Azul Baronis - Epsilon Zero

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Hotkeys

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P - Pause GameM - Turn music on/offN - Turn sound effects on/offT - Display instructions in-game

This game aims to put as many ships into battles as is possible (once you have progressed past the first few levels), and so it may run slow on some computers. The percentage below should give an indication of how well the game is running on your computer (the game is currently on the highest settings), so that you can adjust the performance settings accordingly:

(Percentage of optimum speed)

Full Settings - 140 ships max, best quality visuals

Medium Settings - 140 ships max, lower quality visuals

Lowest Settings - 90 ships max, lower quality visuals

Play Game Instructions Credits High Scores Settings

Stage Briefing

You must overcome the armadas of two different enemies. Your armada consists of 42 fighters, 5 destroyers and 2 testudons. You are facing 79 fighters, 12 destroyers, and 3 testudons. Stage One You have fought 5 battles so far You have destroyed 48 enemy ships Your armada has destroyed 217 enemy ships Your armada has taken 176 casualties You have earnt 60493 points so far Start Battle 6588557657 x1

WASD to manoeuvre, Mouse to fire (aim in small triangle in front of you)

WASD to manoeuvre, click in front of ship for rapid-fire, behind for rockets

Click anywhere on the screen to follow a different allied ship

Press Space to possess this ship (if it is a fighter or destroyer)

Shield = 0 Kills = 0 MULTIKILL MULTIKILL QUADRAPE QUADRAPE KILLING SPREE KILLING SPREE EXPLOSION JUNKIE EXPLOSION JUNKIE MERCILESS MERCILESS UNSTOPPABLE UNSTOPPABLE BLUE BARON BLUE BARON MEGADEATH MEGADEATH MEGADEATH PSYCHOPATH PSYCHOPATH PSYCHOPATH PSYCHOPATH PSYCHOPATH PSYCHOPATH MASSACRE MASSACRE ANGEL OF DEATH ANGEL OF DEATH AUTOPILOT HAXX AUTOPILOT HAXX POGROM POGROM GENOCIDE GENOCIDE ULTRA RAPE ULTRA RAPE ULTRA RAPE ULTRA RAPE ULTRA RAPE ULTRA RAPE HOLY FREAKINGHELL o.O HOLY FREAKINGHELL o.O x1 0 Score - Next Multiplier - Points Gained! - 15x200=10000

Quick Tips

- Your shots will not damage allied ships- You cannot crash into other ships, so you do not need to avoid them- The map loops infinitely (like in Asteroids)- Fly your ship using WASD to manoeuvre & the mouse to shoot- Hold down Spacebar to use the afterburner (it recharges, but will drop to zero if you shoot or get shot)- Try and make it to stage 5. There's a nice surprise waiting for you there. Promise >=]- Click next for a more in-depth tutorial. To skip this, click the 'X' in the top right corner of the window.

Next...

Briefing

You have successfully established your position as acting Dictator of the Inter-Galactic Free Nations... which is odd, because the IGFN has been a long-standing force for peace in the universe, and you've openly admitted your plans to enslave most of it. Some have suggested that it has something to do with your aggressive use of mind control in all political meetings and debates, but most simply assert that 'THE ALMIGHTY DICTATOR KNOWS ALL'.

Either way, there are more pressing matters at hand. Turns out that most of the universe actually objects at the prospect of slavery. It's war.

The ships you'll control

You are able to pilot two different kinds of ship. The first is an agile fighter with a repeating laser. It can be seen below:

The second is the Destroyer. It's a bit less manouvreable than the fighter, but hell, it has a rapid-fire laser cannon and homing rockets. Can't argue with that.

Flying around & whatnot

The controls for flying a ship are shown below:

W - Accelerate

A - Turn Left

D - Turn Right

S - Decelerate

Space - Afterburner

The afterburner is limited by the yellow energy bar next to the radar, and recharges as you fly. If you shoot or get shot, it'll drop straight down to zero. You cant turn while using it either... On the plus side though, you get to go really fast.

