Spore Storm

An NES-style shoot n' explore game, with pixel art cut scenes!

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• PLAYING SPORE STORM is easy!
  • WASD or ARROWS to move.
  • SPACE to shoot stuff.
  • ENTER to pause and look at the map.
  • C to cycle the CRT shader on and off.
  • READ THE MANUAL above for lore and gameplay tips.
     

• FIND THE LAST BIOCORE! It's the only way to defeat the Spore invasion and restore your lost memories. Good luck!

This project was made in 2 MONTHS for the Ascendant Jam. The challenge was to build something--anything--in the Ascendant universe.

AI DISCLOSURE: Every pixel of the game itself is hand-built, but I needed some help on the silly cartoon intro. AI did the tweening and backgrounds on that thing.

• INSPIRATION ASSETS provided by the Ascendant.com team!
• CONCEPT, GAME, WRITING, PIXEL ART, DESIGN, SHADERS, and ILLOS by me, HugBug. Whew! This is a homebrew HTML5 game engine, so please let me know about bugs.
• CARTOON STORYBOARD and KEYFRAMES drawn in Photoshop, then tweened using PixVerse AI and edited in Adobe Premiere.
• CHIPTUNES by the amazing Marcos R. Some of the cutscene music was licensed from Pond5. 
• SFX made in JSFXR. Gorlizard roar by Scpsea.
• PIXEL FONT is Ninja Gaiden (NES) by Patrick H. Lauke, used under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
• PIXEL CLEANUP on some of the cut scenes by Diego Rago.
• THEME SONG vocals performed by Nicki! Feel for her... she had to sing my terrible lyrics. The bed music was licensed from Pond5.

Thanks for playing! YOU are the BEST! :)