The Pulsar Scam

"28 megabytes for a space invaders clone? Not bloody likely, mate."
The Pulsar Scam is an ongoing (and as-yet unexplained) phenomenon that seemingly originated on Discord in mid-July of 2020. The scam consists of a "game" called "Pulsar Official" which is distributed through the Discord Nitro Games Library using Discord Game Codes. As the Discord Nitro Games Library was discontinued in October of 2019, it is unknown how this phenomenon is occurring or why.

The "game" itself is a 2D top-down space invaders clone that seems to be more of a quickly-thrown-together programming demo than an actual game. The bullets on your spaceship are part of the sprite and never change, the "main menu" is 3 separate, unique png files that are cycled through on a loop, and the artwork is taken directly from a stock image service.

The discord server for the game is a cesspool of toxicity, with nobody offering any help or any real context as to why the game exists or what its purpose is. The best guess we can make is that it's some sort of scam. People have stumbled into the PULSAR Lost Colony Discord server asking about "coins" and "giveaways" for this game, and yet nobody has made any YouTube videos covering it, nor is there any solid reasoning for why it exists or what its purpose is. It seems to have just sprung up out of nowhere, and people seem to be sharing the game (and associated "giveaway" servers) around the world without any clear, defined reason for doing so. It certainly isn't for the "game" itself, as the gameplay is lackluster with no real immersion, and again, no context of any kind. If you are looking for PULSAR Lost Colony, ensure that you do not buy this. PULSAR Lost Colony is not distributed through the Discord Nitro Games Library, ONLY through Steam and HumbleBundle.