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My name is Lene Chaves and I'm a hobbyist game developer from Fortaleza, Brazil. As a retro games enthusiast, I like making games with 8-bit pixelated graphics and chiptune style music.

A retro style action platformer!
Play as Robochan and use your fire power, with different kinds of weapons, to defeat the evil robot menace!

- How to Play - 

Keyboard:
 - LEFT ARROW: left
 - RIGHT ARROW: right
 - UP ARROW: up / climb ladders up
 - DOWN ARROW: down / climb ladders down
 - C: jump
 - X: shoot
 - Z: bomb

Press -down- + -jump- to drop down from some platforms.
Press -up- or -down- near a ladder to grab it and climb it. 

To remap the keyboard, go to OPTIONS>CONTROLS
The game is compatible with XInput gamepad. 

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This is the DEMO version of the game. This version is also available at:
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/964331

The FULL version is available at: 
https://wlenechaves.itch.io/game-ganbatterobochan.

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After almost a year working to improve the game, it's finally done.
The feedback I've received about the previous version has been very useful.
I've redesigned each stage trying to make the difficulty increase progressively in a fair way and tried my best to avoid unfair difficulty spikes.
Some sprites were remade to look better. I've also changed how some platforms work. For example, boxes and containers are now "jump through" platforms, not solid platforms anymore.
I tried my best here to design something fun to play and nice to look at, bringing back the nostalgia of the 8 bits graphics. I wish I could have done some parts better, but that's OK. If there's any imperfection or any mistake here, I'll try to make it better in my next projects.

Hope you enjoy this new version of Ganbatte!! Robochan - DEMO.

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Note: If you have played the previous version of this game, it's possible that the keyboard configuration for jump is "space" key when you run this game for the first time. In this updated version I've set up "c" key as default for jump. If you want to use the default keys as mentioned in the description, just go to OPTIONS>CONTROLS>DEFAULT KEYS. 
Also, clearing your browser data is another way to solve this issue.

CONTROLS:

- MOUSE: MOVE.
- W,A,S,D: AIM AND SHOOT.
- LEFT MOUSE BUTTON: ACTIVATE INVINCIBILITY (WHEN POWER GAUGE FULL)
- RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON / ENTER: PAUSE GAME. 

One day, I was playing Platypus, a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game that allowed using the mouse to control the ship. I thought about applying the same mechanics in a game but giving the "ship" the ability to shoot in eight directions. That's what I did for this game.

It's technically a twin-stick shooter. I know I could have used W, A, S, D or the arrow keys to move and the mouse to aim and shoot, like other games in this genre, but... well, I just wanted to try something different here. Also, using keys to aim and shoot keeps the trajectory of the bullets aligned with the gun, which looks aesthetically pleasing.

I think it works well for this game. But because of the way GDevelop handles the mouse, I had to implement some things differently from what I've seen in Platypus.

Hope you enjoy!

Hints:
1 - Activating the armor refills your Health.

2 - The flame shot destroys enemy bullets. 

3 - Bomb bullets and boomerangs destroy armored enemies. 

4 - There are slightly different endings depending on your score and whether you kill the boss or not.

5 - Using a Continue resets your current score, although your high score is preserved. 

WLChaves