#dark crawler

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

This is exactly as bad as it looks... and we are on our way to a big Hulk change... one that I’m not a huge fan of.. at least not yet...

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

Hey guys, remember the Dark-Crawler!? yeah... me either...

[lastofavari]

Dark Crawler 1.3

Update 1.3 expands tiny Dark Crawler worlds and introduces some other UI and gameplay improvements.

What’s new:

UI/GAMEPLAY: Simple top score value replaced with the new top score table that stores 10 records of both points and player names.

LEVELS: Level size expanded from 20 to 22 lines.

LEVELS: All 16 levels are rewritten to better utilize larger playable area.

UI: Statbar rearranged to make more space for the levels.

UI: New menu system instead of simple title screen.

UI: Added frames for end level extra bonus information and player name input.

Download -  www.lastofavari.com/darkcrawler

[lastofavari]

Dark Crawler 1.2

Update 1.2 introduces a whole bunch of new features, even more customization as well as new and updated levels.

What’s new:

LEVELS: New block - Barrier - a player-breakable block, takes an extra turn to be destroyed.

LEVELS: "The X Spectrum", "Lode Walker" levels added.

LEVELS: Custom level index file support added (/LI:filename command line option).

LEVELS: "Crack the Core", "Underscore Invaders", "Sliced Castle", "Arena", "Blaster Squad", "Nowhere, TX", "Run Out", "Recursion" levels updated to include barrier blocks.

ENEMY AI: AI will override hunt mode direction axis if the path to the longest distance is blocked.  

ENEMY AI: Optimized enemy AI hunt mode code.

CONTROLS: Optimized player controls logic structure.

BONUS: Extra points for unspent keys upon finishing the level (10 pts/key).

BONUS: Level complete bonus starts at 50 pts & increased by 5 pts/level.

SOUND FX: Added Barrier destruction sound.

GRAPHIC FX: Improved title & level clear effects.

GRAPHIC FX: Colour splash effect to bring up the player at the level start.

UI: A number of stars is displayed for both the current qty and the goal.

Download -  www.lastofavari.com/darkcrawler

[justdealingwithsomeissues]

Hulk vs the Giant Space Amoeba 

[lastofavari]

Dark Crawler 1.1

Update 1.1 comes with extra levels and a few other additions and improvements.

What’s new:

TITLE SCREEN: LastofAvari LoA logo is shown when you start the game. Use “/nologo“ command line option to skip it

SOUND FX: disable sound effects with "/nosound" command line option

LEVELS: "Recursion" and "Crawler Dash" levels added

LEVELS: press R to reset and restart the current level for 1 life

LEVELS: level "We Need to Go Deeper" renamed to "Chambers"

Download - www.lastofavari.com/darkcrawler

[agent-42]

Who that Champion?! It’ Dark Crawler

[lastofavari]

Dark Crawler public beta 1

The first beta doesn’t bring gameplay changes, but makes game completion at least somewhat rewarding.

What’s new:

GRAPHIC FX: animated sequence for the victory screen

GRAPHIC FX: animated sequence for the failure screen

GRAPHIC FX: transition effects for screen switching

UI: info bar appears upon exiting the game

LEVELS: “Blaster Squad” level added

LEVELS: “Sliced Castle” level is updated for the new AI

Download -  www.lastofavari.com/darkcrawler