ARISE - Fast-Paced PICO-8 Shmup

How to play

Shoot your way through waves of Aliens, Robots, and Enemy Spaceships to gain score.

Collect Bombs for extra firepower, and Hearts to replenish your life.

Defeat the Boss on wave 12.

Controls

Keyboard

Move: Arrow Keys

Shoot: X

Bomb: Z

Controller/Mobile

Move: D-Pad

Shoot: X

Bomb: O

Tips

Destroying an attacking enemy awards higher score.

Big enemies always drop a heart if you're at 1 life.

Notes

This is my first game, created following the Lazy Devs shmup tutorial. While I am trying to learn enough about programming to prototype and to finish small games, my main focus is game design and art. A lot of my time on this project went towards making the visual effects satisfying and punchy.

Changelog

v1.1: Tweaked item droprate and a few of the waves for difficulty tuning.
v1.1.1: Fixed movement to work better with input glitches.