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Super Benji
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About the game
Super Benji is a cat in a spaceship. The Iron Jackal has stolen the Warp Core, a device that can bend space and time, and Benji is the only pilot reckless enough to go after him. His strategist, Maggie, talks him through the story and the engineer Torx sells the upgrades, in short exchanges between zones.
The flying is classic. Waves of enemies come down the screen, your ship fires on its own, and the job is to stay out of the way of bullets while lining up your shots. After each zone you spend your earnings with Torx on upgrades, so each run grows a little different from the last. The boss at the end of the story is a real test, and every third level afterwards brings tougher "Uber" versions of the bosses.
The twist is the nine lives. When you die, Maggie offers a bargain: gamble some of Benji's lives for a twist on the next run. Is it worth it? It depends on how much you trust your aim.
Harvey Seager made Super Benji for js13kGames 2025, where the whole game had to fit in 13 KB. He leaned on the look of the 16-bit shooters and on the music, a set of short synth tunes made with the TinyMusic library.
Playing it here
Click Play, then click Start Game. Move the mouse to fly. The ship follows the pointer at a fixed speed and fires by itself, so you only decide where to be. On a phone you can drag a finger. Click on cards and choices when the game asks you. The game does not save, so a run lasts until you win or lose all your lives.
Controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| mouse move or finger drag | fly towards the pointer |
| automatic | the ship fires on its own |
| mouse click or tap | pick upgrades, bargains and dialogue |
A few things worth knowing
Keep moving. Bullets are small but fast, and a ship that stays in one place is an easy target.
Spend between zones. Torx's upgrades add up, so buy them even if the first one looks small.
Read the bargain. Maggie's offer changes what the next run is like, so think about whether it fits how you play.
Credits and licence
Super Benji was created by Harvey Seager. It is released under the MIT licence and uses the TinyMusic library by Kevin Ennis (MIT); the licence texts are linked from this page.