Vulcan I - Purebasic

Vulcan I is a side-scrolling space shooter written in Purebasic. This was my first major attempt at programming a game and is far from perfect. Vulcan I features 7 full length levels, each ending with a boss battle, many of which are redundant. Each level is unique and has its own array of enemies and terrains. Equip various power ups to prepare for the final showdown to save the universe.

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About Vulcan

Keyboard:
• Direction Keys - moves the ship in the designated direction
• Space - shoots the selected weapon
• Left Alt - Cycles through the weapon arsenal
• C - Pause/Unpause
• V - Speed down *as of now it speeds down very rapidly
• R - Resets the game

Controller:
• Dpad or analog - moves the ship in the designated direction
• button 3 - shoots the selected weapon
• button 1 - speed down
• button 7 & 8 - Cycle through weapon arsenal
• start - pause *** push any other button to unpause
• select - reset game

Beam Weapons
• Phazor - The basic weapon at your disposal. however this weapon
• can become quite devastating.
• Homing - A ball of energy launches at all the enemies on the screen
• Plasma - A powerful bolt of plasma
• Charge - slow to charge but the power is worth it
• Vulcan - The most lethal weapon and has the most deadly upgrades. enemies will think twice about attacking you. :)

Upgrades
• Speedup - The ships speed increases
• Beams - Upon aquiring these powerups a new weapon will be available
• Armorup - Not only does the ships armor increase but so does its appearance
• Special - Each weapon has its own unique upgrade.

Misc
• Points - scores an extra 500 points
• Difficulty - easy, medium
• Unlockable Difficulty - hard, super ultra mega hard
• Unlockable mode - bonus mode - beat the game in super ultra mega hard
• saves hiScore and 6 character name

The music for Vulcan is a tune made by Anthony Lofton, and it alone should make you want to keep playing the game.

Credits

Programmer

• Kenny Cason

Graphics Design

• Kenny Cason
• David Johnson
• Josh Daughtery
• Nintendo

Music

• Anthony Lofton

Beta Testers

• John Deforest
• Kenny Cason
• David Johnson
• Connie Jiang
• Gladson-Ripley Dorm