1k Defender

1k Defender is a little shmup made with 957 compressed bytes inside PICO-8!

This project was born from a failed submission to 1k jam 2022 and continuing it for the 2023 edition. Since I didn't felt it was eligible for the jam, I never uploaded it to it. Today I remembered it, so I spiced it up with a label and some sfx, but only those so it is a tad more enjoyable to play. We got a gameplay loop as well!

I attached the original and the commented version as well down below! You can also check it out on GistHub:

https://gist.github.com/Achie72/076859ce7fe17335fdb49ca7790d427b

Gameplay:

Shoot the invading forces down to protect your planet. You need to restock on bullets from time to time in the depot (the up icon on the bottom left)

Controls:

Support:

If you like this work, feel free to browse around my page and maybe check out my Ko-fi blog https://ko-fi.com/achiegamedev , where you can support me with a price of a coffee, to be able to fuel my coding habits and gain more retro games!

https://linktr.ee/AchieGameDev

Big thanks to Csöndi for supporting my work over at Ko-fi