Blaster
# Controls
Hold Z
Hold X
Mouse
# Controls In Depth
Hold Z for a charge shot ability that pierces up to 3x enemies and does 5x damage!
Hold X for a spread shot ability that shoots bullets in 8 directions with normal damage!
Move your mouse around to control the character!
Be careful! You have an overcharge that can hurt you when you use an ability to often.
#How to play
Race your way through waves of space invaders! Each enemy type has a different attack pattern:
"Meteor Ball" - Mostly grey enemy shoots in the direction of the player.
"The Eye of rah" - Eye shaped enemy that follows the player in a constant state.
"Face with a shield" - Mostly white enemy that shoots bullets in the direction of the player.
"The satellite" - Mostly yellow 4 pronged enemy that shoots bullets in 5 directions.
"Evil face with a shield" - Mostly orange enemy that shoots bullets in the direction of the player and spirals in a circle with increasing size every second.
"The boss" - Most health, space ship like enemy unique attack patterns.
Collect power ups to get:
1 ups (cherry)
Reset overcharge + brief invincibility (banana)
Brief invincibility (shield)
Defeat all 9 waves and the final boss to win!
# Development
Created as part of the Lazy Devs Academy PICO-8 tutorial series.
Development time: 2 months
Engine: PICO-8
Thanks for playing my game! Feel free to check out some more of my games oh my Itch page.






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