Beschreibung
Ocean Detox
A game entry for the annual ABBUC Software Contest 2010. Released in August 2010.
Objective
The
objective of the game is to destroy all toxic barrels in the oceans
around the world with a submarine that is equipped with
toxic-neutralizer mines. You cannot control the submarine movement,
only release mines/torpedoes. There is a total of 10 levels (2 levels
for each world ocean) to be cleared, with various bonuses to be
collected and increasing difficulty.
There are some nice upgrades to
be collected, like shield, fast mines or mega mines. The game starts
with 4 torpedoes, 1 fast mine, 1 mega mine and 1 shield. Torpedoes are
always filled up on each level. All other upgrades are transferred from
the previous level.
Bonuses
Decrease Speed, Increase Speed,
Torpedo, Mega Mine, Fast Mine, Ship Up, Shield, Decrease Score,
Increase Score, Pause, Random Bonus
Controls
Title screen:
Start Start game
Ingame:
Fire Drop mine
Joystick down Drop fast mine (or a normal one if depleted)
Joystick up Drop mega mine (or a normal one if depleted)
Joystick right Shoot torpedo
Esc Abort game
Requirements
Atari
8-bit computer with 64 kBytes of RAM and a joystick. Tested on PAL
800XL/XE models. Should work on NTSC machines (not extensively tested).
Authors
Code by Marek Pavlík (MaPa)
Ingame graphics, game design, sfx and documentation by Zdeněk Eisenhammer (PG)
All other graphics (logos, static pictures) by Adam Powroznik (Ooz)
Music by Michal Szpilowski (Miker)
Betatesting by all of the authors plus František Houra (Fandal) and Radek Štěrba (Raster). Thank you!
Hints & Background Information
- The
game was inspired by a PC game „Ponorka“ made by a Czech developer
group Trion team (see http://www.trionteam.net/ponorka.php).
- The
development started in April 2010, with a long break between half of
June and half of August. The game was finished just on the day ABBUC
Contest deadline.
- The number of barrels in each level is gradually increasing.
- The base speed of the submarine increases every two levels.
- You can have a maximum of 4 torpedoes, 9 shields, 9 mega mines and 9 fast mines.
- If you already have 9 shields, mega mines or fast mines, you get a +500 bonus instead of +250.
- If you have a shield, you can run through one barrel without being destroyed.
- A normal mine destroys 4 barrels in a column at once.
- A fast mine is like a normal mine, only falling twice as fast.
- A mega mine is a mine that destroys a whole column of barrels.
- The
Pause bonus stops your submarine until the mine that collected it
disappears. This gives you some time to think and allows you to drop
another mine earlier.
- When shooting a torpedo, it won't
collect bonuses (it destroys them) and score will decrease by 100
points for every barrel.
- When hitting a bonus with the submarine, it is collected.
Link to video sample
http://www.preklad.biz/stuff/Ocean_Detox.avi
