Pineapple Evolution

Pineapple Evolution is a single-screen vertical shooter, created for Curdle Jam 28. The jam's theme was a bit weird: "People In Nature--Environmentally Afflictive Presence--Progressively Lead Evolution", but I decided to try running with it anyways.

Controls

The game can be played with either the keyboard or a gamepad.

• A Button/'A' Key – Fire
• B Button/'S' Key – Clean
• X Button/'D' Key – Toggle Autofire
• Start Button/Enter Key – Start/Pause
• Back Button/Escape Key – Back/Quit

Credits

• Programming and Graphics – freem
• "Music" – freem
• Playtesting and Suggestions – shakesoda

External Assets

• Pineapple image on menu background by Karen Arnold
• Sounds generated in sfxr
• Typeface for "PINEAPPLE": Jomhuria
• Typeface for "EVOLUTION": A4 SPEED Medium

Game Engine

LÖVE (a.k.a. "love2d")

Code Libraries Used

• baton by tesselode
• tick by bjornbytes
• lume by rxi

Programs Used

(in no particular order)

• Notepad++
• JASC Paint Shop Pro 7
• The GIMP
• Audacity
• Furnace Tracker
• sfxr (linked above)
• Windows Calculator (calc.exe)