Bit Pilot

Bit Pilot is a bullet hell game. In it, the player controls a spaceship and must avoid incoming lasers and asteroids. The player can control the speed and direction of the spaceship by swiping on the screen with two thumb controls. As it progresses, the asteroids increase in size.

When the player comes in contact with an obstacle, the spaceship loses one shield; hitting an asteroid without any shields or touching a laser triggers a game over. Pill-shaped power-ups occasionally spawn and give the player bonus points or an additional shield. Gaining enough points unlocks new gameplay modes, music, and themes.

Bit Pilot was developed by Zach Gage, a New York City-based indie developer. Bit Pilot's soundtrack was composed by Sabrepulse, and its leaderboards were run by OpenFeint. It was released for iOS on March 4, 2010, and in June 2011, Game Center support and two gameplay modes—Super Massive and Tunnels—were added. Bit Pilot was showcased at the Austin Film Festival in September 2011 and the Hayden Planetarium in January 2012.

On the review aggregation website Metacritic, Bit Pilot has a "generally favorable" score of 78 based on nine critics.

Bit Pilot's gameplay was divided among critics. Reviewers praised it as exciting and likened it to retro video games, specifically Asteroids. However, 148Apps and Edge felt that the gameplay, rather than its rewards for gaining points, gave it replay value, and Tracy Erickson of Pocket Gamer and Kyle Vanhemert of Wired magazine commented on its lack of variety.