Pico Waves

Pico Waves is an imagined 8-bit version of Waves, a twin-stick shooter. It's targeted for the PICO-8 "fantasy console", but you can play it in the browser.

Be sure the game canvas is in focus (click on it).

Controls:

• Move with ESDF. (The player 2 default controls on the PICO-8.)
• Fire with the arrow keys.
• P pauses the game.

Notes:

My main goal with this game was to figure out a fluid control scheme. As it turns out, the PICO-8 is incredibly easy to get a simple game up and running. This release took me a day of work. It helps that I already know Lua. Overall, it reminds me of the "games" I used to write using GW-BASIC on my parents' Tandy 1000.

Future work:

• Properly end the game when the player collides with an enemy.
• More enemy variety.
• Add bombs and time buffer (slow-mo).
• Add a scoring system.
• Add sounds.
• Add music.
• Add background image to liven up the screen.
• Build a movable camera system so that the arena can be larger.
• Add gameplay mods.
• Replace simple shapes with animated sprites.