Flappy Dragon

FLAPPY DRAGON

Controls:

• Up: Up arrow/W
• Down: Down arrow/S
• Confirm/Fireball: Space bar
• Option: O

• Add Credit: C

Concept:

“Flappy Birds with dragons and fireballs”

Games last 30 seconds.

Player controls a dragon sprite and is able to move the dragon up or down.

Each column successfully dodged earns the player 1 point, increases the column speed and adds one fireball charge.

Each column hit slows the column speed.

When the fireball charge count reaches five the player is able to use a fireball to destroy one incoming column. This resets the fireball charge count.

At the end of the game the points earned determine a player’s rank and tickets rewarded.

If player dodges all columns they receive a double-token jackpot.

As it's specifically designed to be played at an arcade, where the screens are typically 4:3 resolution, this game is designed with that resolution in mind.

Lore:

When the titan castle planet “Cree8Matteus” collapsed and crumbled under its own dreams and ambitions, the dragons saw a new opportunity.

Henceforth, whenever a star was born the dragons would commemorate this wonderful event through racing through the ruined debris, competing and proving themselves to one another and hoping to one day earn the coveted title of “The One Who Flappeth”.

Thus began the ritual contest that would define Draconic culture for eons to come.

This is the story of the event known as “Mollis Draco”, otherwise known as...

“FLAPPY DRAGON".

Credits:

Game design, programming and audio by Richard Jackson (“jacksorjacksor”)

Sprites by Matthew Creed  

Flappy Dragon was made as an entry for Arcade Jam 2022. Thank you to The Arcade Vaults (Cardiff) and Sega Amusement for putting on this event!

- Rich, 8th April 2022