GALAXIS

A simple shmup reminiscent of the arcade era.

Galaxis was made using the Lazy Devs Shmup Tutorial on YouTube.

Galaxis can also be played on Lexaloffle, home to all the Pico-8 games!

Who the ♥♥♥♥ is ALF?

Controls

• D-Pad [arrow keys] to move
• O Button [z/c/n] to fire guns
• X Button [x/v/m] to fire missiles

In the Menu screen:

• Fly to the top of the screen to start the game
• Fly to the left to see the credits
• Fly to the right to see the highscores

How to Play

Objectives

Your mission is to fly into enemy space and destroy the aliens that pose a threat to all life on Earth!

You must wipe out all enemies to clear a wave.

Clear all 9 waves + the final boss to win!

Lives

You start with 3 lives (indicated in the bottom left).

Getting hit by an enemy or enemy bullet costs 1 life.

When you run out of lives, Game Over! You will have to start from the beginning.

Missiles

You start with 1 missile, but you can hold up to 3 (indicated in the top right).

Pressing X fires a missile. Missiles explode damaging all enemies caught in the blast.

Power

You start with 0 power with a max of 9 (indicated in the top left).

Collecting a Power Pip increases your power by 1. Getting hit costs 3 power.

Enemies will sometimes drop a Power Pip when destroyed.

Destroying an enemy while it is attacking increases the odds of a drop.

When you have full power, you will automatically enter Power Mode, tripling the shots from your main guns.

After 6 seconds, you will exit Power Mode. Time spent in hyperspace (between waves) doesn't count.

Collecting Power Pips while in Power Mode extends the timer. Getting hit reduces it.

Bonuses

Every 10,000 points a bonus missile will appear.

Damaging a bonus missile enough turns it into a bonus heart (1-up)!

Be careful! Damaging a bonus heart too much destroys it!

Collecting a bonus missile while you have 3 missiles or a bonus heart while you have 3 lives awards 1,000 points.

Scoring

Destroying more powerful enemies awards more points (indicated in the top middle).

Destroying an enemy while it is attacking increases your chain (indicated below score).

Continuing to destroy enemies during their attack awards bravery points based on your chain.

Watch out! If you destroy an enemy during its attack, another enemy will immediately attack in retaliation!

If an enemy completes an attack run, you will lose your chain.

If your score is high enough, you will be able to enter your name in the highscore table!

Use Up/Down to change the letter, use Right/O to move to the next letter, use Left/X to move to the previous letter.

Credits

All art, music, sounds, and code were created by R. Glenn Cagle inspired by the work of Krystian Majewski on Cherry Bomb as part of the Lazy Devs Shmup Tutorial on YouTube.

Special Thanks

To Krystian Majewski, the best coding tutorialist on YouTube,

To all my students and coworkers who helped me playtest,

And badmini99, the only person other than me to have beaten the game before its release,

And ALF, a legend.

Important note: The paid download of this game doesn't come with any new content other than the ability to play offline. If you enjoyed playing the game, please consider paying for download access. Thank you!