A downloadable demo

Take control of the prototype transformable X-Frame Unit 7, humanity's last hope against invaders from beyond the Solar System. The only surviving prototype after the facility creating them from reverse engineered alien technology was struck. You are to hold the line until humanity can rebuild the unfinished units that were damaged in the attack.


Unfinished prototype made for GB Compo 25. Enemy landing ship will cease fire once damaged enough and enemies will stop spawning once their forces are depleted. Due to a bug that took longer than it should have to fix, I was unable to finish the core gameplay loop before the deadline, but was encouraged to upload the in progress build anyways.


Controls:

  • D-Pad: Movement
  • A Button: Use/Fire/Assign Equipment A
  • B Button: Use/Fire/Assign Equipment B
  • Start: Pause/Equipment Screen (not all equipment can be used in both modes)
  • Select: Transform


Features to come in future updates:

  • More zones, seven planned
  • More weapon types
  • More alien enemy types
  • Soundtrack
  • Proper boss fight setup for alien landing ships in each zone
  • Travel between zones, able to leave unfinished battles to retreat for repair and upgrades
  • Upgrade system for your mech and its weapons
  • Victory conditions where you push back the alien invasion on all fronts or buy time for the remaining X-Frame units to be built

Download

Download
xframe-128KB-2025-08-31a_jam.gb 128 kB

Install instructions

Game is downloaded as a 128 kilobyte .gb ROM file that will work in most Game Boy emulators.

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