Here's the small shooter I made with the early version of pico-8.
- fire with Z
- launch all missiles with X
- missiles recover with time
- missile deal double damage on non-shielded targets
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With the waves attacking from the screen bottom it seemed too difficult,.
then I realized there is vertical movement!
Very nice ;)
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This thing's got some awesome sprites. And it actually has music in it, unlike my games. Good job.
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Love it!
If you crank up the rate of fire (line 140) and missile recovery (line 128) then it is still super fun and gets crazy looking :)
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In addition to josh9999's suggestions, increasing the movement speed (line 132) can help the game feel hectic in a good way. ;)
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What does P.A.T. stand for?
Nice job btw; the game is a little hard for my taste (or skill?), but pretty!
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Well It stand for nothing. Actually I was hoping nobody will ask.
( I fixed a bug on the starfield which was happening only on web player )
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I love the vector grid at the start - I can't think of any games or demos back in the day that did THAT effect, which, considering how simple it is... I can't think of WHY I haven't seen it before.
The game itself is one of my favorite Pico-8 games, and I keep playing it (:
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Huh, I wonder why I never found this game before? It's freakin' AWESOME!
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This title screen music. YES.
If a trailer was made for PICO-8, that small bit of music should be a part of it.
Favorited game.
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i just figured out you go faster if you go on a diagonal, but thats good coz this games super hard
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Great fun! When the screen starts filling up with enemies it becomes wonderfully chaotic. Love the missile effect- it reminds me of missile volleys from anime.
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Damn, this game is fun! and the music is so good. Agree with DatanOde re. missile effects - very satisfying!
I really suck though - I need SHIELDS!!!
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Fun and challenging experience! Really fun arcade shooter!
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