NAME¶
titanion - strike down super high-velocity swooping insects
DESCRIPTION¶
Strike down super high-velocity swooping insects. Fixed shooter in the good old
days, 'Titanion'.
Titanion is an abstract shooter game. While we fire with one button, the other
one acts as a tractor ray to attract the enemies and take them to the combat
line.
The game in itself is quite simple, but with such graphics and playability that
it's a great experience to play.
OPTIONS¶
These command-line options are available:
- -brightness n
- Set the brightness of the screen. (n = 0 - 100, default =
100)
- -res x y
- Set the screen resolution to (x, y). (default = 640,
480)
- -nosound
- Stop the sound.
- -bgmvol n
- Set the volume of the background music. (n = 0 - 128,
default = 100)
- -sevol n
- Set the volume of the sound effects. (n = 0 - 128, default
= 100)
- -window
- Run in windowed mode.
- -fullscreen
- Run in full-screen mode.
- -exchange
- Exchange the shot button and the beam button.
- -trail
- Add a trail effect to enemies.
- -noslowdown
- Stop an intentional slowdown.
- -randomized
- Attack patterns of enemies randomly change with each
play.
USAGE¶
* How to start
At the title screen, you can select a game mode (CLASSIC, BASIC, MODERN) with
the up/down key. Push a shot button to start a game.
- CLASSIC mode
-
- Sporadic firing.
- Use a capture beam to make a friend of an enemy.
- When your ship collides against an enemy, your ship is destroyed.
- BASIC mode
-
- Middle course.
- You can use the capture beam anytime.
- When your ship collides against an enemy, your ship is knocked away.
- MODERN mode
-
- Bullet hell.
- Use a provocation beam to force an enemy to fire more bullets and earn a
bullet multiplier bonus.
- When your ship collides against an enemy, nothing happens. Your ship and
an enemy go through each other.
* How to play
Avoid incoming bullets and strike down all enemies.
Controls:
- Move
- Arrow / Num / [WASD] / [IJKL] / Stick
- Shot
- [Z][L-Ctrl][R-Ctrl][.] / Button 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
Hold down a button to fire automatically.
+ MODERN mode
- Hold a provocation beam button at the same time
to slow down speed of your ship and fire intensively.
- Capture beam / Provocation beam
- [X][L-Alt][R-Alt][L-Shift][R-Shift][/][Return] / Button 2,
4, 6, 8, 10, 12
+ CLASSIC mode - Capture beam
You can capture enemies with the capture beam.
To fire the capture beam, a capture beam energy (displayed in the left
panel)
should be full. The capture beam energy increased when you destroy an
enemy.
Captured enemies are lined up beside the player and
counterattack to other enemies.
Your ship is invincible when you are firing the capture beam.
+ BASIC mode - Capture beam
You can use the capture beam anytime, but your ship isn't invincible
while firing.
+ MODERN mode - Provocation beam
The provocation beam forces an enemy to fire more bullets and
you can earn more bullet multiplier bonus.
You have to release the shot button to fire the provocation beam.
- Pause
- [P]
- Exit / Return to the title
- [ESC]
Multiplier:
A score multiplier is displayed in the upper right. It increases when you
destroy a enemy and decreases slowly when the enemy is on the screen.
Proximity multiplier:
- BASIC mode
- When you destroy an enemy at close range, you can get a
proximity multiplier (Max x16).
Bullet multiplier:
- MODERN mode
- When you destroy a pink midsize enemy, bullets flying
side-by-side are changed into a bullet multiplier in a chain reaction. Use
the provocation beam to the midsize enemy to get higher bonus.
Extra ship:
- CLASSIC mode
- You earn an extra ship every 100,000 points.
- BASIC mode
- You earn an extra ship every 1,000,000 points.
- MODERN mode
- A score to earn the next extra ship is displayed in the
upper left.
SEE ALSO¶
You can find more about the game on its homepage:
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/ttn_e.html
AUTHOR¶
This game has been written by Kenta Cho <cs8k-cyu@asahi-net.or.jp>