Game overview

This is the first alpha release of Mars Rescue, a (hopefully!) challenging top-down action game.

Your mission: find and rescue Martian colonists under attack by hostile alien lifeforms.
Make the colonists follow you to the exit point to complete each level.

So far, 22 levels are available — I plan to create more if requested.
Creating this game has been a real pleasure, Pico-8 is awesome!

I hope you'll enjoy playing it,
feel free to reach out with any feedback to [email protected].

Controls

→ ARROWS: Move
→ X: Shoot
→ C: Toggle follow/freeze for nearby colonists

Colonists will follow your marine only if they can see him.
To make the colonists follow your marine, you simply need to make them "see" your hero.

Main items

Few captures

Minified using the Shrinko8 Minifier:
https://github.com/thisismypassport/shrinko8

Version History

1.00 - 2025/06/20 - Released.
1.04 - 2025/06/23 - Added screens transition - Added help screen.
1.05 - 2025/06/24 - Fixed bullets metal rebound issue.
1.06 - 2025/06/24 - Added levels.

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