Donut Quest
From Pigasoftware
 Screenshot of Donut Quest | |
| Operating System(s): | Microsoft Windows |
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| Engine: | Modified version of Gamemaker's "1945" created by Mark Overmars |
Donut Quest is game for Microsoft Windows made by Piga Software for the Brogo Webcomic. It features the Brogo character Ed Donut, as he fights his way against Spiders in a Donut factory. The game was made using Game Maker 5 , on Windows 98 . They game has been successfully tested on Windows 95 , Windows 98, Windows 2000 , and Windows XP , it should run on all versions of Windows from 95 up.
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Story
One day Ed is watching the news, when he hears that a donut factory is closing. As anyone would expect, Ed rushes over to the factory. Ed finds hundreds of donuts but he also finds thousands of spiders. He gets a spray can and battles the spiders for the donuts (how Canadian).
-- Spoiler Alert! Plot's ending listed below --
After fighting through spiders and collecting many a donut (and poison spray cans), Ed enters the wrecked and structurally unsound interior of the factory. Ed looks around for more donuts but then encounters the largest spider ever seen by man. He is "Old Hairy" the master spider. There is a long battle of hominid to arachnid which Ed eventually wins after much struggle. Outside he hears the sound of work men approaching the building to begin the demolition. "5, 4, 3, 2, 1!" Ed jumps out of a Window just as the building implodes, covering him with ash and knocking out some teeth. Ed then considers his previous actions, "Maybe I should not have done that.... Nah!!!"
Items and Enemies
Frosted Donut
The lowest form of Donut, provides the least points.
Frosted Sprinkled Donut
Better then the frosted but not as good as the others.
Chocolate Donut
The second best donut in the game.
Chocolate Sprinkled Donut
The best donut in the game, providing the most points.
Med Pack
Heals spider bites.
Spray Can
Provides Ed with a weapon to spray the incoming spiders with.
Spider
Old Hairy
GNU/Linux and Wine
Donut Quest has been successfully run on Fedora 7 Linux using WINE 0.9.49. All parts of the game seem to run, except for the background music. This may be caused by the fact that is in Midi format, in a later version there will be the option to select WAV files instead of MIDIs for better WINE support.
Game Maker 5 runs in WINE, and has loaded up the Donut Quest project file.
Version 1.5
On December 22 2007, Piga Software alongside Brogo and Malcolm Wilson Multimedia announced that a version 1.5 of Donut Quest is going to be released. It is to feature bug fixes, new features, license upgrade to version 3.0 of the GPL, and add-ons that make it more compatible with WINE. No release date has been given.
Proprietary Tool and Source Code Availability
Donut Quest is released under the GNU General Public License, however it was built in the proprietary software creation application: Game Maker 5.0. With the demo version you can only edit it with restrictions and you may need to remove some features such as the menu fireworks in order to compile or interpret the program. Piga Software allows modifiers of Donut Quest to send their modified versions to them so that they can compile it. However all modifications have to be under the GPL as stated in Donut Quests license. The source code (Game Maker project file) is included with the program.
External Links
- Donut Quest on the Brogo Webcomic's Website
- Download Donut Quest
- Donut Quest on Download.com
- Donut Quest on Brogo's Comixpedia article
