Titanion

Titanion is a 2.5D shooter game for Windows, *nix and MacOSX.
You strike down super high-velocity swooping insects.
Check out the Video.

The original version of Titanion was written by Kenta Cho.
This project offers a ported version for different platforms.
Feel free to submit enhancements, bugfixes or binaries.

More information is available on the Project page.

Download

You can download Titanion from the Download Section.
Note: The packages for *nix and MacOSX don't include the SDL and SDL_mixer libraries.
You need to install them first.
A universal binary is also available here.

How to play

Avoid incoming bullets and strike down all enemies.
At the title screen, you can select a game mode (CLASSIC, BASIC, MODERN).

CLASSIC mode
- Sporadic firing.
- Use a capture beam to make a friend of an enemy.
- When your ship collides against an enemy, your ship is destroyed.
BASIC mode
- Middle course.
- You can use the capture beam anytime.
- When your ship collides against an enemy, your ship is knocked away.
MODERN mode
- Bullet hell.
- Use a provocation beam to force an enemy to fire more bullets and earn a bullet multiplier bonus.
- When your ship collides against an enemy, nothing happens. Your ship and an enemy go through each other.

Controls

Move - Arrow / Num / [WASD] / [IJKL] / Stick

Move your ship.

Shot - [Z][L-Ctrl][R-Ctrl][.] / Button 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11

Hold down a button to fire automatically.

MODERN mode
Hold a provocation beam button at the same time to slow down speed of your ship and fire intensively.

Capture beam / Provocation beam - [X][L-Alt][R-Alt][L-Shift][R-Shift][/][Return] / Button 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

CLASSIC mode - Capture beam
You can capture enemies with the capture beam. To fire the capture beam, a capture beam energy (displayed in the left panel) should be full.
The capture beam energy increased when you destroy an enemy. Captured enemies are lined up beside the player and counterattack to other enemies.
Your ship is invincible when you are firing the capture beam.
BASIC mode - Capture beam
You can use the capture beam anytime, but your ship isn't invincible while firing.
MODERN mode - Provocation beam
The provocation beam forces an enemy to fire more bullets and you can earn more bullet multiplier bonus.
You have to release the shot button to fire the provocation beam.

Multiplier

A score multiplier is displayed in the upper right. It increases when you destroy a enemy and decreases slowly when the enemy is on the screen.

Proximity multiplier

BASIC mode
When you destroy an enemy at close range, you can get a proximity multiplier (Max x16).

Bullet multiplier

MODERN mode
When you destroy a pink midsize enemy, bullets flying side-by-side are changed into a bullet multiplier in a chain reaction.
Use the provocation beam to the midsize enemy to get higher bonus.

Extra ship

CLASSIC mode
You earn an extra ship every 100,000 points.
BASIC mode
You earn an extra ship every 1,000,000 points.
MODERN mode
A score to earn the next extra ship is displayed in the upper left.

Acknowledgement

Titanion is written in the D Programming Language.
Simple DirectMedia Layer is used for media handling along with Derelict for binding to D.
SDL_mixer and Ogg Vorbis CODEC are used to play BGMs/SEs.
Tango for a versatile base library.
Mersenne Twister is used for creating random numbers.