Volulan

This unnamed species comprised of intelligent light energy invaded Earth after misinterpreting a satellite's time capsule for a declaration of war, taking on the appearance of classic 1980's video game characters.

Biology
The true form of the aliens is unknown, but it is known that their bodies are comprised of cubes of intelligent light energy, which can hover and remain active even if detached from the rest of an alien's body. While they appear to have mass and can physically touch objects, their cubes go haywire if objects of regular matter attempts to pierce them, levitating and rapidly bouncing around. Additionally, the aliens are capable of destroying regular matter, including living tissue, by converting them into similar energy cubes upon a successful strike to the target's body, although they appear capable of reverting these cubes to what they were originally. While the fact that regular matter cannot pierce their bodies make the aliens impervious to bullets and other conventional weaponry, supercharged light particles are capable of destroying them, making them explode into tiny, non-living light cubes that fade away. Aliens can also rearrange the cubes in their bodies into a variety of forms, such as humanoids, animals, robots, and insects. While usually appearing "pixelated" due to being made up of cubes, they are also capable of "smoothing out" their appearances to not be as blocky, even capable of creating a perfectly Human-like appearance. Strangely, despite their inorganic energy-like nature, they are capable of producing offspring with Humans. Due to their shapeshifting abilities, the aliens can take on many forms of locomotion, from walking to hovering and flying.

Culture and society
The society of this species is usually one of peace and harmony, but they are very quick to carry out preemptive strikes against perceived threats. They know very little of Earth's culture, and presumably have no equivalent to common video games, at least any with violence, as they assumed that footage of 1980s video games and other relics of the decade were a declaration of war. If another power declares war against this species, this species is known to abide by any and all rules supposedly presented by the other power, such as following the patterns and mechanics of video games, only using what assets are permitted by the rules, even changing their appearances and the design of their vehicles to fit into the rules. However, if the enemy power were to break the established rules they presented, the aliens will immediately turn to deploying their entire forces in a direct assault. Additionally, while the aliens are sapient, many are known to take on seemingly non-sapient or animalistic behaviors to fit in with the appearance they take, especially when said appearance is of an animal or machine.

Technology
The technology of this species is highly advanced, with military spacecraft capable of crossing the Milky Way. These spaceships are equipped with weaponry capable of rendering matter into light cubes, and they are also capable of generating constructs of light cubes, such as the mushroom-like obstacles of Centipede. The aliens are also able to beam members of other lifeforms to their ships by converting their bodies into energy cubes and then reforming them within the ship. Additionally, they are able to reconstruct dissolved body parts of individuals who were harmed by alien attacks.

History
Alien society thrived for some time before 2015, when they encountered a satellite launched from Earth, which carried a time capsule holding videocassettes of various aspects of Earth's culture until 1982, the most prominent being an arcade championship game and other examples of classic video games. The aliens misinterpreted the images of the video games as a declaration of war, and set off to attack Earth, adopting strategies and appearances based off of the various games.

Appearances

 * Pixels (2015)