About:

ZERO is a 2D space shooter game where you face endless enemies. The more enemies you kill, the higher your score will be.

Pick-up collectibles to regain your HP or to have an increased rate of fire for a few seconds!

The game features an "invincibility frames" mechanic that prevent you to get obliterated when you're getting hit!

It has been made in a few days for the GBJAM8 by myself as a solo developer.

Disclaimer: this game is a prototype made for the game jam. Depending on how it goes, it might either be developed further or abandoned.

Played it? Please rate and leave a comment!

Controls:

• Left, Right, Up & Down arrow keys to move your ship.
• Hold Left Control or Space to shoot.
• Press Space when on the main menu to start a new game.
• Alt + Enter to toggle between windowed and full screen.

Credits:

All of the assets (art, music, sound effects, code) have been created by me during the jam period, excepted the font:

• Early GameBoy, by Jimmy Campbell.

More?

• Space Escape on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shidygames.spaceescape1
• My games on Itch.io: https://shidygames.itch.io/
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/shidygames
• Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/shidy
• Discord: discord.gg/HwDD4zt

Changelogs:

• 1.3 Content & polish update:
  • Fixed an issue where the enemies won't shoot at the start of a run.
  • You can now shoot with Left Control or Space.
  • Added a new pick-up bonus that grants you a frontal shield for 10 seconds or until it gets hit by an enemy bullet.
  • Removed the ability to destroy enemy's bullets with your shots.
• 1.2 Content update:
  • Added another tiny, fast and sneaky enemy!
  • You'll now earn +1 score every second in addition to the kills.
• 1.1 QoL update:
  • Improved the triggering of the collectibles so the players can catch an upgrade even if the ship is blinking (after receiving damages).
  • Changed the "ANY KEY" button to the "SPACE" button to start a game so the players can screenshot their highscores.
  • Added hit effects to the enemies to give more feedback to the players when they shoot at enemies.
  • Added a thrusting and braking animation to the ship.
• 1.0 Initial build of the game.