Marios in Space, MGC #45 Entry

This is a beta version of my entry for Minigame Competition #45, a space shooter called Marios in Space. This particular beta has two levels, and one boss (since I was too lazy to make a unique boss for the second level, I just took the boss from the first level and made it stronger; I'll fix this, though =P).

Screenshots:





Controls:
Arrow Keys - Move
Enter - Shoot

There are also color-coded powerups that sometimes appear when you destroy an enemy. There are four types: Laser (Yellow), Shield (Blue), Speed Up (Green), and Two-Way (Red). All of them are useful in their own way. (Note that powerups do not accumulate; for example, getting two shield powerups does not give you a shield that protects you from two hits.)

Link to download. Have fun! Comments and criticism are welcome.

This post has been edited by MrGuy on Mar 30 2009, 08:45 PM

Nice, but can you change the shooting button to ctrl or something like that?

compo rules say no.

Oh, forgot.

Great game you have so far, I have no complaints. After the Minigame competition is over will you be able to make the game go into fullscreen mode? Because I can't stand that small screen...

Doesn't feel much Mario except for the random floor on level two. I could replace Mario with a panda and it'd still be just as much about Mario.

You could replace the enemies with the space ships from M&L:PiT then it would be a lot more Mario themed yet still be spacey.

THIS. Make Tatanga a boss, too, then you can cover everything spacey the Mario series has (save for Galaxy).