DD4: Canadian Boxing Day - Revision history

Azure at 01:35, 23 June 2021

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Aderack at 02:39, 1 February 2018

2018-02-01T02:39:22Z

Aderack at 02:33, 14 January 2018

2018-01-14T02:33:15Z

Aderack: /* Background */

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Background

Aderack: /* Instructions */

2018-01-14T02:30:53Z

Instructions

Aderack: /* Credits */

2018-01-14T02:30:16Z

Credits

Aderack at 17:33, 4 January 2018

2018-01-04T17:33:46Z

Aderack at 17:32, 4 January 2018

2018-01-04T17:32:12Z

Aderack at 00:56, 4 January 2018

2018-01-04T00:56:10Z

Aderack at 04:32, 2 January 2018

2018-01-02T04:32:35Z

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 [[File:DD4-06.gif|thumb|320px|Whack-a-mole style mini-game]]
-<videoflash>LGsILq_TeJQ</videoflash>
+<youtube>LGsILq_TeJQ</youtube>
 * [http://gamasutra.com/blogs/EJRTairne/20140202/192182/Infoboxes.php The Game-Maker Story: Infoboxes] (Gamasutra)

← Older revision		Revision as of 02:39, 1 February 2018
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	[Just as the last game was part of an artistic phase, at this point Caudel is playing with stop-motion animation.]		[Just as the last game was part of an artistic phase, at this point Caudel is playing with stop-motion animation.]
		+
		+	[The era of multimedia - The Neverhood, etc.]

	But, yes, also push elements to new extremes: the story, the anthology of disparity.		But, yes, also push elements to new extremes: the story, the anthology of disparity.

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 Lots of health, and now enemies tend to move in predictable patterns, making them more of a passive environmental threat, but enemies take away a ton of health and levels are filled with navigational hazards. Lots of lives, to make up for all of the trial and error that will be required.
 The extensive story segments (involving a mix of .FLI animation and automated in-engine segments) serve to contextualize and justify the abrupt changes of location and design style between levels.
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 == Story ==
-[[File:DD4-01.gif|thumb|320px|Cool guys don't look at explosions]]
+[[File:DD4-04.gif|thumb|320px|Red stars in a scrolling shooter, complete with faux parallax.]]
 '''Dummy Duck 4'''
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 Okay...Well, you know,  that's not very good, so if you don't want stuff to be blown up, then BEAT THE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-==Instructions==
+== Instructions ==
-[[File:DD4-02.gif|thumb|320px|The lead-up to the final encounter.]]
+[[File:DD4-01.gif|thumb|320px|Cool guys don't look at explosions]]
 You can either use the joystick, arrow keys, or  the numeric keypad to  control.
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 button B   = fire
 button A+D = duck
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 "p"       = pick up
-==Credits==
+== Credits ==
-[[File:DD4-04.gif|thumb|320px|Red stars in a scrolling shooter, complete with faux parallax.]]
+[[File:DD4-02.gif|thumb|320px|The lead-up to the final encounter.]]
 ALAN CAUDEL drew the pictures and took photos of the clay figures

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 == Background ==
-[[File:DD4-05.gif|thumb|320px|How do you defeat the giant boss? Don't ask me, I forgot!]]
+[[File:DD4-05.gif|thumb|320px|The final confrontation with the villainous Mr. Bad.]]
 Alan Caudel:

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 ==Instructions==
-[[File:DD4-02.gif|thumb|320px|''Dummy Duck 4'' in-game screenshot]]
+[[File:DD4-02.gif|thumb|320px|The lead-up to the final encounter.]]
 You can either use the joystick, arrow keys, or  the numeric keypad to  control.
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 button B   = fire
-[[File:DD4-03.gif|thumb|320px|''Dummy Duck 4'' in-game screenshot]]
+[[File:DD4-03.gif|thumb|320px|Enter the world of ''DD4: Canadian Boxing Day''.]]
 button A+D = duck
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 "p"       = pick up
 ==Credits==

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 Incorporates concepts from ''[[Adventure]]'' and ''[[Jet!]]''. Also, a scrolling shooter segment involving Red that works surprisingly well.
-Lots of health, but enemies take away a ton of it and levels are filled with navigational hazards. Lots of lives, to make up for all of the trial and error that will be required.
+Lots of health, and now enemies tend to move in predictable patterns, making them more of a passive environmental threat, but enemies take away a ton of health and levels are filled with navigational hazards. Lots of lives, to make up for all of the trial and error that will be required.
 The extensive story segments (involving a mix of .FLI animation and automated in-engine segments) serve to contextualize and justify the abrupt changes of location and design style between levels.

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 With the formula set, the fourth ''Dummy Duck'' game has some decisions before it. How are we going to play this? ''[[Dummy Duck 3]]'' worked well. Really well. Do we do another like that, maybe try to make it incrementally better? Do we do something wildly different, like ''Simon's Quest'' or ''Adventure of Link''? Well, as you'd imagine, ''DD4'' chooses door number three. Yes, it's basically the same kind of thing we had last time. But, '''''in Claymation!'''''
-[At a stretch, Sonic the Hedgehog 3]
+[At a stretch, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, plus SMB3]
 [Just as the last game was part of an artistic phase, at this point Caudel is playing with stop-motion animation.]
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 Doesn't play as well as the last game. Harder again; movement is less smooth; levels are messier.
-The game also includes extensive hand-drawn and in-engine cutscenes.
+The game also includes extensive hand-drawn and in-engine cutscenes. Messier and less cohesive aesthetic, even as each portion is more ambitious than the last.
 Incorporates concepts from ''[[Adventure]]'' and ''[[Jet!]]''. Also, a scrolling shooter segment involving Red that works surprisingly well.
 Lots and lots and lots of cutscenes, using a mix of in-engine elements, hand-drawn and photo-collage .FLI animations, and meticulously timed sound clips.

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:32, 2 January 2018
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	[Just as the last game was part of an artistic phase, at this point Caudel is playing with stop-motion animation.]		[Just as the last game was part of an artistic phase, at this point Caudel is playing with stop-motion animation.]
		+
		+	But, yes, also push elements to new extremes: the story, the anthology of disparity.
		+
		+	Doesn't play as well as the last game. Harder again; movement is less smooth; levels are messier.

	The game also includes extensive hand-drawn and in-engine cutscenes.		The game also includes extensive hand-drawn and in-engine cutscenes.