Celestial Defender
Save the universe from ancient celestial beings in this procedural shoot-m-up boss runner!
Or complete 24 custom missions ranging in difficulty from a walk in the park to a chaotic hell!
Controls:
- Use the arrow keys and Z to select Infinite Mode or a custom mission.
- Use the arrow keys to dodge the celestial being's energy blasts
Based on a game my brother and I collaborated on a long while back, mostly to experiment with writing music.
Enjoy!
Update 8/13/2023:
- Added the excellent suggestion to make being closer to the enemy do more damage.
- Added sound effects


I tried it out on infinite, and got up to 5000 before I got bored. I didn't get the sense that there was any meaningful difference in each battle. I dodged in exactly the same way and none of the shots were even close.


Yeah, this definitely isn't a great example of effective procedural game play, as the infinite mode kind of boils down to "sameish" bosses. But to be honest, it wasn't really the goal for this project. It was a game I knew I could whip out quickly, have a little fun with, and get some more pico-8 practice under my belt.


Really cool! The endless mode was the most impressive, i also like how the more you are clones to the enemy, the more damage you deal. It would be could to remove the health bar and show the player the health on the enemy itself. Ex. it getting smaller, other than that, really cool game!
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