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Falling

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    Overview

    Falling is a small NES game written in 6502 assembly by tragicmuffin. You fall endlessly through the sky past drifting clouds, steering left and right to dodge the rocky ledges that rise up towards you and to catch coins on the way down. Every coin is a point, and you have three lives to see how many you can collect.

    It was the author's first assembly program and first game designed from scratch, made in about 130 hours over 11 days and finished in January 2018. The title screen offers Day, Sunset and Night modes, which change the colours of the sky and the music.

    Made by
    tragicmuffin
    Released
    2018

    Controls guide

    Playing

    Button and keyAction
    Left / RightMove; you turn to face the way you go
    StartEnterPause, and Start again to carry on

    Title and game over

    Button and keyAction
    Up / DownChoose Day, Sunset or Night mode
    StartEnterStart a game; on the game over screen, go back to the title

    Cheatsheet

    Things in the sky

    Ledge
    Three dark rocky ledges rise from below; touching one costs a life
    Coin
    Worth 1 point; only one is on screen at a time
    Extra life
    The small head icon; adds a life, up to 9
    After a hit
    You flash and can't be hurt again for about a second and a half

    Speed

    Start
    Ledges rise slowly and coins turn up often
    45 seconds
    Ledges rise faster
    2 minutes
    Ledges faster again; you move faster and the sky scrolls quicker
    3.5 minutes
    Top speed for the rest of the game, with more coins and extra lives

    Screen

    Top left
    Your coins this game
    Top middle
    Best score since the game was switched on
    Top right
    Lives left

    Tips

    1. A ledge only hurts while it is level with your feet. Once it has risen past them you can move across under it, so wait beside a ledge and slip over as soon as it clears your feet.
    2. Ledges get a new random position each time they leave the top of the screen; watch the bottom edge to see where the next one comes from.
    3. Coins and extra lives float up just like the ledges. Line up under one early instead of chasing it sideways at the last moment.
    4. The game clock stops while paused, so pausing doesn't bring the faster stages any sooner.
    5. Mode only changes the look and music; the game plays the same in Day, Sunset and Night.