Flyer Feline (Pico-8 Version)
A downloadable Cat Plane
What is this game?
Flyer Feline is a pico-8 game about a cat in a plane demolishing some insects that are trying to sabotage him, while the cat lords have decided to help him. Will you help him to reach whatever place he wants to reach by surviving?
This game is a shoot-em-up (or shmup) game where you use your darts to kill insects, that are trying to stop you from going on. Each insect has its own method of stopping you, and each of them can be countered by making the right moves. The cat lords have decided to help you by giving you some magical abilities at the end of every turn that help you to survive. There are a wide variety of items, making every run of this game special.
How do I play it?
Controls:
Left / Right / Up / Down -> Move Around
X / V / N -> Toggle Shooting / Activate Laser
Z / C / M -> Dash
Every turn, new enemies arrive to stop you. They have different ways of doing it. Watch how every enemy acts, else you'll lose all of your health, and loose your game. Once you survive the turn, you choose one ability out of many to make your life easier. Survive all the turns, and you'll win the game!
All Items and Enemies
It is advised that you to only check what these items and enemies do if you're stuck on how they work, as checking and figuring out things for yourself will be much fun.
Enemies
Ant -> Moves left, nothing else.
Caterpillar -> Moves down. Always a pair of caterpillars spawn.
Bee -> Follows you around. Occasionally fires aimed stingers.
Ladybug -> Spawns at the same horizontal level as you. Stops for some time for you to react, then launches itself. The background gives foreshadowing onto when the ladybug comes.
Balloon Spider -> Stays still on a fixed place. You can either destroy the spider itself, or its balloon. The balloon only summons 5 projectiles when dead, but the spider summons a whopping 16 projectiles when dead! Target its balloon, if you wish to kill it.
Dragonfly -> Stays still on a fixed place. Summons 3 fireballs time-to-time.
Butterfly -> Takes a lot of time to charge up, but guarantees a non-dodge-able attack. Immediately kill it before it kills you.
Items / Abilities
Dash Fruit -> Increase dash length by 50%Beam Catnip -> Increase laser time length by 4 sec.
Beam Catfood -> Increase laser bar fill up time by 25%
Invis Cloth -> Increase invisibility time by 25%
Dartlings -> Decrease dart shoot time period and dart damage by 50%
Super Dart -> Every 10 darts, shoot a singular, larger, stronger dart
Spare Wings -> Increase plane speed by 50%
Cat Angel -> Summon a cat angel. It heals you for 3 HP. occasionally
Canon Cannon -> Summon a cannon. It shoots bullets downwards frequently
Reverse Dart -> Throw some darts behind you
Golden Horseshoe -> Have a 5% chance of taking no damage
Real Heart -> Heal for 5 HP.
Merge Heart -> Take 15 HP. damage, but reduce all enemy HP. permanently
Credits
This game was made by me in PICO - 8.
The music was made by Gruber Music. The track, 'space' was used from his Pico-8 Tunes Volume 1.
Comments
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Its a cat shmup alright
But damn the player is weak... nothing dies