How to Play

Cherry Bomb is a basic arcade Shoot 'em up  game (Shmup) reminiscent of Space Invaders or Galaga. Pilot your red spaceship to blast your way through 9 waves of attacking aliens. Use the following controls:

• Arrow keys - Move the ship
• X or M or V - Shoot
• Z or N or C - Bomb (Depletes your 🍒. See below)
• You can also use a controller

Shoot the enemies to destroy them. Enemies will attack you. Destroy or avoid all enemies in a wave to proceed to the next wave. There are 9 waves in the game. If you get hit you will lose a ❤️. If you lose all ❤️ you lose the game.

Pickups

Occasionally, defeated enemies will drop a 🍒 pickup. Collect them to increase the strength of your Bomb. Triggering the Bomb will deplete your 🍒. You cannot use the Bomb if you have no 🍒. 

If you collect 10 🍒 you will restore a ❤️. If you already have 4❤️ you will get points instead. After collecting 10 🍒 your stock will always reset.

Scoring

Here are ways to score in the game:

• Shooting down enemies will give you points. More dangerous enemies will give more points
• Shooting down an attacking enemy will double the points you get
• Collecting 10🍒 with 4❤️ will give you points
• Destroying enemy bullets with the Bomb will give you points

The game will keep your highest score even if you close the browser. Post your best results in the comments below!

Learn How to Make This Game!

Cherry Bomb was created as part of a tutorial series about how to make your own game from scratch. If you also want to make a game like this check out the Lazy Devs Academy YouTube Channel!

Credits

This game was written and designed by Krystian Majewski, an Independent Developer and the host of the Lazy Devs Academy video channel.

The music was composed by Sebastian Haßler, a music composer for film, TV and videogames.

Cherry Bomb game was written entirely in Pico-8.