Spaceship Collecting Hearts in Space - ZERO

A prototype made with certain tasks I wanted to implement in mind.

This is a shoot 'em up and tower defense hybrid, and with very very small roguelite elements, which I would love to flesh out more in the future.

I did all the programming. The art and music were free assets on itch. Sound effects were made with bfxr.

Things I tackled in this project:

• Day and night cycle
• Inventory system
• 4 item drops, including two usable ones ,one that slows times and one that causes a huge explosion, and two pickups (HP, and money)
• Shop where upgrades could be purchased after each night.
• A base to protect that has its separate health, the player loses if their health or the base's health drops to 0.
• Gradually increasing difficulty after each night
• Enemies spawn from different locations everyday
• Different enemies spawn at night
• Adding music and Sound Effects
• A boss fight with unique attacks and patterns at Day 5

This was a fun project, I finished most of it in two days, and I want to return to it in the future. I had fun with the concept, but I'm too burnt out and want to focus on other projects now.

Feedback is greatly appreciated!