Clear Your Mind (scowsh)

Here is my entry for Krystman's pico8 shmup jam. Had a blast learning from his tutorials, and had some really helpful feedback from the community - big shout out to Aktane, Imbord3rlin3, DerrEmm, and Achie72 for the help, any issues with the game are down to my ineptitude and not purposefully ignoring any recommendations!

Controls: 

X = shoot (hold for autofire)

O = bomb 

Notes/scoring: 

Collect the falling books to shoot a 'knowledge bomb' - also cancels enemy bullets that they touch. Each bullet cancelled also gives you score!

4 books for an extra life (note: resets book count to zero)

With a full life count, 4 books = 5000 point bonus (note: also resets book count to zero)

5 waves with a final boss.

Tutorials: 

link to the fantastic tutorials: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLea8cjCua_P3Sfq4XJqNVbd1vsWnh7LZd