Break the Sun [Demo]

Controls: standard Pico-8 controls (arrow keys to move, Z to shoot, X + arrow to dash and avoid any damage) This is a prototype shmup I made back when I started picking up coding, to get comfortable with Lua. The original goal was experimenting with sidescrolling, shooting and movement feel — screen shakes, dashes and all that fun stuff (and a few special tricks for good measures, but no spoilers). Its the first of three sequences I have planned for the full version. Not sure when thats gonna ha...