Flaming Snow

Kdevil’s Christmashack entry

            In this game, you play as an elf. Your mission is to survive as long as possible against the hordes of snowmen attacking you. You are armed with a heat-generating multifunction weapon called the flame-o-matic, but when you first start all it is capable of is a pathetic little heat burst. Grab the presents that are dropped from overhead to collect ammo for the more powerful weapon modes.

The weapons:

            ○          Fire Puff:

                        -          Worst weapon, but at least you’ll never run out of ammo.

            ○          Flamethrower:

                        -          Good at both short and long range, but ammo runs out quickly.

            ○          Heat Ray:

                        -          Very nice short range weapon.

            ○          Grenade:

                        -          Explodes and leaves a patch of fire on the ground.

            ○          Plasma Gun:

                        -          Excellent long range weapon, can take out multiple snowmen in one shot.

The controls:

                                    In-game                                  Menu 

            Arrow keys:    Move around                          Move up/down option list

            Spacebar:        Fire selected weapon              -

            Numbers 1-5:  Select weapon                        -

            Esc:                 Exit                                         Exit

            Enter:              -                                              Start game / toggle option

The gameplay:

            Move the elf around the screen collecting ammo and attacking snowmen. Try not to get hit. You start with 10 health, and regain 2 health every round you complete. Every 4 rounds there is a bonus stage where you try to collect as many presents as possible within the time limit.

Christmas cookie:

            Type ‘snow’ while at the menu screen.

To compile:

Just compile it with Dev-C++ or whatever program you usually use. No libraries except Allegro were used.