Slime

A lil' orange slime has to collect all its pieces.

Original BBS post Later post with updates

Controls & Gameplay

• Left & Right Arrow Keys: Move
• Up Arrow Key: Switch Weapon
• Z or C: Jump
• X or V: Use Weapon
• Your main goal is to find all 20 orange slime canisters. To reach many of them, you'll also need to find power-up canisters.
• There are four special power-up items to find: Slime Shot, Slime Bomb, Jump Boost, and Speed Boost.
• Blue doors can only be opened by Slime Shots, and cracked blocks can only be broken by Slime Bombs.

Developer Notes

I just think lil' slime blobs with dot eyes are cute. Also, the game is very much inspired by Metroid, as I think anyone could tell.

SPOILERS FOR THE ENDING BELOW

I was kinda hoping people would be thinking of Metroid by the time they beat the game. The long vertical escape, then a scene outside on the surface, with the main character center screen before flashing rapidly and changing.

I kinda thought it would be a funny bait-and-switch that the slime just becomes bigger and that's it. Given the original Metroid ending was supposed to be a big reveal, I hoped people would expect the same from this game and then be let down.