TRIHARD is another super intense arcade high scoring game, featuring multiple gamemodes, an original score with 5 songs, 6 animated backgrounds with 8 (technically 9) palettes, and 4 boss battles.

That's all well and good, but what's it about?!

TRIHARD's gameplay loop is simple. Bounce around the screen with your slippery and bouncy triangle (heh, get it?), dodging bullets and collecting squares. Run out of lives or let a square disappear and you will die. The gameplay is altered when events are thrown into the mix. Every so often an event will spawn, these can range from sweeping lasers to giant bullets. On top of this, have fun being killed by the 4 bosses!

Sounds great! How do I play?

The controls are even simpler!

In menus:

  • Up and Down to navigate
  • Z to select

The menu does not feature wrapping.

In-game:

  • Arrow keys to move!
  • Z to enable invulnerability, once the conditions are met.

When you go over 50% total velocity, your ship will become invincible, signified by the bar in the top left and the blue sparks on your triangle. Press Z to activate it! It will remain activated until you either go below the target speed, or it runs out.


The game is also available on the BBS, please favourite it if you enjoyed it!

https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?tid=43608

StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
Rating
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
(6 total ratings)
AuthorN0ba
GenreAction
Made withPICO-8
Tags8-Bit, Arcade, chiptune, Colorful, High Score, intense, PICO-8, Pixel Art, Retro, Singleplayer

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Amazing! I would like to have seen some more indication for when the player is hit but this kind of game is right up my alley!

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I adore this kind of thing! The invincibility mechanic rocks because I get to go mental bouncing about. Top quality work. :)

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wow so juicyy and prettyy and funnnn :D 
Great work!

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Trihard is what a modern retro arcade game should be. The steep difficulty paired with a banger soundtrack and quick fluent gameplay make for an excellent 8-bit bullet hell. Amazing work, very fun!