CandyCane

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SoCoder -> Showcase Home -> Shoot 'em Up

Nolan	Created : 30 August 2007 Edited : 12 September 2007 System : Windows Language : Blitz Max CandyCane Christmas themed shoot-em-up. CandyCane Download
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This is a Christmas themed shoot-em-up originally made for the Devcrunch Christmas competition. It was later entered into Shmup-Dev's autofire competition. Kill all the enemies and spawn points to advance to the next level. Collect presents to upgrade your weapon. Controls: WASD - Move in corresponding direction. Left Mouse - Shoot in direction of mouse pointer. The file is being hosted by Gosse of Nuclear Loaded Entertainment.

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Thursday, 30 August 2007, 12:42
blanko1324	Pros + It's very fun, very challenging when you reach later levels. The graphics are simple, but really clean, sharp, and they all go together well. The snowballs add to the game-play, as well as the many different badies. Cons - Though it does have Christmas sprites, it really wasn't a Christmas themed game. Get what I mean? But since we're not judging it for a competition at the moment, who cares! The pacing could be tweaked a little; very little. Levels went from extremely easy, kill-one-guy type of deals, then to some really hard ones, especially playing the first time around, then easy again...etc. The boss was awesome.
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 12:47
shroom_monk	Hmmm... I downloaded it, and tried to run it. But all I got was a blank MS-DOS screen.
Thursday, 30 August 2007, 14:46
Nolan	Shroom_Monk: That's the console window... the game window should follow shortly. Not sure what the problem is, though. Blanko: Thanks for the review! I agree entirely with the lack of Christmas in the actual game... I guess I was trying too hard to make the game fit in both the Devcrunch and Shmup-Dev competitions. As for the pacing, you're definitely right. I'll admit that as the competition deadlines came closer, I began to throw levels together, without really testing them. Another thing that I would change if I were to go back and edit the source (which probably won't happen) would be to have a level fall-back. For instance, lose all your lives on level 20 and the next time you start, you'll be on level 15 to begin. Thanks again!
Friday, 31 August 2007, 09:34
mole	Argh, I lost my last life on the boss Great fun though.
Saturday, 15 September 2007, 11:02
Forklift_Fred	I love the sleigh bells! That Gingerbread Man is a tough cookie but I got him eventually Only problem I found with it was when you dead and start again from the beginning, it doesn't reset score and presents. I also found that my health started half way down sometimes as well though which didn't help.

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