The Space Project Ship

Made for: GBA Jam 2026

Controls: 

• D-Pad to move
• A to shoot (hold for auto-fire)
• Start Button to begin/pause.

What's in the ROM:

• 3 enemy types: Dart fighters (HP 1, straight descent), Heavy Cruisers (HP 3, sinusoidal path, diagonal shots), Boss Gunship (HP 20, hovers and fires 3-way salvos)
• Wave system: waves loop with escalating formations; every 5th wave is a boss wave; wave-clear bonus of   wave × 500 pts
• Parallax starfield: 3-layer scrolling at speeds 1/2/3 with dim/mid/bright brightness
• Combo multiplier: chain kills within 1.5 s for a score multiplier shown in the HUD
• Screen shake: scales with explosion size (4 frames for darts, 18 for boss)
• PSG audio: shoot pew, small/large explosion noise, hit tone, wave-clear fanfare; all via GBA hardware channels 1 & 4
• Screens: animated title, gameplay with HUD, wave-clear overlay, game over with hi-score retention

Banner by: GBADev-org/GBAJam26 Assets