# Fixed Shooter Invaders: motion graphics style

> A fixed-shooter arcade text animation: letter-shaped pixel aliens lead a marching formation while a ground cannon picks off the rows. Lockstep steps, bunkers, a mystery saucer and cellophane color bands; for gaming and retro event promos.

- Category: [Retro Computing & Games](https://aimotions.art/category/retro-computing-games/)
- Also known as: fixed shooter arcade, alien invasion arcade, pixel aliens marching, retro shoot em up, 8-bit alien attack, arcade invaders text, 1978 arcade style
- Demo built with: Canvas · Energy: Intense · Background: Dark bg
- Live demo: https://aimotions.art/styles/fixed-shooter-invaders/
- Spanish version: https://aimotions.art/es/estilos/fixed-shooter-invaders/

## Prompt (replace [TEXT] with your text)

```text
Make [TEXT] the lead row of a fixed-shooter arcade alien formation. Black screen, low-resolution pixel art with a soft phosphor glow and faint scanlines. Each letter of [TEXT] is a chunky pixel alien with two wiggling antenna pixels and little legs that alternate every step; below it march three rows of small original aliens (jellyfish, one-eyed bots, bat-wings). The whole formation moves in lockstep, two pixels per tick with a hard two-frame animation, reversing and dropping a notch at each edge. A ground cannon slides under its targets and fires thin lasers that turn aliens into star-burst explosions; zigzag bombs chip pixel holes in four arch bunkers. Monochrome graphics tinted by horizontal cellophane bands: magenta saucer lane, white letters, cyan aliens, green ground. Score at top, a saucer crosses, then wipe and refill the wave.
```

## Visual DNA

- Letters built as pixel aliens with wiggling antennae and legs
- Lockstep stepping march with two-frame animation, dropping at each edge
- Colored cellophane overlay bands on a monochrome screen
- Ground cannon, laser shots, star-burst explosions and chipped bunkers
- Mystery saucer crossing the top lane
- Soft phosphor glow and scanlines

The prompts are free to copy, adapt and use in personal and commercial projects, with no credit required. Republishing the collection or a substantial part of it (for example as another library or a dataset) requires written permission.

How to cite: Fixed Shooter Invaders, aimotions, https://aimotions.art/styles/fixed-shooter-invaders/