Oh man, the memories of Smash TV came flooding in! One of my all-time favorites from my childhood. The theme had me laughing and grinning the entire time. I like the idea of collecting the arcade characters on top of already collecting power-ups. MWG was a great touch as well. I love your pixel art for this game too. Perhaps the element I was impressed most with (mechanics-wise) was the gradual increase in difficulty while maintaining such a simple pick-up-and-play style of game. No learning curve, just dive right into the action. I think that was one of the appealing features of Smash TV. As of writing this, I got as high as 13/16. So, now I have to go back and collect all 16.
Thanks Marlin. 👍 It's a challenging game. It took me a few attempts to beat it myself. Thanks for the comment and for playing. The game mechanics were pretty simple to put together so I was able to dedicate a large part of the Jam time to making art and a tile set.
Let me know when you want to do the YouTube video thing. I am hosting a gam jam on 23rd Oct so will be busy for about 2 weeks making videos for that. I do have a week free beginning or November that could work though.