I freaking love this game, legitimately one of my favorite games to play right now, and I dare say the most dum I'ge had with a vertical scrolling shooter up (not usually my thing). I think what makes this so fun, that alot of shootemups lack, is a sense of speed and purpose. The spread is perfect where I feel like I can intelligently target enemies and its not just an aimless spray, and the secondary weapon mechanics are great. And the intro is kickass. Wish it has more levels!
Since the game is made in PICO-8 I don't have much control over this -- it only supports 2 buttons. Theoretically they could be swapped, but there's not really room in the cart to add more options to the in-game menu.
PRAXIS FIGHTER X got reviewed on the arcane cache, a underground blog for underground games:
If you don’t mind the formulaic gameplay the likeable story, the very well polished gameplay, and the overall high quality make it a great pick for underground gaming enthusiasts and shoot ‚em up veterans alike.
Such a great experience. This is an amazing game you’ve made here and super fun one to boot. I’ll definitely be on the lookout for future projects from you. Keep up the great work!
Wow, so good! Thanks for ramping-up the difficulty slowly. I love shmups, but i’m terrible at them, so this is just the right level of fun without being crazy hard.
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really cool what you can do with pico8
I freaking love this game, legitimately one of my favorite games to play right now, and I dare say the most dum I'ge had with a vertical scrolling shooter up (not usually my thing). I think what makes this so fun, that alot of shootemups lack, is a sense of speed and purpose. The spread is perfect where I feel like I can intelligently target enemies and its not just an aimless spray, and the secondary weapon mechanics are great. And the intro is kickass. Wish it has more levels!
Yoooo this game is epic... its so good i want to play it offline for my tablet when my internet isnt available.
I like this beautiful pixel style game. And feel relax also fun to play
I use it with an handheld and i would like to be able to reassign the bomb button please
Since the game is made in PICO-8 I don't have much control over this -- it only supports 2 buttons. Theoretically they could be swapped, but there's not really room in the cart to add more options to the in-game menu.
If your device runs PICO-8 natively you may be able to change the bindings in a config file (see https://pico-8.fandom.com/wiki/Controllers#Configuring_controllers)
There's also an option in the game's pause menu to change the autofire mode so the main fire button doesn't need to be held down, if that helps.
yes tnx activated autofire i can now concentrate on dropping the bombs :)
PRAXIS FIGHTER X got reviewed on the arcane cache, a underground blog for underground games:
If you don’t mind the formulaic gameplay the likeable story, the very well polished gameplay, and the overall high quality make it a great pick for underground gaming enthusiasts and shoot ‚em up veterans alike.
https://thunderperfectwitchcraft.org/arcane_cache/2024/04/22/praxis-fighter-x/Congratz :)
Wow! This is inspiring me to go through that LazyDev tutorial. I loved the basic tutorial, but this is so smooth, polished and fun to play!
Also, I think it's worth mentioning: your pixel art skills are fire!
Great mechanics and playability <3
Really liked it. It captures really well the feel of old school shoot'em up. Maybe I didn't go far enough in the game but is there any power ups ?
yes, there are triple-bomb and missile power ups!
Hi! We played your game on stream and really enjoyed it!
Thank you for checking it out! I just watched your video -- very fun stream and your enthusiasm for the games is infectious :)
THIS RULES
absolutely fantastic work
dope sir i enjoy the bomb mechanics
AWESOME game - tough one too! Easily one of the best pico-8 games ever... in my top 10!
hell yeah this is awesome!
good game
this game is pretty good
this game slaps, those lightning spire dudes are rad as hell.
This is literally the most impressive game I've seen the PICO-8 ever do. It looks amazing and plays even better. Bravissimo.
EDIT: My 1-credit record is 553,009 - a double knockout with the final boss SMH
Really awesome!
Excellent!
Game difficulty is spot on, good use of credits to keep going.
Awesome game, super hard though!
Such a great experience. This is an amazing game you’ve made here and super fun one to boot. I’ll definitely be on the lookout for future projects from you. Keep up the great work!
Wow, so good! Thanks for ramping-up the difficulty slowly. I love shmups, but i’m terrible at them, so this is just the right level of fun without being crazy hard.
Please start working on more (paid) levels! 🙏🏻