This game’s got balls! I’m always happy to see games made with PICO-8, and this one is a great example of what the it can do. Throwing the ball around to take out enemies feels really satisfying, especially when you manage to line things up and defeat multiple monsters at once. Moments like that made me wish there was a score or XP multiplier for taking out two or three enemies in a single throw.
Muscle memory for picking up and releasing the ball with Z, and having to release to move, and press and point in a direction and release to fire took some getting used to.
The simple animation are lovely and give the game a lot of charm. I enjoyed looking through the commits and seeing the progression in the game. And of course - programmer music, haha. Nice one!