Nathan Rocks - Revision history

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 == Links ==
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 * '''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/java/nathan.php Play ''Nathan Rocks'' online]'''

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 This level is stylish and interesting, though the interest only lasts as long as it takes the player to putter around the screen once or twice in search of an objective.
 [[File:NathanShot.gif|thumb|320px|Number Crunching, in ''Nathan Rocks''.]]
 As with the first level, the end condition (if any) for the ''Pong'' level is unclear. It may just be a trap. It's certainly meant as a gag of some sort, presumably along the lines of the CGA levels in some of Caudel's and Adam Tyner's games.

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 '''Website:''' [http://www.dummyduck.com DummyDuck.com]<br />
 '''Related games:''' N/A
-}}Presumably based on the person who came up with ''[[Scurvy the Squirrel]]''.
+}}Nathan Rocks is a small-scale, apparently unfinished experiment with some unusual design techniques.
 There are two main levels here. The first involves one of Alan Caudel's friends (presumably the person who thought up ''[[Scurvy the Squirrel]]'') in a ''Zelda'' perspective top-town world. The world is distinguished by a few curious qualities:

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 Nathan Rocks is a small-scale, apparently unfinished experiment with some unusual design techniques.
 There are two main levels here. The first involves one of Alan Caudel's friends (presumably the person who thought up ''[[Scurvy the Squirrel]]'') in a ''Zelda'' perspective top-town world. The world is distinguished by a few curious qualities:
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 The player is given rein to noodle around the screen, slinging whispy circular projectiles at monsters that look straight out of ''Number Munchers''. Some of the tiles have defined properties, like solidity. Mostly the character can wander.
 This level is stylish and interesting, though the interest only lasts as long as it takes the player to putter around the screen once or twice in search of an objective.

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 Nathan Rocks is a small-scale, apparently unfinished experiment with some unusual design techniques.
 There are two main levels here. The first involves one of Alan Caudel's friends (presumably the person who thought up ''[[Scurvy the Squirrel]]'') in a ''Zelda'' perspective top-town world. The world is distinguished by a few curious qualities:
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 This level is stylish and interesting, though the interest only lasts as long as it takes the player to putter around the screen once or twice in search of an objective.
 The second level (after a brief transition screen) is a ''Pong'' remake. The ball physics are a bit wonky, but the existence of working physics at all is somewhat miraculous. The tangle of monster logic here is difficult to parse out; it seems to involve transitions amongst various movement behaviors, triggered by monster death.
 As with the first level, the end condition (if any) for the ''Pong'' level is unclear. It may just be a trap. It's certainly meant as a gag of some sort, presumably along the lines of the CGA levels in some of Caudel's and Adam Tyner's games.
 As a whole, ''Nathan Rocks'' is an inscrutable project. In its parts, it suggests strong stylistic and technical potential.

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 '''Website:''' [http://www.dummyduck.com DummyDuck.com]<br />
 '''Related games:''' N/A
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+}}Presumably based on the person who came up with ''[[Scurvy the Squirrel]]''.
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+Nathan Rocks is a small-scale, apparently unfinished experiment with some unusual design techniques.
 == Story ==
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 == Links ==
 <videoflash>vgr-EqMdbyY</videoflash>
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 * '''''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/downloads/nathan.zip Nathan Rocks!]''''' (80 kB)
 [[Category: Alan Caudel]]
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 [[Category: Tributes]]
 [[Category: Experimental]]
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 [[Category: Incomplete games]]
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 [[Category: In-game cinematics]]
 [[Category: Tributes]]