Main Controls: Z - Open Shop/Back | X - Shoot/Confirm | Arrow Keys - Move
Alt Controls: N - Open Shop/Back | M - Shoot/Confirm | ESDF - Move
Welcome to A Cow's Adventure!
This is my first game on Pico-8 and, actually, ever! I made it in 7 days (+ 1 day bug fixing/balancing) and have been learning lua for ~5 days prior so this was a SUPER fun and educational experience!
In this game, traverse different farms as a Cow of your choosing, each class providing different base stats. Shoot your way to victory with careful planning, basic upgrades, and simple vertical movement. Enjoy some great classic arcade vibes thanks to Gruber's Pico-8 Tunes Volume 1 music set! Each Victory rewards you with a unique "Trophy" that will be added to the farm you start in. Each Cow + Difficulty gives a different one, try to collect them all!
Difficulty Breakdown:
- Easy: "My Parent's Could Beat This" (and they did)
- Medium: "Average Gamer" (Game is scaled around this difficulty)
- Hard: "Sweaty Gamer" (An unforgiving challenge difficulty)
Class Breakdown:
- White Cow: Balanced Stat Cow that just vibes and hangs out
- Strawberry Cow: High Attack Speed Cow that played a LOT of shmups
- Wildcard Cow: Start With Random Stats because this Cow rolls the dice and goes with it
- Robo Cow: High Damage but SLOW shooting Cow that loves sniper rifles
Nice job on your first game, I got the medium wildcard cow trophy! I did actually run into a bug the first time I played during the character select screen (medium difficulty, wildcard cow), but it never happened again, so I think it must be related to loading cart data somehow. Here's the error I got, hope it's helpful!
Thanks for playing! Even more so, thanks for the screenshot! I was able to patch that (I left in some dummy code on the RNG roller for Wildcard). Shouldn't happen anymore!
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