Antsy Alien Attack Pico

Devlog

• Antsy Alien Attack Pico - Postmortem
  June 13, 2023 by Martin Wimpress

  Postmortem It has been a week since the Linux Game Jam 2023 development period concluded. I’m looking back at how the jam went and what I learned. My decision to use PICO-8 for this jam is where mos... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log Day 11
  June 07, 2023 by Martin Wimpress

  Day 11 The jam was extended by 1 day, so I really finished the game with a boss fight 🛸💥 Learned some new PICO-8 token optimisation techniques, reclaimed 159 tokens Add a Boss Fight Changed obje... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log Day 10
  June 07, 2023 by Martin Wimpress

  Day 10 Just a little bit of final admin and an early night 😴 Added AppImage to the export and publish scripts Added a Nix flake to the export script Created a play-through video and published it on... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log Day 9
  June 07, 2023 by Martin Wimpress

  Day 9 It is done 😅 Re-made the level progression to include all the mini-games. Added Use the Force mini-game. Made the Armada mini-game more challenging. Fixed rounding errors in the HUD. Made Ast... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log Day 8
  June 07, 2023 by Martin Wimpress

  Day 8 Optimised palette swapping when aliens are hit. Looks better too. Added Power Spree mini-game. Added Quick Draw mini-game. HP and Battery Power-Ups have their own sounds, and the HP/dynamo bar w... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log Day 7
  June 07, 2023 by Martin Wimpress

  Day 7 Added a Cargo Run mini-game Removed Speedbrake when firing and Speedboost power-up. Feedback from playtesters is that these are “Meh” and don’t add much to the game. Removed using dynamo p... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log Day 6
  June 07, 2023 by Martin Wimpress

  Day 6 Today’s theme was improving the communication with the player in the menus on-screen text and in-game. A group of friends are play testing and providing useful feedback that I want to get into... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log Day 5
  June 07, 2023 by Martin Wimpress

  Day 5 Drone class aliens are now animated. Silver class aliens have improved animations. Animated sprites start on a random frame to make things look less uniform. Added Smartbomb, Speedboost and Weap... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log Day 4
  June 07, 2023 by Martin Wimpress

  Day 4 Fixed some niggles based on excellent feedback from playtesters. Added new mini-game “Evade”. Added pick-ups for shields, HP, generator and weapons. Added generator power transfers to HP if... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log Day 3
  June 07, 2023 by Martin Wimpress

  Day 3 Added alien bullet spread patterns. Added Bronze, Silver, Sapphire and Emerald class aliens. Added aimed alien bullets. Added simple, estimated, predictive aiming for alien bullets based on play... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log Day 2
  June 07, 2023 by Martin Wimpress

  Day 2 Fixed text rendering bugs on fake-08. Had to use sub() to index into the strings rather than the newer txt[i] syntax. I filed a bug upstream 🐛 Added a build time option to show the EXIT menu... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log Day 1
  June 07, 2023 by Martin Wimpress

  Day 1 Today was about scaffolding the underlying components I’ll need to implement game logic. Here’s what got done: P8SCII text renderer State systems; one for the menus and another for the game... Continue reading

  
• Dev Log Day 0
  June 07, 2023 by Martin Wimpress

  Day 0 😲 This is my 2nd game jam. My last was in 2021, and I leant loads, including Godot which I spent 2 weeks learning before the jam. If you’re interested, here’s Little Spy , my entry for My... Continue reading

  
• Antsy Alien Attack Pico is out! 👾🛸💥
  June 05, 2023 by Martin Wimpress

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  #pico-8, #linuxgamejam, #linux, #pixel-art, #arcade, #retro, #shoot-em-up, #shmup

  Antsy Alien Attack Pico is a juicy retro-style vertically scrolling shoot ’em up. It is my love letter 💌 to the shmups I played in the arcades in the ’80s and ’90s 🕹️ and my entry to Lin... Continue reading