TERRENUS PARADISUM
A downloadable caravan shoot-em-up for Windows
Made in 4 weeks for the Gunner Parade Winter League 2022.
Won 2nd Place Overall (1st in Gameplay & Design).
The Terrenus Paradisum: a vast forest known for its tranquil beauty and calming nature has been thrown into disarray by a strange flow of magic!
Play as cheerful potion-making witch Lavender Mushihime and (or) half-dragon blacksmith Kouryuu Eikankaku and pacify the Terrenus Paradisum's beasts and fairies... as well as its (over)protective beastmaster!
Strongly inspired by Blue Revolver (and a little bit of ZeroRanger, probably), Terrenus Paradisum combines high-speed shoot-em-up action with a dynamic difficulty system and an "easy to learn, hard to master" FUN scoring system.
Build up a 64x chain by destroying enemies, and when you're ready, use your powerful special weapons to start FUN MODE and make enemies spew shiny and juicy golden point items! It's very, *ahem*, fun.
Terrenus Paradisum's instability challenges you more the better you perform. Still, if you make a mistake, the game's adaptive RANK system reins in the bullet patterns, allowing you to catch your breath. Novice Mode takes it a step further by locking RANK to a lower cap for beginner players... and for the best of the best, Extra will never ease up on you with maximum RANK right from the start.
CONTROLS
KEY (DEFAULT) | ACTION |
Arrow Keys | Movement |
Z | Select/Hold to Fire Regular Weapon |
X | Use Bomb (limited supply, refillable)/Cancel |
C | Hold to use Special Weapon (limited ammo, refillable) |
Shift | Hold to slow player for precise movement |
Esc | Pause (in-game) |
Esc+R | Quick Retry (In-game) |
Esc+Q | Quick Exit to Title (In-game) |
GAMEPLAY FEATURES
- 3 minutes (actually 160 seconds...) of caravan shoot-em-up goodness!
- A Blue Revolver-inspired FUN MODE system, involving chaining one intense scoring burst after the other.
- A dynamic RANK system which adapts game difficulty to the player's skill, and three additional levels (Novice, Standard, Extra) to fine-tune the RANK range.
- A charming, colorful art style with plenty of pixel-y goodness thrown into the mix.
- An original arrange of a certain shoot-em-up theme avid fans will certainly recognise!
- ...A cameo of a certain manga character that the developer really loves!?
- Plenty of quality-of-life features such as effect cuts.
- (The title screen theme is a royalty-free song, because I ran out of time.)
- (See, I'm not exactly a master of all trades...)
...SO LIKE, WHO'S BEHIND THIS THINGAMAJIG?
PROGRAMMER, GAME DESIGNER, STAGE THEME COMPOSER & ARTIST
TITLE THEME COMPOSER
Freesound.org (Matias Michael Lahoud, Zagames)
Ryannlib Asset Library (a library of Touhou-style sound effects for noncommercial use)
bfxr (free SFX maker)
Status | Released |
Platforms | Windows |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (4 total ratings) |
Author | Kevin Minh |
Genre | Shooter |
Tags | Bullet Hell, caravan-shoot-em-up, Female Protagonist, High Score, Pixel Art, Score Attack, Shoot 'Em Up |
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oh, l like this
I want to play this, but the antivirus detecs a trojan :(
I can confirm the game has no viruses... I'm really sorry you encountered this issue :(