Deathwish mode can be enabled by pressing right when highlighting the start button on the title screen.

An inter-galactic war has started between Earth and the Flambéean empire. Before entering the war, Earth sends out a drone powered by the Targeted Enemy Destructor (T.E.D.) -- a supercomputer built for air combat -- to scout a nearby galaxy for rare minerals named star aniseed. Using these, Earth hopes to give their international space fleet the advantage they need to bring this war to an end.

Controls

Z (X button): Rapid fire - Confirm (Menu)

X (A button): Bomb

C (B button): Focus fire

Left Shift (Y button): Activate cook mode

Arrow Keys (D-pad): Move

Scoring

Your ship has two modes: prep mode and cook mode. To activate cook mode, you must have 100 or more apple gems, which you can get from defeating enemies and canceling bullets. 

Activating cook mode will turn apple gems into coins whenever they appear. Coins are worth more points that gems, and will count more towards your final score.

While in cook mode, your apple gems will slowly go down until they reach zero. Your shots will also be more powerful, and your ship's focus shot can destroy more bullets and turn them into coins. Once you run out of apple gems, your ship will go back to prep mode.

Tips

* Activating cook mode will turn all bullets on-screen into apple gems.

* Your ship's focus shot can destroy a limited number of bullets.

* The probes on the side of your ship will double the amount of apple gems an enemy drops if their shots defeat them.

Credits

Programming, Art, Music, and SFX by Gardenia

Made with GameMaker

Music and SFX created with Furnace tracker

Made for Shovel Jam 2025