Mu-cade(6)

🌸 MU-CADE(6) — bestie edition 🌸

okay so first of all, the manual page we're vibing in is Mu-cade(6) — that's the title, section 6 (games, iykyk), and we're about to go through it together. grab a snack. 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

mu-cade — chase action game. that's it. that's the whole name. short, iconic, no notes. 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The Physics Centipede Invasion Smashup waggly shmup, <pink>Mu-cade</pink>.

so Mu-cade is yet another shoot-em-up from Kenta Cho — and this time the man said "what if physics" and just put physics in his hardcore shooting game formula. no cap. it's kinda like <cyan>Asteroids</cyan> and <cyan>Nibbles</cyan> had a baby, except the playing area is a rectangular arena and everybody in it is a vessel-snake with exactly one (1) thought in its little head: expel the others into the vacuum. 💀

you incarnate one of those snakes, and you will very quickly realize the subtlety of the goal: your tail lengthens as you destroy your enemies. that's the whole thing. that's the game. slay. 🐍✨

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💅 OPTIONS 💅

these command-line options are available, bestie — read them all, don't skip:

• -brightness n — sets the brightness of the screen. (n = 0 - 100, default = 100)
• -res x y — sets the screen resolution to (x, y). (default = 640, 480)
• -nosound — stops the sound. silence. 🙈
• -window — launches the game in a window.
• -fullscreen — launches the game in fullscreen mode. main character energy, take up the whole screen. 👑
• -exchange — exchanges a shot key and a cut off key. (yes, they trade places, no further questions)
• -rotatestick2 n — rotates the direction of the stick2 in n degrees.
• -reversestick2 — reverses the direction of the stick2.
• -disablestick2 — disables the input of the stick2.
• -enableaxis5 — use the input of axis 5 to fire shots and axis 3 to cut off the tail. (for Xbox 360 wired controller)

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🎀 USAGE 🎀

the actual gameplay vibe check: keep your ship from falling down and push enemies out of the way. that's the mission. fr fr.

🌈 Controls 🌈

Move

• Arrow / Num / [WASD] / Stick1 (Axis 1, 2)

Fire shots / Hold direction

• [Z][L-Ctrl][R-Ctrl][.] / Trigger 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11
• [IJKL] / Stick2 (Axis 3 or 5, 4)

Hold a key to open automatic fire and hold the direction of a ship. Tap a key to take a turn while firing.

you can also fire shots with the second stick. (if you have a problem with the direction of the stick2, try -rotatestick2 and -reversestick2 options. e.g. -rotatestick2 -90 -reversestick2) (if you are using Xbox 360 wired controller, use -enableaxis5 option.)

Cut off the tail

• [X][L-Alt][R-Alt][L-Shift][R-Shift]
• [/][Return][Space] / Trigger 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

Cut off the tail of your ship. This action also wipes out all bullets and you obtain powerful shots for a while.

okay so that one is the panic button and it's lowkey the best move in the game. 💅

Pause

• [P]

Exit / Return to the title

• [ESC]

⭐ Tail multiplier ⭐

the tail of your ship becomes longer when you push an enemy out, and you get a score multiplier. longer tail, bigger number, that's the deal. 📈

🍓 Extra ship 🍓

you earn an extra ship 50,000 and every 200,000 points.

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

you can find more about the game on its homepage. Homepage: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/mcd_e.html

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

Mu-cade has been written by Kenta Cho <cs8k-cyu@asahi-net.or.jp>. legend behaviour, honestly.

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and that's the whole page bestie — this was Mu-cade(6), section 6 of the manual, so go forth, push some snakes into the vacuum, and don't forget to cut your tail when it gets scary. byeee 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅🫶