VAMPIRE BAT
Vampire Bat is my latest game I worked on. It was a school project of me (Jeroen Bekker) and my class mate Björn Hoeksel.
Vampire Bat is a side-scrolling shoot'm up. In this game you control a vampire bat. Because we only had limited time (6 weeks) we could only create one stage with 3 sub-levels and a guardian.
It's programmed in DJGPP using Allegro studio. The graphics were made with PhotoPaint, the bat was taken from Konami's Vampire's Kiss. I hope you like it.SCREENSHOTS
THE STORY
The year is 1256...
Legends spoke over a species related to the feared Vampire Bat. Only a hand full of them seem to have ever existed. They were obsessed by dark magic. Living together in a castle deep in the forest, they tried to summon dark and fearsome monsters, in order to bring destruction to the local villages. After a failed experiment, hundreds of monsters appeared. They seem to have a mind of their own and attacked the Vampire Bats. All were killed except for one. After living in an abandoned cabin for years, Syro-Tev, the only survivor, seeks revenge against the monster who almost wiped out his species.
CONTROLS
Space - Shoot (hold down for auto fire)
ESC - Quit the game.
F1 - Pause the game, press again to continue.
M - Special Attack.
N - Hold your wings still, press again to fly. This move can be useful to avoid enemies, however you can't move up or down.Cheat: Press L during the game to get 9 lives.
POWER UPS
During the game you will find several power-ups. Don't try to shoot on them because the will explode. When you get a weapon power-up of your current weapon, you'll be able to fire it more rapidly. Below you can see all the power-ups.
1-UP
Special
Dragon Tail
Ice
Flame
WEAPONS
There're 3 different weapons in the game. When a weapon power-up is obtained, it will replace your current weapon.
Dragon Tail: This standard weapon is weak but can be fired rapidly.
Ice: An average weapon with mid strength and speed. Effective against fire attacks.
Flame: Takes a long time to charge but brings more damage to the enemies and it burns through them.
SPECIAL
During the game the vampire bat is able to summon a sword to help him destroying his foes. When he appears the enemy will be wounded by his powerful magic flashes. At the begin you can summon him 2 times. By getting power-ups you can extend this number. Three is the maximum number of special attacks.
ENEMIES
Some evil monsters will try to stop the vampire bat from reaching his goal. They are listed below.
Hunting Skull
A hunting flying skull.
Bloody Skull
Flies forward.
Paw
Haunted paw which tries to smash the vampire bat.
Skeleton Hand
Rises from the mud and fires several shots.
Horse's Skull
Flies, fires 3 bullets and then falls.
Flame
Fireball breathed by the level guardian.
THE GUARDIAN OF STAGE 1
This dragon , named Xydarah, is the Guardian of the castle entrance. With his fire breath he scares away intruders who come to close to the castle. He lives in his lava chamber at the bottom of the Castle. He also uses his tail to crush his enemies. His mouth is his weak spot.
DOWNLOAD
You can download the demo version here. It contains the first (and only) level of the game. The game runs the best in the DOS mode. If the game scrolls not smooth, reboot the computer or run it in the dos mode.
SYSTEM REQUEREMENTS:
-486-66 mhz
-4 Mb RAM
-Video card which supports mode 13h
-1 mb diskspace
