Friend-Ship demo

This demo is my first solo game project, made in pico8.

In Friend-Ship, you can blow your enemies up, or befriend them using your secondary weapon, hit an enemy with its charge shot and they will become your friend and provide you with support fire!

Blowing up enemies charges up the orange meter in the top left corner of the screen, when it's full, you'll gain an extra life.

Survive for 5 minutes and you will encounter a boss, if you beat it the game will loop, and you can consider yourself a winner, good luck!

Controls:

On the main menu:

You can start the game by pressing Z  or the A button on an Xbox controller with the "start" option selected.

To change ships, simply put your cursor on the second option and press the left or right arrow keys, the ships only change visually, so pick your favorite!

In game:

Use the arrow keys or the left joystick to move your ship around and dodge bullets, if you get hit you'll lose a life!

Hold Z on keyboard or the A button on an Xbox controller to fire your primary shot, it deals damage to enemies.

Hold X on keyboard or the X button on an Xbox controller to charge up your secondary attack, when a pink circle appears around your ship, that means it's ready to be fired!