Running into a bug, have feedback, or need help with something not covered below? Reach out directly and I'll get back to you as soon as I can — GateFire is a solo-developed game, so replies come from me personally, not a support team.
Drag anywhere on screen to move your ship. It fires automatically — your job is positioning. Obstacles come from the right, upgrade gates come from the left. Shoot down gates to claim their upgrade before they scroll past.
Each pair offers a choice: destroy one to claim its upgrade, and the other is missed. Upgrades trade off between a flat stat boost and a multiplier, or between damage and fire rate — there's no single "correct" pick, it depends on your run.
No, except for Game Center sign-in and leaderboard score submission, which use Apple's own Game Center service.
iPhone, running iOS 15.6 or later.
Email the address above with a short description of what you were doing when it happened, your device model, and your iOS version if you know it. Screenshots or screen recordings help a lot.