Photagogue
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Photagogue is my 9th Ludum Dare. If you were here for the last Ludum Dare, I made Arc, and just recently I submitted it to IndieCade.
Photagogue is a Pixelated Beat 'em up game. Why is the game called Photagogue (FO-TUH-GOG)? Read the story for the game and you'll see why.
Unfortunately I didn't have enough time to draw the Time Machine House, so that's why the house says "[Insert Time Machine House Here]"
INSTRUCTIONS: Left and Right Arrow Keys to move, Up Arrow Key to Jump (wall jump off walls, you can keep pressing Up as long as you're on a wall), and Z to Fight. You must kill all dinos to go further.
TIP: It's easier to fight the Dinos while moving.
If you've streamed this game on Twitch already, please let me know in the comments.
Story:
July, 2041: [Two guys in a small house]. Middle-Aged Scientist shows his young Assistant, Cycle, vials of an element that can harness light, and lead to Time Travel: Photagogue. He then explains how the Time Machine he made works and how the Photagogue goes with it. Cycle then stares him into the eye, pulls out a gun, says, "Why didn't you save him?! You could've saved him!" "You know why Cycle! I told you--" and then Cycle shoots him in the chest. The Scientist pulls out a small glass box with a button in, opens it, and presses the button as he starts to tear up. The set of vials of the Photogogue explodes. Cycle then shoots him more times in the chest till he collapses. After the Scientist has his last breath, Cycle heads over to the broken vials, and he's furious. As he walks back to the dead body, he stumbles across a glass cup on the floor, filled with some of the remains of the Photagogue. He sighs in relief. He then continues to walk to the dead body, and checks the Scientist's pockets for anything significant. He finds a piece of paper with a list that the Scientist has been hiding, in his left pocket. The list consists of Times and Locations, and is titled: Photagogue Checkpoints. Cycle desires for more fuel for the Time Machine, so he looks for one of the easiest Checkpoints: A mining site located in the Yucatan Peninsula, 2016. Before he goes on his expedition, he puts on a ski-mask. He's now ready to go, so he pours the remains of the Photagogue into the machine, presses a button, and the whole house rumbles. Then a loud noise goes off, and all of a sudden the year is 2016 and the house is near a mining site in the Yucatan Peninsula. Cycle holsters his gun, and walks out of the house. He heads off to the mines, and sees a guy mining slowly, with a huge smile on his face. Cycle sees a bright green rock in the miners pocket. He assumes it's a rock consisted of Photagogue, so he follows the miner as he leaves. When the miner is walking in a secluded area, Cycle comes up from behind, shoots him in the head, grabs the rock out of his pocket and runs off back to the house. He then melts the rock to get a liquid substance of the Photagogue. Since the Time Machine can also teleport, with less Photagogue needed than time traveling, Cycle pours a little bit of it into the Machine and teleports to California (Subject to change). He can't go back to all these locations alone, it's not safe. He wants someone else to do his dirty work for him. Cycle then goes to bed and sleeps.
Next day, scene cuts to a girl with the name of Rose, in her mid-twenties, in her apartment on the phone, saying "See you soon, I love you, bye." She walks out of her apartment, towards her car, and out of nowhere Cycle (with masked-face) puts a bag over her head, a gag around her mouth, and puts her in the backseat of a car, tied up, and drives off.
Same day, scene cuts to a well-dressed guy with the name of Kane, in his mid-twenties, in his apartment (different apartment complex). He walks out towards his car, and again Cycle puts a bag over his head, a gag around his mouth, and puts him next to the girl in the backseat of his car, tied up. Cycle then drives off to the Time Machine House, takes them both out of the car and brings them both in the house. He puts them both in fold out chairs, but puts the girl in the corner of the room and the guy in the center. Cycle takes the bag off Kane's head. Cycle says to him, "You're gonna need to do something for me. Well, many things but--" "Why do you figure that?" Cycle goes over to the girl, takes the bag off her head and says "Well you seem like a nice guy, I'm pretty sure you'll comply." "Don't you touch her!" "Nah I won't touch her, this may though *pulls out a knife*." "I'm listening..." "Good. Now shut up. Ok so what I'm about to tell you may sound like a joke but... What you're sitting in... *He scoffs* Is a time machine." "What?..." Kane says. "In 65.5 Million BC, in the Yucatan Peninsula, the element Photagogue was discovered. The element was inside the asteroids that lead to the massacre of the dinosaurs. You see this empty vial? You're going to go back there, retrieve the Photagogue, and come back here in 2016. Got it?" Kane is speechless. "The dinos may be a little nippy so be careful, because this isn't your only mission. Well, you just press this button when you're ready and you'll be off. Your girl and I will walk out of the house and wait for you to come back. Remember, retrieve the element, come back here, to this date, and the girl doesn't die." "What the hell is going on?!" "Hey! Retrieve the element and nobody dies, you hear?! Now again, I already set the date and location in here, you just press this button when you're ready. Have a good one." Cycle walks out the house with the girl. Kane breathes heavy in awe of what had just happened. "Well... No time to lose." He then presses the button, and it's now 65.5 million BC, in the Yucatan Peninsula.
There's more to the story after all the missions Kane has to do, but you'll have to wait till the game is complete (a long time).
Tools:
Language: HTML5 and JavaScript
Graphics: MS Paint (Yeah I know, I’m going to start looking at Pyxel Edit)
Audio: FL Studio & sfxr
Level Editor: Ogmo Editor
Follow me on Twitter: @ccolongames
Become a Patron: patreon.com/ccolongames
Check out my past LDs or some other games I've made, at: ccolongames.com
*If you're going to play the game right here, then click the Fullscreen button.
