Product Description
PYRAMID ESCAPE
The third adventure in the Wee Knight trilogyby IRATAHACK
Each copy includes a £2 donation to PKD (Polycystic Kidney Disease) charity, with the option to add a little extra if you wish at checkout.
Wee Knight, his chain-mail dusted with the clinging shadows of the forest he'd just escaped, surveyed the alien landscape. Gone were the oppressive darkness and the mocking glow of unseen eyes. In their place sprawled the stark majesty of countless pyramids, their golden caps gleaming under a double sun. Were these the forgotten monuments of a long-lost civilization, or the handiwork of extraterrestrial pharaohs? The answer, it seemed, lay within the very stones themselves.
Wee Knight's spaceship, a cobbled-together marvel, lay in smoldering ruins behind him. But despair was a luxury Wee Knight couldn't afford. The four chests hidden within the treacherous forest had yielded not just escape, but knowledge. Ancient blueprints whispered of a powerful artifact – the dragon stone – rumored to hold the key to interplanetary travel. The whispers also spoke of four scarab shaped keys, hidden within the largest pyramid, guarding the sarcophagi that held the dragon stones long forgotten location.
This, then, was his new quest. To navigate the labyrinthine depths of the colossal pyramid and claim the legendary dragon stone. Only then could Wee Knight escape this world of golden dunes. With a resolute glint in his eye, Wee Knight adjusted his helmet and strode towards the looming pyramid, its entrance a gaping maw whispering promises of adventure... and peril!
FREE 48K and 128K MUSIC SOUNDTRACK ON SIDE B OF CASSETTE!
FREE ADDITIONAL EMULATOR VERSION TO ALL PEOPLE BUYING THE CASSETTE
Credits
- Coding - IrataHack
- Graphics & Level Design - Crayon, TRIXS
- Music & SoundFx - Aki
- Cover art - Richard Langford
- Quantra Font - DamienG
Tools and Utilities
- Level design - Tiled
- Tile, sprite, and screen conversion - Gfx2Next
- 48K sound FX - BeepFX
- 48K music - Beepola
- AY music - Vortex Tracker 2.5
- AY sound FX - AY Sound FX Editor (Improved)
- ZX0 Decompression - Einar Saukas
- Tilemap splitter/compressor - SplitMap
- Tape loader - zxctl