Raining painful fiery death upon the idealistic fools who dare to oppose you

(shooting stuff)

Hold down the left mouse button to fire

Move the cursor to aim

You can aim in a small triangle in front of your ship, as is shown below:

If you should click outside of the triangle shown, the bullet will fire towards the nearest edge

Clicking in the red section will fire the repeating laser, clicking in the orange section will fire a homing rocket (if there are any enemies nearby)

Dealing out painful fiery death from the cockpit of a Destroyer

The Radar

This is the most important part of the HUD. It's pretty self-explanitory once you see it in action, but there's one point worth noting: The larger the dot, the larger the ship... there are some pretty big dots =|

Here's the yellow energy bar mentioned earlier on

How to avoid painful fiery death

(General playing tips)

- Always approach enemy fighters from behind

- When you're trying to shake someone, slowing down at just the right moment will generally put you behind them without taking a hit

- If you're outnumbered, just try to dodge their shots for a few seconds while your afterburner recharges

- It's normally best to steer clear of bigger ships unless you have some support

- If you're tailing a destroyer, hitting it wont be difficult, so concentrate on dodging the rockets it's spitting out at you

If you should fail to avoid painful fiery death...

It's not necessarily the end of your evil psychotic war campaign; you can just possess the body of some poor hapless ally.

Just click the screen to cycle through your allies, and press Space to possess one of them.

Unfortunately, if all of your allies are killed (along with you), it IS the end of your evil psychotic war campaign.

Go figure =/

Other ships

There are two other kinds of ship that you will encounter. One of these ships is very large. The other is VERY large.

This is a shrunken version of the first of the ships mentioned, a Testudon. It will quite happily tear you and your cute little toy ship right in half should you stray too close... so yeah, dont.

You'll just have to wait and see the second ship for yourself... if you get that far.

Scoring Points

You will get points for ships that your allies destroy, but you earn far more for doing it yourself.

Each ship has a base point value, which is then multiplied by the number of stages you've completed and the number of consecutive kills you've had since you last died.

For example, if you've completed 6 stages and destroyed 7 ships since you last died on that stage, killing a fighter will give you 4200 points (100x6x7). An allied ship making the same kill would just give you 100 points.

Radio Channel

Next to your radar you will see a box displaying messages from your allies. These messages will include exclaimations from pilots who have been hit or have destroyed several enemy ships, notifications when significant ships are destroyed, or instructions for coordinated attacks during battles against the 4th ship mentioned earlier...

And that's about it.

Fly well Sir, the future of the slave trade depends on it.

Continue...

Mothership Battle

Right, so basically you've got to kill that reeaally big thing in the middle of the map. Unfortunately, the reeaally big thing also has a small defensive force and a tonne of big angry turrets.You'll have to take out most of its turrets to bring it down. Your forces will perform coordinated attacks on these turrets, so keep an eye on the radio channel and the radar, as they'll let you know which turret is being targetted.Dont stray near to the central turret unless you're flying with a lot of allies; it will destroy pretty much anything in a single hit.

Press 'P' to resume game

Press 'M' to disable music

Press 'N' to disable sound effects

Press 'T' to display instructions

VICTORY! VICTORY!

Game Over

You fought 5 battles You killed 48 enemy pilots Your forces overcame 217 enemy ships You lost 176 allied ships And your final score was: Painful fiery death =[ But for the record, while your psychotic campaign of entirely unjustified war endured... 28562530 Submit Score Go back to the Main Menu Quick Restart View Highscores Credits MusicBowser the Shredder.........................................GS-ScreamerThrash King.......................................................GS-ScreamerMazidon's Fury...................................................ParagonX9 Graphical DesignAll apects of graphical design in this game are the work of James Pacanowski, whose email address can be seen below (can be highlighted & copied): Game Design & ProgrammingThis game was conceived and programmed by Andrew Martin, whose deviantArt account is linked below (email address can also be found here if you do not have a deviantArt account):

pagsotrope@hotmail.com

http://andrewmartin.deviantart.com (Click song for link) Go back to Menu

Briefing

Either way, there are more pressing matters at hand. Turns out that most of the universe actually objects at the prospect of slavery. It's war.

You can skip this tutorial at any time by clicking on the 'X' in the top right corner of the window.