Locust Boulder

Scenario: (tentative)

Every 129 years, there is a night where the stars turn red and thousands of flesh eating creatures begin descending onto the earth abducting humans indiscriminately. These creatures have been dubbed through history as the Loceth.  The last time this occurred was 113 years prior.  Since then humanity has undergone a technological revolution and plan to strike before they do.  The mission was to send an airship to the sky island the Loceth originate from but were intercepted by a shadowy figure and crashed landed on the island. you landed safely escaping into a pod last minute but now you're on your own now with limited equipment.

made for metroidvania month 12

controls (keyboard controls are explained in game):

A/D or Dpad to move left and right

Arrow keys or ABXY(controller) to dash in 4 directions

Space bar or left trigger to fire laser beam (or respawn)

hold shift to bring up mini map

R to quick restart current room

tip:

you linger in the air right after dashing so you can move left/right to reposition for the next dash