Revenge of the Duzzles - User Manual
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Installation Guide
- Unzip 'Revenge of the Duzzles.zip'
- Execute 'bin/DuzzlesRevenge.exe'
- Have fun.
Intro
Story
The duzzles are a secret military experiment—a super dust intended to be dropped on enemy soldiers to immobilize them with intense sneezing fits. Their abilities to break apart and reform allowed them to escape from the government lab where they were created. Now they seek vengeance on the world who treated them as mere vacuum fodder.
The government tried a myriad of techniques to stop them but soon realized that only someone who had devoted their lives to dust elimination would have the sheer tenacity to eliminate the duzzles. They contacted Lisette, the Super Maid, to help them. Only Lisette, with her intimate knowledge of dust and her tried and true dust destroying techniques, can wield the specially-made feather duster and spray bottle to eliminate the dust trying to destroy the world.
Characters
Lisette
Ever since she was a child, Lisette has had an extreme allergy to dust. It often limited her ability to play with the other children who enjoyed hiding under beds and poking around other dusty places; she always lost hide and seek. Her frustration manifested itself in an extreme hatred of dust and a determination to rid the world of dust so that no one would ever be left out the way she was. Over the years, she developed a reputation for being an unstoppable dust destroying machine earning her the nickname Super Maid. Lisette has an extreme allergy to dust so being hit by the duzzles will kill her.
Duzzles
Originally created by the government as a super weapon, duzzles achieved sentience and they are pissed!! Being comprised of dust and possessing all the motives that one would expect of angry dust balls, they are out for revenge. Tired of being forced to hide under beds, being swept under rugs, and being shunned they long to take revenge on a world that shunned them.
Instructions
As Lisette, you fly through the air avoiding the duzzles who will instantly kill you if they get directly in your nose. However, merely grazing them will only tickle your allergies and can build up the energy for an explosive sneeze which will damage the duzzles.
Use your spray bottle’s two firing modes to destroy the duzzles and your feather duster to deflect them. Watch out, because they will divide if they get too large!
Complete each level by destroying all the duzzles. Smaller duzzles are worth more points than larger ones.
HUD
Controls
For testing purposes, the demo also has the following controls: P - level up instantly, I - player invincibility, F3 - Debug info
Abilities
Move
The player is always facing up. While she can move all over the screen, she can only shoot directly ahead of her. She will have to use her shield to avoid being hit by duzzles from other directions and move the duzzles to parts of the screen where they can be hit with her spray bottle.
Shoot
The player fires with a "spray bottle". The spray bottle has two modes of fire: straight stream and wide spray. Projectiles from the spray bottle will all have the same amount of power. Whether spray or stream is used will only determine the range and behavior of the projectile. Players can hold down the button for continuous fire. Projectiles will not bounce off the sides of the screen the way the duzzles will.
Spray
This firing mode will shoot two streams of bullets from either side of the player—one stream per spray bottle. These bullets have a range that extends from the player to the edge of the screen. This firing mode has a faster rate of fire than spray mode but only two bullets are fired at a time and only straight ahead.
Stream
This firing mode will shoot two sprays of bullets from either side of the player (one stream per spray bottle). Each spray is made up of three bullets meaning that each time the player fires, a total of six bullets are emitted. These bullets are fired in arcs that emit diagonally away from the player sprite’s upper left and right corners. The area between the two streams is approximately the areas protected by the feather duster. In contrast to the stream mode, these bullets will fire at a slower rate and have a short range. The bullets will fade after a set period of time.
Sneeze bomb
Coming too close to a duzzle without it touching her will only tickle her allergies. It will allow her to charge up a sneeze shot which acts as a bomb and can clear sections of the screen.
The gauge for the sneeze bombs increases based on the amount of time Lisette spends grazing. Upon topping off the gauge, the player will receive one sneeze bomb which they can save or use at their discretion. The player can only have a maximum of 5 bombs. Once they have reached that amount, the gauge will no longer go up until they use one of their bombs.
When the sneeze bomb is triggered, it will emit a destructive cloud radially from the player's location. How much damage duzzles caught in the cloud take depends on how close they are to the sneeze's center.
Credits
The Girls and Ey
Heather Arbiter
- Lead Designer
- Producer
- Documentation
- Systems Programmer
- Level Spawn Patterns
- Balance & Difficulty Design
- General Programmer
Kelley Piering
- Lead Artist
- Art assets
- Flash prototype
- Level Maps
- General Programmer
- Game Designer
- Interface Designer
Sela Davis
- Lead Sound Designer
- Sound assets
- Composer
- Audio programmer
- General Programmer
- Game Designer
Michael Ey
- Lead Programmer
- Game Engine Design and Development
- Graphics Programmer
- Systems Programmer
- AI Programmer
- Game Designer
Original concept
- Kelley Piering and Michael Ey
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Additional Testers
- Matthew Turner
- Matthew Glynn
Disclaimers and Warnings
Photosensitive Seizure Warning
A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including flashing lights or patterns that may appear in video games. Even people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may have an undiagnosed condition that can cause these "photosensitive epileptic seizures" while watching video games.
These seizures may have a variety of symptoms, including lightheadedness, altered vision, eye or face twitching, jerking or shaking of arms or legs, disorientation, confusion, or momentary loss of awareness. Seizures may also cause loss of consciousness or convulsions that can lead to injury from falling down or striking nearby objects.
Immediately stop playing and consult a doctor if you experience any of these symptoms. Parents should watch for or ask their children about the above symptoms - children and teenagers are more likely than adults to experience these seizures.
The risk of photosensitive epileptic seizures may be reduced by taking the following precautions:
- Play in a well-lit room
- Do not play when you are drowsy or fatigued
If you or any of your relatives have a history of seizures or epilepsy, consult a doctor before playing.
Disclaimers
The Girls and Ey take no responsibility for injuries or addictions caused by Revenge of the Duzzles.
