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| Scallywag: In the Lair of the Medusa's Official Demo Released Monty Haulers, hack and slashers, and Deadheads of the world, rejoice! The official demo for Scallywag: In the Lair of the Medusa, the computer game that promotes eating strange fungi and killing everything you see (remember kids, don't try this at home!), is now available for download from Shrapnel Games. The demo features fifteen levels of monster whacking goodness, and even provides players with a sneak peak at the possibilities for mod making offered in the full game by allowing some basic modding experimentation to occur (the full game will allow much, much more). Developed by UK-based Chronic Reality and published by Shrapnel Games, Scallywag: In the Lair of the Medusa is the upcoming fantasy game of dungeon exploration, mushroom eating, and lantern lighting for Windows based PCs. Scallywag: In the Lair of the Medusa is a single-player adventure pitting the player, as humble farm worker Rapius, against the forces of darkness that threaten his once quaint valley. Choose from four levels of difficulty, and battle your way through eighty levels of action amongst eight different worlds, growing in heroic power along the way. Each descent into the catacombs is randomly generated, so you'll never know if the next cavern contains a healing potion, or twelve feet and six hundred pounds of pure evil ready to suck the marrow from your bones. Like any good dungeoncrawl Rapius can collect oodles of equipment to help him on his quest, many of which that can be combined to make even better items. Not only that, but dining on the local flora is strongly encouraged. Putting the "magic" in magic mushrooms, many 'shrooms mutate Rapius in beneficial ways. All told there are twenty different mutators in Scallywag: In the Lair of the Medusa that can affect the player, with a great number that stack for some truly wild effects. Drunk invisible werewolf, anyone? If the scores of randomly generated levels populated with numerous monsters to kill, and all the cool lewt to snag isn't enough, Scallywag: In the Lair of the Medusa also ships with its own +5 modding utility, RAGe. RAGe (Random Adventure Game engine) allows anyone-you, your dog, someone's grandmother, the blind paraplegic flamenco dancer down the street-to mod the game. Modding can be as simple or complex as you want it to be. Spend a few minutes and drop in a new mystical weapon, or spend a few days and do a total conversion. In the demo you'll get a chance to experience a little of what RAGe has to offer. The full game allows much more complex mod-making, along with the ability to easily download and run user created content. Enough talk, there are monsters to hack! Treasure to liberate! And the joy of mycology to discover! You can download the demo by clickinghere. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Game News :: home page |