Skullpogo (1.7Mb)
How are you at jumping on (and squishing!) pigs and vampire bats? Does that take your bacon? Ok, so it all sounds a bit, or is that more than a bit insane, but there are power-ups to jump on too so it all adds up to a very good bit of fun. Then there’s the timer, to time you out, and point combos to be obtained by quick multiple squishings! There are also superpigs and superbats to squish for extra points, and mystery powerups to take your chance on. Powerups only last for a short while and some can be of negative use. You have to jump downwards onto the pigs and bats and onto powerups to claim them. If you collect all of the leftover shards after jumping on a golden orb, you automatically advance to the next level. Combos have a time limit shown by the white meter at the top left of the screen, though you can get all-combo powerups that extend how long the combo time lasts quite a while. The time meter is shown in red at top right. If you do well enough you can get on the online score table!
To ride your pogo stick, you use the ‘L/R’ arrow keys to move about, and the ‘Up/Down’ arrow keys to increase or decrease the power of your jump. The pigs are easy enough to jump on, but the bats flit around making them a harder target. And power-ups only stay on the screen for a short time. The ‘Enter’ key is used to select in menu, and to start the game. It has a built-in tutorial (in the main menu) and it’s up to you to score the maximum number of points, which go into the game’s high score table. ‘Esc’ key to quit/return to menu from tutorial and use the ‘F4’ key to play full-screen (set scale screen to ‘on’ for bigger game size) or to toggle back to windowed mode.
The game has 5 stages, and plays in XP, Vista and Win 7. Be patient as it takes a few seconds to load. You can also get this at the iPhone apps store.
Music and sound effects are great together with very nice retro graphics.
It’s a fun game that you probably won’t play for too long at a time, but it’s one to keep coming back to and tremendous for whiling away your coffee break times!
So, what are you waiting for, download and start squishing! Awesome!
Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c77SL-gm-c
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