"Time to reverse the roles and abduct some Aliens"

XCOW: UFO Abduction is an arcadey PICO-8 game made in 48 hours for the 2023 GMTK Game Jam.

Play as an XCOW operative as she tries to meet her UFO abduction quota each night in a bid to protect her homely farm from extra-terrestrial threats.

How to play

  • Abduct your quota of UFOs before 8am each night. 
  • Abduct UFOs using your Tractor Beam
  • Refill your Tractor Beam by eating Tall Grass
  • If fully eaten, grass will grow slower and become inedible for a short time
  • The Tractor Beam cannot be shot in tall grass


Controls

(O) / UP / ZFire Tractor beam
(x) / DOWN / XEat Grass

Download

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XCOW 1.0 Win.zip 956 kB
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XCOW 1.0 Linux.zip 741 kB
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XCOW 1.0 Mac.zip 3.2 MB

Comments

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Glad to see some PICO8 games in the submissions! Pretty good concept and rather well executed! :D

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Great idea, great artstyle, solid sounds. Love it!