Paddle Battle Pegasus

Paddle Battle Pegasus

This game is from the old Ludum Dare platform. You can try viewing the original page on Web Archive
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audio: 3.12
coolness: 0.70
fun: 3.18
graphics: 3.02
humor: 2.10
innovation: 3.47
mood: 2.67
overall: 3.09
theme: 2.67
Boltz consists of Jeff (Code/Design), Brandon (Art/Design), and Dawn (Design). This represents 58 hours of work start to finish, but about 76 man-hours.

The Story:

An ancient sea monster of centuries old has awoken. It's gaping yawn creating a whirlpool stretching down to the depths. The razor-lined maw will crush anything so unfortunate to drift near. As the glimmering remains of those caught in it's path drift by, only one ship dares to plunge straight into the eye of the storm. The Pegasus.

Some say it is captained by Lief Ericson reincarnate. Others, Captain Jack himself. But the general consensus is that I take my mythology like my martinis, shaken AND stirred.

Embrace the stomach-dropping plunge into the vortex. Satiate your greed with gold wrought of other's misfortune. And if nothing else, keep that pretty mug clear of the undulating appendages ready to suck that grin right off your face!

Controls:

WASD and Arrow keys to guide your ship.

UP = speed boost

DOWN = Drag (Slow Down)

LEFT & RIGHT = Rotate

ESC = Reset Game

M = Mute

Goal

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Collect gold to fill your chest.

Meet the quota to send gold to the bank.

Try to lock in the highest score.

Damage

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The monster grows more angry with every completed chest.

You can survive 2 hits from a tentacle, but the monster yields insta-death.

Death

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When you die, you may chose to sacrifice a chest OR to lock in your score.

If you choose to continue, a chest will be thrown back into the sea at random.

Gold thrown back into the sea is taken away from your score (unless you scramble to pick it up)

Chests

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Sacrificed chests do not count towards your score unless filled again.

If all chests are full when the next is completed, the lowest value chest will be replaced.

Scoring

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Score = Chests in the bank + gold in the chest being filled.

Let us know in the comments what your best high-score was!!!

Concept: Deal or No Deal crossed with an infinite runner wrapped around a sea monster... BENEATH THE SURFACE.
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