gb studio 8-directional twin-stick shooter demo

gb studio 8-directional twin-stick shooter demo

Controls:

• Arrows/WASD:

  • D-Pad:

    • Player Movement

• IJKL:

  • B Button (I):

    • Fire Up

  • Select Button (J):

    • Fire Left

  • Start Button (K):

    • Fire Down

  • A Button (L):

    • Fire Right

• Press adjacent Fire buttons to shoot diagonally

I had experimented with twin-stick style controls in GB Studio in previous projects (specifically this compilation), with some success, although the results were lacking in two key areas:

• The player could only shoot in the four cardinal directions

• In order to change firing direction, the player would need to release the currently held button before pressing the new one

I had a few theories about how to fix these, so one morning I threw this project together.

And absolutely nailed it! 👍

There's very little to do in this demo besides move and shoot - there are no enemies or level progression of any sort - but the project folder is available to download for the perusal of my fellow GB Studio devs out there 👍👍

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Thanks for looking!

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