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SUPERHOTROIDS

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 18:40:00 UTC

SUPERHOTROIDS v1.0

by ghettobastler

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Asteroids, but time only moves when you do.

How to play

Stay alive to score points. Destroy asteroids to score more points.

Controls

Left/Right arrows: spin
O button/Up arrow: accelerate
X button: shoot
Down arrow: wait

Tips

Because your ship's engine is always running, time will still advance when not pressing any button (albeit slowly)
While bullets don't wrap around the screen, it is possible to shoot yourself if you're not careful
You can use your cannon's recoil to get yourself out of tight situations
You can make time go normally without inputting any commands by pressing the down button

About

This game is the first I made with Marave Goyave, a game collective comprised of @Scotaire, @PBES-studio and me, during a private game jam. It was made in 48-ish hours around the theme retro arcade game with a twist.

BLASTODROME

Tue, 20 Aug 2024 19:21:42 UTC

blastodrome

by ghettobastler

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Dodgeball + High explosives = BLASTODROME. Throw bombs across the field to score points, and don't blow yourself up!

Play with a friend in versus mode, or sharpen your skills against the AI in solo mode.

How to play

Score points by picking bombs up and throwing them into your opponent's half-court. The player with the highest score at the end of the timer wins.

If a bomb explodes inside your opponent's half-court, you win 1 point. But if it explodes inside their spawning corner, you score 3 points instead.

Power ups

A bomb can spawn one of three power ups when exploding:

Shield: Protects you from one explosion
Speed boost: Increases your movement speed
Freeze: Traps your opponent in a block of ice

Controls

D-Pad: Move/Aim
Circle: Throw
Cros: Dash / Cancel throw

Notes and tips

Dashing allows you to dodge explosions, but can also be used to steal bombs held by your opponent
You cannot dash while carrying a bomb
You can get out of the ice faster by mashing the Circle and Cross buttons
Blood and music can be disabled in the option menu

Credits

Music is "Like Clockwork" by @Gruber

Based on Intercity 2048 A.D., a game @Scotaire, @PBES-studio and I made for the BBQ Game Jam 2024

Playtesting by the Little Cowboy Otter Family ❤️

Changelog

v1.1:

Changed the UI to make it easier to differentiate the timer and the scores
Added the version number to the title screen

Marcel goes to visit a friend

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 19:46:30 UTC

Marcel goes to visit a friend 1.2

by ghettobastler

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Help Marcel reach their friend to chill while the hero is away!

This is my first take at making a platformer. I spent all my time and effort on getting a character controller that felt good, so the story and visuals are very bare-bones (pun not intended but let's roll with it).

Controls

Arrows to run
O/X to jump

The music can be turned off in the pause menu

Tips

The longer you press the jump button, the higher you jump
During a wall slide, you can detach from the wall by pressing the down button
Similarly, you can go through one-way platforms by pressing the down button
Spikes don't hurt you if you move away from them
Collecting all flowers isn't mandatory

Please let me know what you think!

Changelog

1.0: Initial release
1.1: Fixed the cover image
1.2: Made the last area accessible after finishing the game

Space Basher

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 17:06:47 UTC

space basher 1.0

by ghettobastler

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Hi! This is Space Basher, a game about clearing space debris using a tool that has way too much recoil.

How to play

Move around using the D-pad and grab a debris by holding X. While grabbing, you can adjust the angle of your slice with Left and Right. Releasing X slices the debris in two, and sends you flying in the opposite direction.

Slicing depletes your ship's battery, leaving it unresponsive and without a shield. Hitting a debris without your shield up damages your ship. Three hits without a shield will destroy your ship.
Moving or grabbing a debris for too long will also deplete your ship's energy

You can replenish your energy by hitting one of the beams on the sides of the field, or by waiting for it to recharge.

Some debris have a special effect depending on their color. There is an option in the pause menu to add a label on the colored debris.

About the game

This is my first actual PICO-8 game that isn't a prototype/learning exercise, which ended up being a weird mix of Asteroid, pool and the "bash" move from the Ori games. I use the collision code from NuSan's ComboPool which I modified to take into account the size and mass of the entities.

Hope you like it, thank you for your feedback!