Crab Attack

Controls

-Arrow keys to move

-X to shoot bullets

-Z to fire bombs

Rules

You are tasked with defending against waves of aliens sent by a kingly crustacean. Collect power-ups to fire off bombs and pass score thresholds in order to upgrade your gun to keep up with the ever stronger waves of enemies.

Behind The Scenes

This was a first time pico8 project that was built over a few months by following a tutorial by  Lazy Devs. I closely followed the tutorial for most of the game, but also wanted to add a bit of my own flair to it which I think I achieved successfully.

Credits

Zachary Pitts - Lead programmer (only programmer)

Special thanks to Christian for making the amazing Shmup tutorial that led to the creation of this game.