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Terra Noctis Brings Retro Arcade Fun To the App Store This December
November 22, in the year of our Lord 2011 - San
Francisco, CA and Paris, France - Need some arcade fun
for your iOS devices this Christmas season? BulkyPix is proud to
announce that it is bringing the retro-flavored platforming game
Terra Noctis to the App Store this December - and you don't even
need a custom game controller!
This old-school platformer, inspired by the likes of the Super
Mario and Donkey Kong games and developed by the team at Fire
Fruit Forge, features a wonderful pixel art design that will
have you imagining back to the classic days of gaming. He looks
like a demon.
In the game, you control a little nightmare creature called
Allen. He's attending the local Nightmare School, but hasn't
quite got what it takes to be scary enough - at least, not yet.
Following the failing of his recent test, he becomes motivated
by a local legend printed in a book: "Eat the heart of the
scariest nightmare and become a scary nightmare, too." With
that, his journey begins to become the scariest nightmare in the
land.
Throughout the game, you'll perform double jumps, duck past
projectiles and incoming enemies, and use a pound attack to
crush anything that gets in your way, including baddies and tree
stumps. You can also use an aiming system to shoot at things
from a distance, including walls, which you can demolish to
discover special hidden areas.
Terra Noctis features 40 levels, with various secrets to unlock
and challenges to overcome. You'll need to locate 15 red fairies
and a collectible gold coin throughout each stage, along with
letters that form the word "SCARE" for a classic 1-up reward.
You'll also pick up blue fairies, which you can use in return as
currency in the in-game Shop. Here, you can buy helpful
power-ups, including an umbrella (to deflect enemy attacks),
balloons and bombs.
The game also keeps track of your progress throughout each
level, such as how many enemies you killed and how far into the
game you are. And further rewards await through OpenFeint,
including online leaderboards with the best level completion
times, as well as a variety of Achievements to unlock.
One last little bonus - if you have the new iCade arcade
cabinet, produced by Thinkgeek, then you'll be happy to know
that Terra Noctis supports it completely. You'll be able to play
in old-school fashion!
"Terra Noctis is a brilliant throwback to the simpler times in
gaming," said Vincent Dondaine, CMO and COO of BulkyPix. "its
classic visual style and simplistic gameplay will attract both
old-school gamers and newcomers alike. The real question is, can
you find all the hidden content?"
Terra Noctis will debut this December in the App Store for the
low price of $2.99.