Note to staff. This Deviation is a gift to a deviant, and features a popular deviant as the main character. It belongs in Devious Fun category, do not move it into scraps, k thnx
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_{=Kroc and =InvaderMar present:} Pac Mar: Beta2 Demo!
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                                            Click Here to Download the Demo
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Level editing tutorial available here: [link]
If you make a decent level, send it to me and it might be included in the final game!

Important: Computer Requirements
Pac Mar will only play on Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Pac Mar does not run on Winodws 98 or ME yet, but may for the final version.


About the Game:
Pac Mar (or the completed game) is my gift to =InvaderMar for being a friend, an inspiration and kind person. I fell indebted to her for so much that this is the only way I could think of to really show how much it means to me.

I was inspired to create the game after seeing a drawing done by Mar [link] and I knew that to make it into a playable game would be one thing I could do that would be a unique gift.


Features
High quality presentation and graphics
Classic gameplay!
Level Editor included! Make your own Pac Mar levels and share them with your friends!


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Final Features: _{What to expect from the completed game}
Many more levels and themes.
Power-ups and power-downs to enhance gameplay!
Opensource - the full code for the game will be available to download!

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Frequently Asked Questions
Q: When will it be finished
A: When it's done This is the last demo before the final game! If you want to help it along, send in your levels and ideas to me and they may be included in the game!

Q: Why must I download and install the game - why can't I play it online?
A: I do not have any Macromedia Flash skills and thus cannot make flash animation / games. My game is a standard Windows program and thus needs to be downloaded and installed to play, there is no way around this other than to learn flash and remake the entire game again

Q: Will installing / uninstalling the game damage my computer?
A: No, absolutely not. Due to many people's concerns with installing software - or instruction from their parents to not install software, I have specifically made Pac Mar to be ultra safe to install and uninstall. In short it does not change any system settings at all and is 100% safe to install.

Q: How did you make the game? / What is it made with?
A: Pac Mar has been written from scratch in Visual Basic 6. It is over 8'000 lines of code long. The graphics were made by myself (with the help of =InvaderMar) and Clint Franklin.

Q: There is no music / SFX?
A: At the moment - no. The final game will feature music and sound effects.

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Known problems with the Demo
The Kroc ghost is not fully animated. The final game will feature much more animation.
There are no power ups in the demo.
No SFX or Music

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<sub>Software © Copyright Kroc Camen of Camen Design 2006. All Rights Reserved
Art © Copyright Clint Franklin Studio V 2006.
Pac Mar © Invader Mar, PacMan © Midway 1980, Namco 2005.
Invader Zim © Copyright Nickelodeon, Jhonen Vasquez

Thanks to *StaceyW and =Link3Kokiri for Beta Testing and providing invaluable feedback</sub>