using tap or hold to choose between shots and move speed simultaneously is brilliant. the length is also perfect for someone like me, who isn't exactly good at shmups, but knows enough about them that this one seems "doable" haha.
Thank you ! I definitely didn't invent the system haha- just stealing from those clever-er than me from a time before XD
I quite enjoy the single level scoring tbh ! Makes it fun to try for high scores when its only a 3-4 minute commitment ! I'm glad you enjoyed it ! :):)
Even after I refresh the page they stay. Does this use memory at 0X5E00 - 0X5EFF? But that only works if I download the game, which I have not done here
Really like the game, probably one of the best PICO-8 and schmup projects I've played in a bit. Love the designs of the ships and enemies, as well as the backdrop. I really like the variety of attacks and the simple controls. Backing up what Marty_DYR said, the yellow enemy fire can be hard to notice amongst the fire from the player so that may be something you may want to change?
Also did you make the music or did someone else, and do you know of any other music they have made?
Hi Louie - Bought it, played it, love it, photo-ed it.
One suggestion, if I may - the yellow enemy fire becomes a bit tricky to trace when amongst the player fire (in particular when they are the radial starburst patterns).
Potentially change colour or differentiate in another way to make those shots just a bit more visible?
Thank you Marty ! That's something I'll have to really tweak around with because of the pico8 16 colours limit :( Currently the enemy shots flash and go much darker than the player shots which are always bright . But you're the second person with this complaint- so I'll definitely have to tweak something !
This has been one of the most complex pico8 projects I've made , there's a lot of token tricks in here to squeeze it all into just two carts . However , the actual gameplay itself is all pretty simple when you break it down into sections .
I wholeheartedly recommend checking out the beginner and advanced shmup tutorials by Krystian from the Lazy Devs Academy
the only thing keeping me from trying out with pico8 is how i must code everything from scratch... Collision detection, Particle systems, lightning systems. aaaargh.
It seems tough at first , but these things are fairly simple on their own ! Also those same tutorials cover pretty much everything you'd want to know :P
Exceptional Cave style action packed into Pico 8. The art is really well done, and the color choices make gameplay readable. I managed to get a clear on my last life as I fumbled through the second leg. Satisfying bosses. Great game, excited to see where it goes.
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using tap or hold to choose between shots and move speed simultaneously is brilliant. the length is also perfect for someone like me, who isn't exactly good at shmups, but knows enough about them that this one seems "doable" haha.
Thank you ! I definitely didn't invent the system haha- just stealing from those clever-er than me from a time before XD
I quite enjoy the single level scoring tbh ! Makes it fun to try for high scores when its only a 3-4 minute commitment ! I'm glad you enjoyed it ! :):)
Made a video
Thank you ! What a fun watch XD
are these randomly generated scores?
Even after I refresh the page they stay. Does this use memory at 0X5E00 - 0X5EFF? But that only works if I download the game, which I have not done here
High scores are stored in persistent memory !
I didn't know persistent memory worked on the browser version
Pretty sure its using `dset` but there are other was this can be done. as for the storage pico-8 I think it uses local storage in the browser.
They're generated on first launch ! They're just the nicknames of my friends- and people who helped me make Kalikan :)
They're pretty low scores that are meant to be overtaken though
Oh
got my best score without knowing about alt fire or bombs, never got close to it again even when using those
10/10 loved every second of it
HAHAHA , means there's some room for high scoring XD
Good score ! Nice work <3
Really like the game, probably one of the best PICO-8 and schmup projects I've played in a bit. Love the designs of the ships and enemies, as well as the backdrop. I really like the variety of attacks and the simple controls. Backing up what Marty_DYR said, the yellow enemy fire can be hard to notice amongst the fire from the player so that may be something you may want to change?
Also did you make the music or did someone else, and do you know of any other music they have made?
I made the music myself ! I'm not a musician by any means , but I made all of the music in all my games so far XD
For the next levels I think I'll see if I can recruit someone though haha
Hi Louie - Bought it, played it, love it, photo-ed it.
One suggestion, if I may - the yellow enemy fire becomes a bit tricky to trace when amongst the player fire (in particular when they are the radial starburst patterns).
Potentially change colour or differentiate in another way to make those shots just a bit more visible?
Thanks again for this amazing game. :3
Thank you Marty ! That's something I'll have to really tweak around with because of the pico8 16 colours limit :( Currently the enemy shots flash and go much darker than the player shots which are always bright . But you're the second person with this complaint- so I'll definitely have to tweak something !
Thanks for the insta post ! Super appreciated <3
Here's another person with the same feedback ;)
Awesome game, keep it up!
Just a beautiful pico-8 shmup!
I'm exiting to see where this project is going
Thank you ! :)
Honestly, one of the best pico-8 games I've played in a while. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
wow , thank you :')
incredible...
Thank you !
i love it!!. as a begginer. how hard is it to make a pico8 game like this?...
This has been one of the most complex pico8 projects I've made , there's a lot of token tricks in here to squeeze it all into just two carts . However , the actual gameplay itself is all pretty simple when you break it down into sections .
I wholeheartedly recommend checking out the beginner and advanced shmup tutorials by Krystian from the Lazy Devs Academy
2nded for Lazy Devs Academy Tutorials, Krystian is amazing.
Thankkks for the advice.
the only thing keeping me from trying out with pico8 is how i must code everything from scratch... Collision detection, Particle systems, lightning systems. aaaargh.
It seems tough at first , but these things are fairly simple on their own ! Also those same tutorials cover pretty much everything you'd want to know :P
<3
Exceptional Cave style action packed into Pico 8. The art is really well done, and the color choices make gameplay readable. I managed to get a clear on my last life as I fumbled through the second leg. Satisfying bosses. Great game, excited to see where it goes.
Me too ! Thank you for playing <3
Nice score too !
This is dope! Love it!
Thank you !
Looks awesome. Any chance you could add the pico-8 cart to the downloads?
Yup ! I'll get that done later today <3
Phenomenal work!
Thank you ::)
Incredible! Well done, Louie. Another one of those "I can't believe this is Pico-8"-games
Oh stop it Krystian :')
Thank you <3 :::))
Splendid! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
<3
Really great little shmup. Love how you have to choose between a concentrated beam that does more damage to a single enemy, or you do a multiple shot
I really wanted to have that decision space ! I'm super glad you found it interesting :)
The power surge that comes from shooting that many bullets!!
It is a great game!
<3
wow, this is a great game 👏👏👏
Pico8 🔥🔥
Thank you for playing José ! Appreciated :):):)