator. How the aircraft / launcher / missile split came about, and why missions scale the way they do.

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