About This Game
Mars base, Union Aerospace Corporation experiments opened a portal to Hell. You appear to be the last human, fight your way out!
Beaming up the virtual feed from Mars takes about 20s, be patient while loading the battle simulator soldier.
If experiencing slowdowns, prefer desktop browser or beefy mobile.
How to Play
HTML player: click on game to enable mouse support (browser security)
Desktop controls (recommended):
automatically selected if mouse is detected
Mouse sensitivity control from
controls
menu:
Alternate controls schemes (without mouse):
from title screen, go to
controls
menu to switch between control schemes
prefer control scheme 2
mobile menu controls: use left paddle to navigate, use up/down from right paddle to cancel/selec
Linux Version
Pre-requisite: download the zip archive (say in $HOME)
How to unzip/launch:
# open shell at $HOME
# replace <version> with proper release number
unzip poom_<version>_linux.zip
cd poom_<version>_linux/
# change execution bit
chmod +x poom_<version>
# launch game
./poom_<version>
Standalone Version
In you own Pico8 "devkit", you can download standalone zip package.
Recommended setup (adjust to your OS):
mkdir poom
<path to pico>\pico.exe -home .
cd poom\carts
REM change xx to actual version number
unzip poom_standalone.xx.zip
From Pico8 console:
load poom_0
run
Soundtrack
OST (@ParanoidCactus Youtube channel)
Release Notes
(moved to devlogs)
Version 1.6:
fixed: wobbly textures on some areas (thanks @farbs)
Version 1.5:
added: in-game keyboard controls options
added: in-game mouse sensitivity (options menu)
added: standalone zip (for arcade cabinets/devices)
Version 1.2:
Fixed: crash when pressing fire during load (thanks @Rhoq)
Changed: minor texture fixes
Version 1.1:
Changed: ð ¾ï¸=fire/ok â=open/cancel
Added linux + Mac OS X binaries (with mouse lock support)
Version 1.0:
HTML player with mouse lock support
Windows binaries with mouse lock support (new upcoming PICO8 feature)
Mac OS X + linux binaries
