Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Peer Johannsen

Vectrex Academy 2021 Project

Game Title

  • INSTIGATOR

Project Status

  • Project completed
  • Release version available for download
  • Please send feedback

Synopsis

  • Play hide-and-seek with your enemies and let them destroy each other!

How To Play

  • Move the hero around in the arena.
  • A few seconds after the level starts, the enemies will start wandering around to random locations.
  • The enemies' field of view is displayed by a darker triangle in front of them.
  • Walk into an enemies' field of view to get them to hunt and shoot.
  • The player is always faster than the enemies.
  • Their weapons have to be charged up, which is displayed by lines, which become brighter in three stages. At the final stage, the shot is fired, hitting everything inside the enemy's field of view (no projectile is spawned).
  • Lure the hunting enemy, so that it shoots the other one! If one of them hits the other - both will explode.
  • Once all enemies are dead, you will be awarded points based on the remaining seconds for the level and the next level will start.
  • If time runs out, you lose. If you have no lives left, the game is over.

Game Rules

  • Make the enemy hunt you by moving into its field of view.
  • The enemy will then chase you and start shooting, only the third stage of the shot will do damage.
  • When an enemy hits another enemy, the shot enemy will explode (the explosion does not do any harm however).
  • Once there is only one enemy left, the player is given the ability to perform a strike himself.
  • To strike, the player needs to be close to the remaining enemy and press button 4, which will do a circular sword sweep around the player.
  • The attack is only possible if
    • only one enemy is left and
    • the player is close enough to the enemy.
  • A timer in the bottom left corner displays the remaining time. Once the time is over, the game is over. Each level starts with 32 seconds.
  • Points are awarded for speed. If all enemies are destroyed, the timer is stopped and the remaining seconds are added to the score.

Author

  • Racoon

Concept Art

Screenshots

Downloads

  • Beta release candidate: instigator.bin
  • Overlay file: instigator.png
  • Game manual: not yet available
  • Downloads are free and for non commercial use only. Use at your own risk.
  • Please respect the copyright and credit the author and the origin of this game.

Online Playing

  • Link to Dr. Snuggles' online emulator to directly play the game in your browser: Instigator

Feedback

  • Feedback, and bug reports are very welcome and will be relayed to the author.
  • Please use this link to send your comments.

Latest modification on 08/25/2021, 14:45

  • Release declared, project completed
  • Download section added