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A jam submission

Rainbow Shots From Outer Space!View game page

A SHMUP in 500 chars for Tweetjam
Submitted by taxicomics โ€” 3 days, 18 hours before the deadline
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์›ƒ=rnd ๐Ÿ˜=128e={}p=62โ™ฅ=3โ—†=1โœฝ={}function g(a,b,c,f)return abs(a-c)+abs(b-f)end
function _draw()if โ™ฅ>0do if(t()%1==0)add(e,{x=์›ƒ(๐Ÿ˜),y=0})
cls()?"โ˜…",p,99,7
?โ—†.."โ—† "..โ™ฅ.."โ™ฅ",50,0
for j in all(e)do
j.y+=1if g(j.x,j.y,p,99)<5do
j.x=-9โ™ฅ-=1end
if(j.x>9)j.x+=sin(t())
for i in all(โœฝ)do
?"โ—†",i.x,i.y,i.y%9
i.y-=1if(g(i.x,i.y,j.x,j.y)<6)del(โœฝ,i)j.x=-9โ—†+=1end
if(j.y>๐Ÿ˜)del(e,j)
?"๐Ÿฑ",j.x,j.y,8
end
if(t()%1==0)add(โœฝ,{x=p,y=90})
b=btn()
p+=(b\2%2-b%2)*2
for i=0,9do?".",์›ƒ(๐Ÿ˜),์›ƒ(๐Ÿ˜),10
end
else?"dead",55,60
end
end

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Submitted(+1)

That timed firing is hard to get used to, but everything else here is great. I especially like the randomising starfield frame to frame, giving the impression of ridiculous speed.

Developer(+1)

yes, i had to settle for the random one, started out with nice parallax, but sadly charcuts made it impossible. But thanks for the kind words!