Arc Aether Anomalies is a fine first person arcade shooter.
Your aim is to destroy the spores and collect the cells to increase your time and to get points. Shoot the spores normally and you get 2 cells out of 1 spore…But when you use your arc beam you grow them into superspores which will give you 4 cells and another 2 normal spores…
From the Homepage:
Arc Aether Anomalies is a six-degrees-of-freedom (6DOF) arcade action shooter inspired by such titles as Descent, Geometry Wars, and Every Extend Extra, and visually influenced by Innerspace, Metroid Prime, House M.D., flOw, and electron microscopy.
The laser is straightforward. Shoot baddies (“spores”). Blow them up. Collect the cells they drop.
The arc beam is where it gets interesting. This will freeze baddies in place. If you keep it locked on a baddie for a little while, he’ll mutate into a bigger, faster baddie (a “superspore”). When you shoot these guys, they’ll drop more cells and split into two smaller guys.
Grabbing cells (by running into them) increases your score multiplier and the remaining time. There’s no health bar — you play until you run out of time, so grabbing cells is important to stay in the game. The longer you play, the less time you get per cell, so it’s best to collect as many as you can early in the game.
Link to Gameplay Video (Pixel Prospector)
