Hawks With Wings - Blast Apart

About

Blast Apart is a competitive 2D fighter created by Danny Gibson and Billy Gibson for a Game Jam. Each player must control a mecha to blast off the other mecha's arms to get to and destroy the body. If either mecha's head is destroyed, that player will lose the round instantly. The main inspirations for the game were old notebook drawings Danny and Billy would make during their free time in middle school.

The one song is Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World." Danny and Billy would like to say they recognized it from being classically trained musicians, but of course they first heard it in Asura's Wrath.

Controls

Player 1 - Move with A and D, charge and fire your front arm with Y, charge and fire your back arm with A, dash by holding A,W,S, or D and pressing I, jump by holding down and releasing the space bar. Press S when near an arm to pick it up.Player 2 - Move with the arrow keys, charge and fire your front arm with 4, charge and fire your back arm with 5, dash by holding an arrow and pressing 6, jump by holding down and pressing 0. Press the down arrow key when near an arm to pick it up.Pause with the Escape key.Playstation 4 Controller - Move with the left control stick, charge and fire your front arm with Square, charge and fire your back arm with Triangle, dash by holding a direction and pressing Circle, jump by holding down and releasing the X button. Press down when near an arm to pick it up.

Additional Information

This game was created in two weeks during April 2021 as part of the MechJam on itch.io. Made by Billy Gibson and Danny Gibson, they worked on it during the free time they had during workdays and on weekends. The goal, aside from sticking to the theme, was to make something small and reasonably complete.