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Trike

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Genre: Action, Arcade

Platforms: PC

Languages: English

Players: Single-player

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Sep 11, 2012 @ 9:50pm

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Description

Playable demo!
http://ultimatewalrus.com/trike

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Trike is an intense action-arcade game unlike any other. To score, you'll need to fight back an endlessly growing mass of writhing worms. Blast tunnels through the chaos to get to the score orbs, or use the more destructive nukes to clear a larger area and scatter the worms to buy some time. You're not just fighting enemies... you're fighting an entire pixel-based "terrain grid" (a la Worms or Scorched Earth).

Think you've mastered it? Watch out: four different game modes turn the game completely on its head. To unlock everything you'll need fast reflexes, coordination, and quick decision making skills. You can even compete with your friends for high scores on the online high score charts. While it's fun for beginners too, more advanced players can test their gaming skill by going for the higher score. It's classic arcade fun --- but with a totally new form of gameplay.

From Sebastian Janisz, the man behind Kotaku- and Destructoid-featured Snake 2, and creator of the Indiegames.com-, Edge magazine-, and NPR-featured Lackadaisium, as well as many more great free games available on ultimatewalrus.com. Supporting this game will allow me to make many more great games in the future, both free and paid!

Features:

Classic arcade fun with unique, compelling skill-based gameplay.
Fight an army of worms inside a pixel-based terrain grid.
Survival horror-esque, rotation-based controls (in most modes!).
Many different weapons to fight back the worm hoard, including nukes, triple-detonation nukes, split nukes, hyperspace, lasers, and super lasers!
Different kinds of worms. Flammable glossworms, growing mossworms, and angry bossworms.
Four unlockable modes with unique twists on the gameplay, almost like four different games!
Online high score charts so you can compete with your friends to be the best.
Gamepad and rumble support, including stereo rumble for Xbox 360 controllers!
Help out a budding indie developer who will continue to offer many free games on ultimatewalrus.com!

While the game will always be pixel art, many of the graphical assets are due for an overhaul. I wanted to get this game up as quickly as I could so I can move on to other projects (I have to pay my rent somehow), however if it got onto Steam I would certainly come back to it. As an arcade game it's not intended to provide you with a long-lasting experience, but small concentrated doses of fun. It would most likely be priced pretty cheaply.

Are there any new features that would be a major selling point for you personally? Please leave them in the comments! If there seems to be a lot of demand for a particular feature I can put it in the final version, and if the game ever gets onto Steam it'd certainly justify the overhead of doing so.

Wanna help out even more? Like Trike on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/trikegame

81 Comments

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NeoGA`TheLegendOfSanchez May 21, 2013 @ 7:57pm

:D wp

MAMEiac May 21, 2013 @ 7:39am

Looks good

Haraken Apr 8, 2013 @ 12:10am

Eventually, better graphics? YAY! Now here's my seal of approvement to this game. Hope it'll have the screen filled with ennemies and butcher(or dig, in this case) out way out of them.

Quarantine Mar 12, 2013 @ 1:52pm

Awesome)

UltimateWalrus [author] Feb 21, 2013 @ 2:14pm

Hey all,

This game is on the backburner currently. I have to work on other projects right now (gotta pay the rent somehow), but the full version of Trike will eventually be released. As I've said I want to redo the graphics, possibly double the resolution, and maybe even write some shaders to pretty things up a bit. If the game got on Steam I'd be able to move Trike to the front of my priorities but otherwise it's gotta wait its turn.

If you want to be notified when the game is close ot being done, you can like Trike's facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/trikegame). If you'd like to see what other projects I'm working on, you can like Ultimate Walrus (http://www.facebook.com/ultimatewalrus) or just keep an eye on ultimatewalrus.com.

I may try another Greenlight campaign in the future for a larger version of our game, "Isopark," as I feel it'd be much more likely to succeed here. Trike will likely be finished before this happens though.

Thanks,
Sebastian

tomkot Feb 9, 2013 @ 7:52am

Simple graphics but outstanding game-play!

putis.spencerhere9000 Feb 4, 2013 @ 9:13am

i upvoted am looking forward to seeing a new game i hope there will be a trike 2 or something keep up the good work

Psychohead Jan 17, 2013 @ 7:55pm

Well, at least it's a different take on twin-stick.

The Wuggly Ump Jan 17, 2013 @ 7:21am

I think this has potential. Maybe a sequel with more features, good music, and new art (I actually love the art, but I think I might be the only one) would do better here.

Oblivion Jan 16, 2013 @ 9:27am

interesting ut please add some more powerups or making this game different. I wont lie and say that this game is unique. I do like that the computer is drawing out obstacles as u play but please add some really unique and intriguing new feature

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