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>
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