To start click on the game screen (It should say Code Monkeys) and Press Z or X

**To avoid the glitch and fight the Game's Boss, hug the top of the screen after the asteroid swam ( At the end of the first level) other wise LVL 1 will loop**

For this year's GMTK Game Jam, Code Monkeys present:Rickety Rocket, a retro-themed sci-fi shmup? for the GameBoy.

Join Earl, the inquisitive wheat farmer from Boise, Idaho who singlehandedly both started and ended the Great Intergalactic War of 1947. While gazing into the beautiful night sky, Earl witnessed the most incredible sight: a flying saucer! Determined to prove it to his friends who ridiculed him, Earl built himself a rocket so he could meet the aliens from outer space and convince them to join him and his friends for a round of whiskey. Unfortunately Earl's invitation just so happened to sound exactly like the most condemning and blasphemous phrase ever known in their native language, threatening to wipe out the entire galaxy for offending their species. Rather than courageously attacking the aliens and saving the galaxy from mass extinction, Earl has chosen to run like a coward. Now you must help Earl flee!

Controls

To play, hold the "B" button (or "X" key on a keyboard) to fly upwards, and release to fall down. Move left and right using the D-Pad (or the left and right arrow keys on the keyboard) to dodge obstacles. Use the ship's very toxic exhaust to knock out the aliens.

How the game relates to the theme of "Role Reversed"

• With most shoot-em-ups, the player shoots forward, courageously running head-first into danger to save the day. In Rickety Rocket, you play as a coward who is running away from danger, blissfully unaware that the toxic exhaust behind the rocket is causing any harm at all to the aliens.
• Shmups typically move you forward automatically. This game pulls you back down instead, forcing the player to actively fight against gravity.

WORKS ON REAL HARDWARE!

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