This is my entry for LOWREZJAM 2021, still incomplete and it will be mostly a POC of a complete game.


The game is a tribute to the Natsume's SNES classic "Wild Guns" and is inspired by the gameplay in that game.

In "Golden Star Sheriff" as the new sheriff in Dodge City your duty is to  chase and  get rid of a big band of thieves that have taken over the city and it's sorrounding areas.

Current state of the game (JAM Version) is going to be a tweaked version of the full game as there's been not enough time to have multiple levels in place, so it will take place only in the first level, Dodge City streets, chasing for "Perro Loco", the lowest  ranking bandit chief in the band.   The game is tweaked so you can play several times the phase with increased odds rather than actually advancing phases...  Currently it has 15 waves.

Gameplay:

Move with cursor keys, shoot with X and roll with Z or C while moving left or right.  A gamepad is highly recommended for this game.

While pressing  the fire button you will enter "free aim" mode and will hold your position while sending out a barriage of bullets! 

When you find yourself in a tight spot, roll out of danger... bullets won't be able to catch you while rolling!  But... be very cautions as rolling is a reflex action and you cannot control where you will be landing!

Missing in action for the JAM:  in-game music (just the shooting and some sfx,had no time to finish that), the actual levels, more enemy variety...

StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux, HTML5
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(4 total ratings)
AuthorSlainteES
GenreAction, Shooter
Made withPICO-8, GraphicsGale
TagsLOWREZJAM, PICO-8, Pixel Art
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Gamepad (any)

Download

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golden_star_windows.zip 1 MB
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golden_star_osx.zip 3 MB
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golden_star_linux.zip 704 kB
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golden_star_raspi.zip 1 MB

Development log

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Really entertaining! A bit hard at first, but once you got it you can't stop playing it.

Hey, thnx for trying it! I admit it… controls are hard to come by at the beginning, and post-jam I will add some settings to adjust a bit targeting speed (it’s insanely complex to aim in mobile and some devices with analog joysticks). Great that you had a nice time shooting a few rounds ;)

You can play PICO-8 games on the mobile too? Asking because idk much about it and it doesn't stop amazing me :)) That's great!

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well, you can play the html version on mobile, it brings up software based controls ;)

Very nice game! Aiming seems a bit hard, but that's just my inexperience with analog stick. Love the graphics though.

Glad you liked it! Control can be tricky until you get used to it… crosshair speed is faster than player and they move in sync (but in free-aim mode, while autofiring). Works quite well with keyboard, maybe you can try on cursor keys ;)

Yeah I should've tried the keyboard. Still getting used to playing games with controller again. Always used keyboard and mouse until I FINALLY bought a gamepad for development a month ago. Came in handy ;)

Fun!

Thnx! That’s the goal for any game I guess… glad it hits the mark!