Ruck-Man  
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Entry for GBX 2007 
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Platform: GP2X
V1.01
06/07/2007

Game design, graphics and programming: Wayne Price AKA Ruckage www.muddymonkey.co.uk
Music: Pat Ferguson

Programmed using Fenix.

Installation
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Simply copy the folder to your SD card and run the ruckman.gpe to play.


Software Description:
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Ruck-Man is a remake of the classic Pac-Man. 

Features include: 
All new graphics created by myself
All new music composed by Pat Ferguson
New power-ups
4 gameplay modes - standard, fruit frenzy, panic and classic
20 mazes
10 graphic themes







Aim of the game
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Help Ruck-Man to clear the maze of all the pellets but watch out as Sneaky, Bandit, Peppy and Slouch want to stop you.



Controls
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Select+Start at any time to quit the game.


Title screen
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Choose an option using the joystick, B selects the hi-lighted option.
X/Y moves back through game selection screens


Ingame
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Move Ruck-Man with the joystick
Start to Pause
select quits back to title screen when game is paused



Game Modes
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Standard
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Help Ruck-Man collect all the pellets in the maze to progress to the next level. To help you on your quest there are 5 all new power-ups. Use them wisely.


Fruit Frenzy
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In Fruit Frenzy the aim is eat all the fruit and other items wandering around the maze. Each new level has increasing numbers of items you have to catch and introduces new higher scoring items. 


Panic
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This mode takes place on a single maze of your choice. The game starts with one trail of 25 pellets, collect all these and another trail appears. Each time you clear a trail the game speeds up a little bit and gets more difficult. A power pellet will appear in every other trail to help you a little.
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Classic
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The classic game you know and love. Basically the same as standard mode but without any of the new power-ups.




Power-Ups
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In Standard, Fruit frenzy and Panic mode there are some special power-ups available for Ruck-Man to use. A power-up appears at the start of every level or when Ruck-Man loses a life. The Power-up moves around the maze randomly changing at regular intervals. The 5 power-ups available are:


(X) - Rainbow pellets
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Temporarily transforms all pellets into rainbow pellets which are worth 5X the points.
(Not available in Fruit Frenzy mode)


(B) - Tik-Tok the bomb
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Summons Tik-Tok to help. Tik-Tok wanders around the maze and detonates when he touches an active ghost. The explosion destroys any ghosts nearby. You earn 500 pts for each ghost caught in the explosion.


(C) - Chomp
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Summons Chomp. Chomp wanders around the maze eating pellets and fruit and scaring any ghost he comes across. Scared ghosts can be eaten as if Ruck-Man had eaten a power Pill.


(D) - Money drop
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Causes a bag of gold to fall on any active ghosts. You receive 200 pts for each ghost squashed plus another 500 pts if you get the bag of gold left behind.


(I) - Ice
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Temporarily freezes all active ghosts in a block of ice. Frozen ghosts can be shattered to earn 1000 pts.



Cast of Characters
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The Heroes - Ruck-Man, Chomp and Tik-Tok
The Villains - Sneaky, Bandit, Peppy and Slouch


Scoring
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Pellet - 10 pts
Rainbow Pellet - 50 pts
Power Pellet - 50 pts
Scared Ghost - 200 pts, 400 pts, 800 pts, 1600 pts
Frozen Ghost - 1000 pts
Money Bag - 500 pts
Fruit etc. - 500-7500 pts
