Not a good sign for the Penguin solar system since their reconnaissance satellite has picked up the presence of an evil alien covenant invaders approaching. Since it has no army, the system possesses no weapons of mass destruction of any kind. However, a force of one brave penguin, Ppang-Gu, and his spaceship, the V-Impact, could maybe defeat them ?

Hop aboard the V-Impact and get ready for an insane spaceship travel in the vaccum of space, through the oppression of a whole bunch of invaders. Be prepared to overcome the stage and fully control territory held by enemy. Take on each of the Bosses waiting for you in the stage, and keep always in mind that all penguins are counting on you !

⬆️ ⬇️ ⬅️ ➡️: Press to guide your ship.

❎ (X or M or V) : Press to fire.

🅾️ (Z or N or C) : Press to release bombs.

⏎ Enter : Press to pause game.

Or using any controller.

• COIN (ground)

When shooting ground enemies, coins appear. Collect six of them to receive a bomb.

• SHOCKWAVE BOMB (anti-ground and air)

Produces a shock wave which weakens or destroys any enemies on the screen. It also cleans the screen of most enemy shots. At any one time, you can only store one bomb.

• HEART

Regain half gauge of energy.

• EXCLAMATION MARK

Increases your score dramatically.

Cover by @busterermy

— Programmer : Erman Abdiler (@busterermy) —

— Graphic Designer : Erman Abdiler (@busterermy) —

— Sound Creator : Erman Abdiler (@busterermy) —

— Very Special Thanks : Krystian Majewski (@krystman), Ina Lee —

MAKING-OF AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

V-Impact has been developed during almost two years for the fantasy video game console Pico-8 and launched on 11 March 2025 on itch.io, on 19 March 2025 on Newgrounds, so that it could be extensively used for free.

After all my previous experiences and those currently under development, the Lazy Devs Academy Advanced Shmup Development tutorials was ideally a chance to help me realize one of my dreams : to complete and publish my first game.

Thus, I would like to thank Krystian Majewski who gave me the knowledge gaps and programming skills to develop V-Impact. Thank you for your generosity Krystian ! And I really have to thank my wife for her support during the development of the game !

Thanks also to all those who will play my game ! And all those who will be involved in helping to fund my work as well !

A huge thanks to you all !

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