El Codo: The Elbow of Fate
Codo - The Elbow of Fate
This game was mostly made in 2020 when I had a lot of time on my hands. Then I suddenly stopped having lots of time on my hands and the project got put on hold. It is a top down shooter about saving a rock star who was abducted by aliens. The main character is a wrestler with a gun. You can punch and shoot and have to fight your way through a horde of aliens. The levels are kept rather open, the basic idea being that you have to search and collect some diamonds in each level to progress.
Controls
Keyboard
- Moving: WASD or Arrow Keys
- Shooting: Left Mouse Button or Space
- Punching: Right Mouse Button or Shift
- Pausing: Escape
Gamepad
There is also gamepad support! The basic assumption is that you use an XBox Gamepad or equivalent. i.e. a pad with two joysticks.
- Moving: Left Joystick
- Shooting: Right Joystick
- Punching: A Button
- Pausing: Start Button
Troubleshooting
Graphical problems
There are a few commandline options you can try:
--no-vsync
disabled VSync and can possibly mitigate some
issues. If not, you can try --no-vsync --force-sw
, which
forces usage of software rendering. The game is pretty easy on the
hardware, so this should not be a problem performance wise.
Gamepad is not detected
Make sure to start the game with the gamepad already plugged-in/connected.
Where is the savefile?
On Windows: The savegame is stored in
share/codo-data/user/
, next to the executable.
On Linux: Its either in
$XDG_DATA_HOME/.local/share/flying_elbow
or
$HOME/.local/share/flying_elbow
, depending on whether
$XDG_DATA_HOME
is set.
On the Web: An IndexedDB entry is used to simulate the filesystem. The file is stored there.
Credits
pipo tileset
- Author: pipoya
- Link: https://pipoya.itch.io/pipoya-rpg-tileset-32x32
ingame font
- Author: domsson
- Link: https://opengameart.org/content/ascii-bitmap-font-oldschool
Epilogue
Anyways, thanks a lot for downloading and hopefully playing this game! If there’s something you want to tell me, drop me a mail at: slartibartfast@klockenschooster.de
Status | In development |
Platforms | HTML5, Windows, Linux |
Author | klockenschooster |
Genre | Action |
Tags | 2D, Pixel Art, Retro, Top Down Adventure, Top down shooter |
Download
Install instructions
Windows: Simply download the archive, extract somewhere safe and start codo.exe
Linux: Download the .AppImage file and store it somewhere safe. Mark the file as executable (either via chmod +x in a shell or using your GUI (most file managers include this option in the preferences menu for files)).
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