Online playable demo

Aliens tried to destroy humanity, 
now is time for revenge !

Astral Crusade is a side scrolling Shoot'em up for the original Gameboy.

Features :

• Web playable demo
• 4 directions moving spacecraft
• 2 powers : shoot and shield 
• 4 different enemies
• 1 level with 15 enemies to defeat
• sprites effects

Upcoming :

• enemy/spacecraft killed animation : 3 sprites effect to display a ship explosion.
• player spacecraft upgrades (power, life, speed...) : the player can invest in his ship to boost life, speed and power (shoot damage and reloading time, shield duration and reloading time for instance)
• shop panel before each level : a menu to spend money on spacecraft upgrade (see above feature)

Development :

Astral Crusade started in mid january 2024. It's a one man project written in C with GBDK. The idea behind Astral Crusade is to build a side scrolling SHMUP with a bit of rogue lite feel. Before each level the player can spend hard earn credits to boost his spacecraft. The goal is to offer game style choices : would you play a quick hightech and fragile spacecraft or rather a slow, powerfull and resistant spacecraft. This is only one exemple.

AI was used during game development, specificaly in artwork. More on that in an upcoming devlog.

Roadmap :

• during 2024 : web demo will be published here.
• end of 2024 : full playable game.
• 2025 : physical release