Bomberfrog: Alpha
BOMBERFROG: ALPHA
YOUR BOMB IS YOUR LIFE!
Bomberfrog: Alpha is a horizontal wave-based shmup. Your goal is to 1) survive 2) beat the level as quickly as possible. Use bombs to help you increase your damage. But be careful because your bomb is your extra life.
Bomberfrog: Alpha currently contains one level, aiming for about 2 minutes of gameplay. At about the intended middle difficulty of the final game. It was made in 10 days. This alpha version is my submission for Bullet Hell Jam 7, which had the theme of shrink!
Enemies shrink as they take damage, meaning you need to increase your precision to deal maximum damage. They drop chips when they die. Collect the chips to fill your bomb meter. Chips inside the yellow circle will pull toward your ship. When you aren't firing, the chip pull circle is larger.
Bomberfrog will bomb again!
Controls
Input mapping is available for keyboards in the Pause menu (Esc, P, or Enter).
| Action | Keyboard | Gamepad |
| Move | Arrow Keys | D-pad |
| Shoot - Spread | Z | A, LB |
| Shoot - Focus | X | B, RB |
| Bomb | C | X, Y |
| Pause menu | Esc, P, Enter | Start |
| Toggle Audio | Shift + M | |
| Toggle FPS | ` |
Credits
Bomberfrog is made by Brett Chalupa. Music by Chromatic Arcana.
Tracks used:
Made with Usagi Engine.
View the source code: https://github.com/brettchalupa/bomberfrog
| Published | 1 day ago |
| Status | Prototype |
| Platforms | HTML5, Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Author | Brett Chalupa |
| Genre | Shooter |
| Tags | No AI, Shoot 'Em Up, stg, usagi-engine |
| Code license | Unlicense |
| Average session | A few minutes |
| Languages | English |
| Inputs | Keyboard, Gamepad (any) |
| Links | GitHub |
| Content | No generative AI was used |
Download
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Development log
- Alpha release of Bomberfrog!1 day ago



Comments
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Here’s my fastest clear: 2:18.55
There’s definitely room for improvement from me, with more aggressive bombing and chip management. Curious what everyone’s fastest clear time is!