It’s been a long time.
Since a lot of things. Like blogging. Like knowing what is going on with my web presence. Like caring about it all.
What galvanised me was that my sites, all of them hosted in one place, started getting Google offside.
“Huh? What buffoonery is this?” I would ask myself as the emails flooded in.
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Hi there!
Your mission when playing Space Office Fight 2 is to defeat the Conglomerate, a being of vast almost unbelievable power!
GAMEPLAY HINTS
CHARACTERS
The Player, known now as “The Guy Who Beast The First Conglomerate Invasion”, is a humble white-collar worker who is experiencing similar dreams to those that happened a year ago.
Manager. Weak, although numerous. These Enemies will soon be but a blip on your radar.
Visiting Suits. Those that come in packs, laughing and joking and making you feel all small and tiny and helpless.
Upper Management. Tough. They’ve earned their spot near the top of the heap. Don’t be fooled by their sweet talking and pleasant eyes, they are Enemies.
CEO. Wowza. Tough as nails in boots and wotnot. Careful.
Board Member. Hard as hard-coredness. They don’t come any tougher than these guys. Give you nightmares. Well, actually, it’s the Conglomerate that gives you these nightmares, but that’s another story.
Friend One. That’s right. You’ve got friends. They have a portion of your strength and power.
Friend Two. Smart. Funny. Got your back.
The Conglomerate. This is the one who has been sending you the dreams, the nightmares, the darkness.
It’s (it’s probably a he, but noone is really sure) full plan is yet to be revealed, but for the moment, you have to defeat it.
A couple of weeks back, four to be exact, I started working on Space Office Fight 2. It’s my first foray into the world of Flash programming, and was a blast. Is a blast. Still a fair bit to do.
But the first release is here!
It’s old, but Rock Paper Shotgun posted about Space Office Fight back on the 17th of March. I was giddy and grinning like a fool and hysterical for the rest of that week.
My second short story with Every Day Fiction is being published on the 16th of April. Super excited about that. Lots more stories to tell.
Lastly, Ruggamatrix mentioned The Rugby Man in this episode.
It’s SPACE!
It’s OFFICE!
It’s FFFIIIIGGGGHHHTTTT!!!!!
Space Office Fight is a simple space action computer game.
You should be able to finish it in fifteen to twenty minutes, sometimes quicker!
IMPORTANT: Space Office Fight is built in Python 2.5 with the amazing PyGame 1.8.1 library (so it’s cross-platform).
At the moment there is only a Windows Install. Others will be coming. If you like you can download the Source. With this, if you are running Linux or a Mac, you can run the game if you’ve installed Python and PyGame.
Once you have Python and PyGame installed and the Source ZIP file unzipped somewhere, open up a command prompt into the source folder and type “python game.py”.
Current Version is 1.0.0
Manual (of sorts)
GAMEPLAY HINTS
CHARACTERS
The Player, an unknown hero. Although it’s you.
Frustrated and dejected, you have stumbled into the core of the earth, which as it turns out, isn’t burning liquid magma. It’s space. And it’s full of Bosses and Management Types and other nasty things.
Oh, and you’ve got a laser gun filled with CDs.
Manager. Plentiful in this place, and easy to dismiss. However, be careful because they are Insta-Death for the unwary.
Visiting Suits. You know the drill. They’re looking at you in your cubicle, being ushered around by Management. You’re told to smile and act nice like a good monkey, and the bananas will be given out later.
But the Bananas never came! THEY NEVER CAME!
Visiting Suits move a little faster than the Manager, so watch out!
Upper Management. Wiley individuals, their cry is “COMPLETE” as they throw Tasks at you.
They’re tough, although slower than the Visiting Suits, on account of the numerous luncheons and dinners they attend.
CEO. Ahhh, the big kahunas. They’re trouble. They wave the magic wand and cry out “It’s Magic”. Because that will solve everything.
Be careful of these fellows, they are the toughest Enemy yet in your Space Office Fight. Fast and deadly.
Board Member. You don’t actually get to see the Board Member, but a “representation” of them. Because they exist in the nether regions of space and time and contiuums .. ahem.
The Board Member is a dangerous beast. Lots of health, devastating “Pretentious Lunch” Credit-Card weapon, and when they die, Sycophants are spawned!
Sycophant. Toady. Brown-nose. Butt-kisser.
After losing their master, their king, their leader (Board Member), the Sycophant loses it and explodes a short time later.
Beware the shrapnel of a Sycophant!
Boss. Composed of the other Enemies (not Sycophants though), the Boss strikes fear and loathing into all who gaze upon it’s face.
The Boss has all the Enemy Weaponry at it’s disposal. It’s fast. Is an absolute tank (loads of health), and will pretty much insta-kill you on touching, unless you have an incredibly high health.
The Boss IS the end-game.
POWERUPS
Lifespan. Increases the time the bullet/weapon instance is alive.
Damage. Increases weapon damage.
Through. Increases the number of Enemies that a single bullet will pass through (and damage).
Multi (Shot). Ahhh, blessed Multi-shot. Increases the number of bullets fired at a single go.
Max Health. Increases your Maximum Health and refills your current health.
Health. Refills your current health.
Bomb. The more of these you have, the more awesome craziness you can unleash!
WEAPONS
Main. The CD is a formidable weapon in the hands of a master. Treat it well. Upgrade it with Powerups, and it will not let you down.
Bomb. That’s right. Music is the clarity of the .. blah blah. This little number will explode in all directions. It’s a sight to behold!
Automatic Weapon. This little number guards your back. It fires out “cog” bullets at random intervals, and the weapon has the same powerup abilities as the Main. Well, most of them.
Task. Thrown at you by Upper Management, the Task can hit you hard. Be careful!
Magic Wand. The tool of all CEOs, like the Reality Distortion Field, makes all things better. Except you. It hurts you. Very badly.
Credit Card. Beware the lure of the Pretentious Lunch! Every Board Member shoots out volleys of 4 Credit Cards, and they pack a real big punch!
CONTROLS
Movement – Arrow Keys
Fire Main Weapon – Left <CTRL>
Drop Bomb – Z
Stop Moving – Spacebar
Menu – ESC
