Help Hannah's Horse
| Help Hannah's Horse | |
|---|---|
 Help Hannah's Horse | |
| Genre | Arcade, action, child-oriented |
| Latest release | 2.0.1 |
| Release date | July 25th, 2021 |
| Developer | Stephen Branley |
| Code license | GPL v3 |
| Media license | GPL v3 |
| P. language | C++ |
| Library | SDL |
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| Help Hannah's Horse is a free game. This means that the source code is available to be studied, modified, and distributed. Most projects look for help with testing, documentation, graphics, etc., as well. | |
Help Hannah's Horse is a child-oriented arcade game, described as „a cross between Pacman and the Dizzy game "Fastfood"“.
Story[edit]
Hannah’s horse has been kidnapped and she must collect the coins to pay the ransom, but there are ghosts (three of them) of some dead jockeys who are trying to stop her!
Gameplay[edit]
There are three difficulty levels:
Easy: The ghosts move slightly slower than Hannah, allowing her to outrun them. There are up to 4 powerpills per level.
Hard: One of the ghosts moves at Hannah's speed, making him harder to avoid. There are up to 2 powerpills per level.
Insane: All of the ghosts move at the same speed as Hannah. There are no powerpills. The game takes place at night time and only the area immediately around Hannah is clearly visible; the rest of the play area is shrouded in darkness!
Usual collectables[edit]
The player controls Hannah in a maze, collecting coins which lie all over the place.
There are also carrots moving around the maze; they also must be collected.
If Hannah touches a ghost, she dies very shortly.
Some pills, when eaten by Hannah, make the ghosts vulnerable to her touch.
Other items[edit]
There may be other items, which can:
- freeze the ghosts;
- switch left and right controls;
- make Hannah invisible for the ghosts.
Barriers[edit]
There are three kinds of non-wall barriers:
- Jumps, which can only be passed by ghosts.
- Wooden gates, which be passed by both Hannah and the ghosts, but only in the top direction.
- Gates, which can only be crossed by Hannah.
- Cross poles, which Hannah needs the key to pass
Availability[edit]
Debian: since Lenny.[1]
Release history[edit]
The game has been developed since at least 2006. The last version supporting SDL 1.2 was released in July 2020; the current version, requiring SDL 2.0 was released in August 2020.
External links[edit]
- Help Hannah’s Horse at SourceForge.net
- Amiga Longplay - Help Hannah's Horse
- Internet Archive
- The Linux Game Tome
- The Linux Game Book
- Think Penguin
- OSDN