Overview

Based on Toaplan's hit 1990 arcade game Outzone pits you against the worst the galaxy has to offer!

Battle through insurmountable odds with two different weapons, powerups and a secret superweapon...

Details

Outzone was developed for the Interactive Entertainment Programming subject, as a part of the Interactive Entertainment Multimedia major.

Implemented in C++ using the OpenGL Clarity Engine.

Features

  • Per-pixel collision maps for both weapons and player/environment collisions.
  • 2 upgradable weapons.
  • Collection of player statistics.
  • The mysterious, hard-to-find Superball™.

Download

Outzone is availble for download here (~6.17MB).

Thanks go to Dale Freya, who created the Clarity engine used to develop this game.

Cheats

For those who just can't seem to beat back the alien hoarde:

  • press alt+h to enable cheats - the player's position will be displayed in the upper left corner when enabled
  • alt+g - toggle god mode. The player will be invulnerable to enemy weapons, but colliding with them still hurts :)
  • + (the plus key next to backspace) - increase your weapon power
  • c - toggle between conventional weapons