- CONTROLS -

MOUSE (click to start game and click on box to activate, that's it!)


- UI -

Starting from the left and working right...

  • Your/the tower's health (HP) starts at 100 as in the first UI box.
  • The current wave in the second UI box (every wave the boxes close)
  • Your score is listed in the third UI box


- RULES -

OBJECTIVE: Destroy as many enemies as you can with the star box blasters!

  • Use your MOUSE to open the box (which contains star blasters that shoot projectiles). 
  • The longer you wait, the better your star blasters get (as they are given upgrades).
  • So either open them early to get ahead or wait (while taking damage) to make them stronger.
  • Once you defeat all the enemies the wave is completed and you go to the next wave.
  • At the end of every wave, all the boxes are closed again but their upgrades still remain!

GAME END: If your HP goes to 0 or if the 10th wave is completed.


- ABOUT -

You are the guardian of the star tower, but it is under threat by octopus... jelly-like creatures? They keep shooting at the tower, that means there's only one resort left: the star box blasters. If you open these special boxes, then the star blasters will come to your aid and fight back! However, these star blasters need to hibernate. The better they rest, the stronger they become. But time is ticking, and you can only wait so long before calling them. How will you use the star box blasters?

Star Box Blasters was made for Trijam 325. This was made across 3 hours for the theme "A Special Box".


- CREDITS -

arkicade -Programming, Art, Music

Updated 13 days ago
Published 14 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux
Authorarkicade
GenreStrategy
Made withPICO-8
Tags8-Bit, Casual, game-boy, Low-poly, Pixel Art, Short, Singleplayer

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star_box_blasters_windows.zip 950 kB
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star_box_blasters_osx.zip 3.2 MB
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Got to 20, interesting concept!

A fun tower defense game!