Demake in progress of Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved, one of my favorite games of all time.
This uses twin-stick shooter input conventions, and I strongly recommend playing it with a dual-analog gamepad using Pinput, either with the native desktop PICO-8 player and a native Pinput build, or using the Firefox or Chrome extensions for Pinput to play it here on the BBS website.
However, you can now also play with two alternate schemes other than Pinput's analog gamepad support. The game will ask you at startup and save your input preferences, but you can always change it from the pause menu.
- Pinput: same as the original Geometry Wars. Left stick moves, right stick aims, either trigger bombs.
- Devkit: uses mouse and full keyboard. WASD or arrow keys move, mouse aims, spacebar bombs.
- P1+P2: uses inputs from both player 1 and player 2. Player 2's D-pad moves (yes, 2), player 1's D-pad aims, press either player's O or X buttons to bomb. This is intended for keyboards.
This demake isn't suitable for mobile devices without gamepads, because the PICO-8 BBS mobile player only provides virtual gamepad overlays for one player.
Alternatively, try the GitHub-hosted version, and you won't need a browser extension.
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