Transcendpang
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| Developer: | wosderge |
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| Release date: | 2010 |
TranscendPang is a freeware doujin shoot 'em up created by wosderge. The game's gameplay is mostly derived from the classic arcade game Buster Bros., also known as Pang, but with some key differences. Where Buster Bros. may be described as an action game, TranscendPang takes the basic "Pang" format and turns it into a frantic shoot 'em up experience. The soundtrack features several artists from the Japanese doujin and rhythm game scenes.
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Gameplay Overview
In TranscendPang, your character is fixed to the ground with only the ability to move left and right, just like in Buster Bros. You also have a shot button, an OverDrive button and a Skill button. In total there are 12 playable characters, as well as 1 secret character, where each character has unique stats for movement speed, wire speed and overdrive damge, as well as completely unique skills.
Your goal is to progress through the stage by shooting incoming balls that appear at the top of the screen and bounce around on the stage, and destroy the bigger enemies that appear from time to time, called sentinels. Each stage has unique theme with its own music where all the sound effects for shot and kills add to the music that's already playing, creating a generative soundtrack. This also means that your shot and the enemy balls are synchronized to the tempo of the music that's playing.
Controls
- Shot (Z): Fires a wire towards the top of the screen.
- OverDrive (X): Destroys all balls on screen, and deals damage to sentinels and bosses.
- Skill (C): Activates the character's special skill.
- Boost (Shift/Space): Increases the rate of incoming balls.
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