Version info:
Version 1.2
New sprites and backgrounds added by bofrazz. He fixed the clouds and redid all of the backgrounds including many of the sprites.
Some Prices were reduced.
Fixed bug with getting stuck in the asteroids.
Modified many the difficulty of many of the enemies to make the game play more balanced.
1. License
2. Acknowledgements
3. Brief Over View
3.5. Main Menu :)
4. Stages of Play and Input instructions
Raging Skies is completely free and open source. If you want a copy of the editable verion send an email to darthlupi@gamemakergames.com with I'm an unorginal DORK in the subject line. All the characters in this game are real people, and they will get real mad at me if they find out I made this game. Umm, you have to send me lots of money if you read this? I don't know why I even thought that I could BS a license thingy.
2. Acknowledgements
Mark Overmars
He created Game Maker. He is a pimp daddy.
Bofrazz
This is the man who made the amazing background images. He fixed the clouds and redid many of the ship sprites as well. I will be in his debt for some time to come.
Cly5m/Tapeworm
He helped me with more ideas than I could ever use, and
he taught me how to ride my bike.
Most importantly he fixed all of my grammatical errors and spelling mistakes.
Carl Gustafsson
His many tutorials and examples have allowed me to program things that I would
have never been able to do on my own. Thanks alot Carl!
Mocha Man
This dude inspired me to make this game with the work he did with Nebula Quila.
He also did me the huge favor of testing this game since it was just a wee little
200k file.
Marie Babbitt
The lady who humored me when I babbled on about sprites, lasers, and stuff.
She is truly an inspiration.
3. Brief Overview
It's a game. Play it.
3.5 Main Menu
Press up to move the cursor up.
Press down to move the cursor down.
Press Z to make a selection.
4. Stages of Play and input instructions
The Radar Map
The radar map is the part of the game where
you choose where to go and what to do.
From here you choose to go the upgrade ship, attack an enemy, or fly around
aimlessly. The choices are yours.
How you choose is by flying your ship into an object on the radar. Depending
upon which object you collide with you will go to a different screen. You will
find a description of the different objects on the radar further down this section.
Controls:
Arrow Keys left and right - These lil keys
turn your ship left and right.
Arrow Keys up and down - Moves you forward and backward.
Escape takes you to the escape menu.
A. This is the player ship. This is you.
B. This is the Home Base Ship. Fly here to upgrade your ship, and reload your secondary weapon's ammo.
C. This is an enemy squadron. Collide with one of these and prepare for a dog fight.
D. This is an enemy ground installation. You will need to have your bombs ready.
E. This is darker triangle indicates a large enemy ship. Be careful when approaching these.
The Upgrade Menu
So you are having a hard time and you don't know how you are ever going to beat these increasingly difficult Talon Jerks? Well come on in to Terressa's Ship Part Emporium!
This is where you go to upgrade your ship. Lots of fun stuff to spend your hard earned points on.
You automatically reload your secondary weapons here.
You also use this screen to configure your hardware. You can only change your configuration here so choose wisely.
Arrow Keys UP and DOWN - These keys are used to move the selection cursor up and down.
X - The selection key. Press this key to make a selection.
A. The selection cursor - This indicates what upgrade you want to select.
B. Armor - This is where you go to upgrade your armor. Every upgrade gets more complex, so the price increases. Upgrade goes to 200.
C. Your Current Score - This is how many points you have to spend on stuff.
D. Cost - This is how many points an new upgrade is going to cost you.
E. Primary Weapons - This is where you go to select new and improved Primary Weapons.
F. Secondary Weapons - This is where you go to get those new fancy Secondary Weapons every one is talking about.
G. Manuver Device - The manuver devices allows your ship to take sharper turns in air making your ship move smooth as butter.
H. Bombs - The bigger the bomb the easier it is to hit your target. A much overlooked and helpful upgrade.
I. Thrusters - You need better thrusters. These things make you move faster.
J. Exit - Leave the Ship Menu
Action Stage
The action stage of the game is where you do battle with the enemy.
The controls for the action stage are as follows:
Arrow keys left and right - Turns your ship left and right
Arrow keys up and down - Increases and decrease the speed of your ship
Z - Fires primary weapons
X - Drops the bombs
C - Fires your secondary weapons
T - Turns off and on the bombing rectile. Use this to improve your bombing aim.
F1 - Turns off and on Alpha Blending for explosions. If you have a slower computer and you experiece any slow down turn this off. It is on by default.
F2 - Displays the Frames Per Second
F5 - Quick Save
F6 - Quick Load
Escape - Takes you to the Escape Menu
A. The Player Ship - this is you :)
B. The Battle Heads Up Display -
Score - The points or money you have accumulated during the
game. Can be traded in for new ship parts.
Primary - Your primary weapon selected.
Secondary - The secondary weapon selected.
Bomb - Guess What? The bomb you have selected.
Ammo - How many times you can fire your secondary weapon.
Armor - The remaining armor of your ship. When this goes to zero no more game :)
C. The Combo Meter- Your combo meter goes up the faster you hit and destroy the enemy. The higher it is when you destroy a target the higher the score multiplier.
D. Mission Indicator - This is tells you how many targets you have left. If it is a triangle then it is telling you that you have so many air targets left to defeat. If it is a square it is telling you how many ground targets you have to destroy to complete the mission.
NOTE: If you are fighting a boss or large ship this indicates the bosses armor rating, so don't panic and think that you have to beat like 300 guys. RELAX!
E. A Sky Enemy - Kill these mofo's!
F. A tree. It is a large plant. You know what a tree is right?