Haha, wow that is impressive for 555 chars! Even the walking "animation". So much detail in such a tiny game. Cool.
(Also appreciate the thematic starfield background of this page!)
Thanks a lot, Tom. ๐
I did originally have a 2nd anim frame (using kanji chars), but alas, it ate up too many chars.
Good ol' PICO-8, breeding creativity through limitations! ๐
The starfield bg was the "King of Workarounds". ๐
I orig had it in the game, but again had to sacrifice it for char count. The moment I realised I could have it on the game page to imply it's the space behind the ship, made me smile ear-to-ear! ๐