Zepsiman

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This is a proof-of-concept kinda thing based on the Pepsiman game.

For those of you who don't know: Pepsiman is a Japan-only PS1 game starring the Japanese Pepsi mascot of the same name. The player character moves forward automatically and you dodge obstacles by moving sideways, jumping, crouching, etc.

Since KS+ has a set of objects which make the player move in a certain direction automatically, i decided to fill up an entire level with them and see if it's possible to make what can be described as a low-budget Pepsiman clone. And surprisingly enough, it kind of is.

I don't really have a reason for writing most of the in-game text in NES-era-style Engrish, especially since Pepsiman has, like, the best English you'll probably ever come across in an untranslated Japanese video game.

There's a reward for collecting all 100 Zepsi Cola cans, by the way. The game keeps track of which cans you've collected, so you don't necessarily have to get them all in a single playthrough.

Changelog v1.1:
- Removed a metric ton of movement objects that are literally impossible to get to and therefore don't serve any purpose.
- Got rid of some shifts at x1007y1000 that would autosave under the platform, directly above the instant death objects at the bottom of the screen.

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everythingstaken's picture

Yummy!

2D Pepsiman alone is a really creative idea! I got stuck in a part where I'm supposed to jump on boxes in the second level. How many levels are there?

StraightFlame's picture

There are two acts in total,

There are two acts in total, and i think the second one is a few screens longer.

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