Jatech Game Development

A Retro Future That Never Existed.

Pilot your ship through eight fully explorable polygon worlds, battle alien war machines and save humanity — because apparently everyone else called in sick.

THE STORY

EVERYONE ELSE
HAS THE FLU.

Someone has to save the world. Unfortunately, everyone else has the flu.

You are a pilot for the Global Earth Defence League, normally one of many standing between Earth and whatever the universe decides to throw at it.

There's just one problem.

Everyone else is at home with the flu, sniffling on the sofa and watching TV.

And this time, the flu isn't the biggest threat. The Omega Strain is spreading.

With nobody else available, it's up to you to clear the infection from the eight nearest planets in neighbouring solar systems before it can spread any further.

Eight worlds. One pilot. No backup.

If The Omega Strain is allowed to continue spreading, we're in serious trouble.

Better get flying.

The Omega Strain artwork

GAMEPLAY

FLY. EXPLORE. FIGHT. SURVIVE.

Classic arcade priorities: immediate controls, readable objectives, escalating battles and the constant temptation to chase a better score.

Destroying Seeders
Hunt the infection
Mothership battle
Eight distinct worlds
Mothership laser
Big arcade battles
Desert combat
Weapons, powerups and score

POWERED BY

Powered by RetroMesh

The Omega Strain runs on RetroMesh, Jatech's custom C#/.NET 3D engine — built from scratch with old-school efficiency and modern hardware in mind.

ABOUT RETROMESH
OLD LAPTOP?Good.

Omega is deliberately designed to run well on modest Direct3D-capable hardware. Maybe that laptop in the cupboard isn't finished yet.

BETA TESTERS WANTED

HELP US BREAK IT.

The Omega Strain is getting close to release, but we’re still looking for players willing to put it through its paces.

Different hardware, old laptops, controllers and unusual setups — the more variety, the better. Found something strange? Even better. That’s what beta testing is for.

BETATESTERS
WANTED
THE OMEGA STRAIN

FOLLOW THE OMEGA STRAIN

COMMUNITY & UPDATES

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