Photagogue is my 9th Ludum Dare. If you were here for the last Ludum Dare, I made Arc, and just recently I submitted it to IndieCade.
Photagogue is a Pixelated Beat 'em up game. Why is the game called Photagogue (FO-TUH-GOG)? Read the story for the game and you'll see why.
Unfortunately I didn't have enough time to draw the Time Machine House, so that's why the house says "[Insert Time Machine House Here]"
INSTRUCTIONS: Left and Right Arrow Keys to move, Up Arrow Key to Jump (wall jump off walls, you can keep pressing Up as long as you're on a wall), and Z to Fight. You must kill all dinos to go further.
TIP: It's easier to fight the Dinos while moving.
If you've streamed this game on Twitch already, please let me know in the comments.
Story:
July, 2041: [Two guys in a small house]. Middle-Aged Scientist shows his young Assistant, Cycle, vials of an element that can harness light, and lead to Time Travel: Photagogue. He then explains how the Time Machine he made works and how the Photagogue goes with it. Cycle then stares him into the eye, pulls out a gun, says, "Why didn't you save him?! You could've saved him!" "You know why Cycle! I told you--" and then Cycle shoots him in the chest. The Scientist pulls out a small glass box with a button in, opens it, and presses the button as he starts to tear up. The set of vials of the Photogogue explodes. Cycle then shoots him more times in the chest till he collapses. After the Scientist has his last breath, Cycle heads over to the broken vials, and he's furious. As he walks back to the dead body, he stumbles across a glass cup on the floor, filled with some of the remains of the Photagogue. He sighs in relief. He then continues to walk to the dead body, and checks the Scientist's pockets for anything significant. He finds a piece of paper with a list that the Scientist has been hiding, in his left pocket. The list consists of Times and Locations, and is titled: Photagogue Checkpoints. Cycle desires for more fuel for the Time Machine, so he looks for one of the easiest Checkpoints: A mining site located in the Yucatan Peninsula, 2016. Before he goes on his expedition, he puts on a ski-mask. He's now ready to go, so he pours the remains of the Photagogue into the machine, presses a button, and the whole house rumbles. Then a loud noise goes off, and all of a sudden the year is 2016 and the house is near a mining site in the Yucatan Peninsula. Cycle holsters his gun, and walks out of the house. He heads off to the mines, and sees a guy mining slowly, with a huge smile on his face. Cycle sees a bright green rock in the miners pocket. He assumes it's a rock consisted of Photagogue, so he follows the miner as he leaves. When the miner is walking in a secluded area, Cycle comes up from behind, shoots him in the head, grabs the rock out of his pocket and runs off back to the house. He then melts the rock to get a liquid substance of the Photagogue. Since the Time Machine can also teleport, with less Photagogue needed than time traveling, Cycle pours a little bit of it into the Machine and teleports to California (Subject to change). He can't go back to all these locations alone, it's not safe. He wants someone else to do his dirty work for him. Cycle then goes to bed and sleeps.
Next day, scene cuts to a girl with the name of Rose, in her mid-twenties, in her apartment on the phone, saying "See you soon, I love you, bye." She walks out of her apartment, towards her car, and out of nowhere Cycle (with masked-face) puts a bag over her head, a gag around her mouth, and puts her in the backseat of a car, tied up, and drives off.
Same day, scene cuts to a well-dressed guy with the name of Kane, in his mid-twenties, in his apartment (different apartment complex). He walks out towards his car, and again Cycle puts a bag over his head, a gag around his mouth, and puts him next to the girl in the backseat of his car, tied up. Cycle then drives off to the Time Machine House, takes them both out of the car and brings them both in the house. He puts them both in fold out chairs, but puts the girl in the corner of the room and the guy in the center. Cycle takes the bag off Kane's head. Cycle says to him, "You're gonna need to do something for me. Well, many things but--" "Why do you figure that?" Cycle goes over to the girl, takes the bag off her head and says "Well you seem like a nice guy, I'm pretty sure you'll comply." "Don't you touch her!" "Nah I won't touch her, this may though *pulls out a knife*." "I'm listening..." "Good. Now shut up. Ok so what I'm about to tell you may sound like a joke but... What you're sitting in... *He scoffs* Is a time machine." "What?..." Kane says. "In 65.5 Million BC, in the Yucatan Peninsula, the element Photagogue was discovered. The element was inside the asteroids that lead to the massacre of the dinosaurs. You see this empty vial? You're going to go back there, retrieve the Photagogue, and come back here in 2016. Got it?" Kane is speechless. "The dinos may be a little nippy so be careful, because this isn't your only mission. Well, you just press this button when you're ready and you'll be off. Your girl and I will walk out of the house and wait for you to come back. Remember, retrieve the element, come back here, to this date, and the girl doesn't die." "What the hell is going on?!" "Hey! Retrieve the element and nobody dies, you hear?! Now again, I already set the date and location in here, you just press this button when you're ready. Have a good one." Cycle walks out the house with the girl. Kane breathes heavy in awe of what had just happened. "Well... No time to lose." He then presses the button, and it's now 65.5 million BC, in the Yucatan Peninsula.
There's more to the story after all the missions Kane has to do, but you'll have to wait till the game is complete (a long time).
Tools:
Language: HTML5 and JavaScript
Graphics: MS Paint (Yeah I know, I’m going to start looking at Pyxel Edit)
Audio: FL Studio & sfxr
Level Editor: Ogmo Editor
Follow me on Twitter: @ccolongames
Become a Patron: patreon.com/ccolongames
Check out my past LDs or some other games I've made, at: ccolongames.com