It's that time of galactic year again! You know, that time in every science-fiction universe when the galaxy's greatest pilots are pitted against each other in a grand test of skill, reflexes, and stylistic spaceship design!

Ever since The Incident, this particular universe is rather small. Only remnants of what was once a thriving interstellar civilisation remain, floating across the void. But that's no excuse to skip out on the annual contest!

Build your own Pocket Ship, a spacecraft small enough to safely navigate this Microverse, and use your skills to dodge, take aim, and destroy the floating debris (and your competition) to score points. The highest scorer takes the victory!

Be careful though... the Microverse is no place for the faint of heart... or for those without speed lines on their ships.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONTROLS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Pilot your ship with the WASD keys

Fire with the SPACE key

Dodge incoming fire with the SHIFT key and WASD keys

Freeze TIME with the ESCAPE key or P key

Keep your shields up and your aim true!


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CREDITS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


This game was made in GameMaker by Zachary Kowalczyk for the 4th Gamepathy Game Jam

Additional "space debris" artwork drawn by

HowToBeHayes
idk some itchio guy

Input Prompts by Kenney

SFX from Pixabay and used under the Pixabay Content License


A few images in this game are inspired by existing fiction. I claim no ownership of those designs.




No generative AI was used in the making of this game.
No holographic cats were harmed in the making of this game.
No sleep was had in the making of this game.




Updated 9 days ago
StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5, Windows
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(1 total ratings)
AuthorZacDevDude
GenreShooter, Action
Made withGameMaker, Audacity, Krita
Tags2D, Arcade, Character Customization, GameMaker, Retro, Shoot 'Em Up, Short, Top down shooter
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Mouse
ContentNo generative AI was used

Download

Download
Pocket Ship Windows V1.1.1.0.zip 5.4 MB

Install instructions

You can delete all the game's save data and reset it with Left Shift + P + Backspace

Development log

Comments

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I didn't expect it to be this catchy! Very original idea. Looks very nice and polished! I made it to 9 runs before my ship got destroyed (by my past self lol). Love it!

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I'm really proud of how this turned out, and if not for the heat, I'm sure it would've been better.