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The Xenophis, a Vulcan exploratory vessel, has incidentally found the mythical sector of Firia where the planets, only reachable through warp tunnels, are told to be made of staggering ice and liquid fire. As a precautionary act, the Xenophis crew are attempting to launch interstellar probes, significantly altered to exist within the Firia atmosphere, in order to learn more of this magnificent piece of the galaxy.

However, evidence shows that the former inhabitants do not like outsiders.

You are the probe, and your mission is to maneuver your way to the other end of the warp tunnel. You are equipped with two shields, one to protect you from icy drones, and another from fiery ones. However, only one shield can be active at a time.

Warning: mental stability may deteriorate.

Gameplay

In theory, playing the game is very simple: when a drone is approaching you, you must activate the correct shield before it hits you. Failing to do that, you will lose a percentage of your shield's stability. Primarily, there are two kinds of drones you will face:

  1. Chasing drones: you can not escape these and must switch shield in time to collide
  2. Duette drones: a pair of drones, one of fire and one of ice. You must move and collide with one of them, while regarding, of course, your shield.

There are 4 game modes each zone could be in, each mode has different objectives, suggested difficulty, and possibly a way of playing. Briefly:

  1. Arcade: this is the "normal" mode; your objective is to reach the last portal with your shields intact
  2. Survival: virtually, you can't beat this mode, every time you enter a portal, the game will get harder and you can see how long you will last!
  3. Dodgy: only one of your shields is active and flipping is not possible, you will be faced with Duette drones and you must dodge to stay alive and reach the last portal
  4. Nervebreak: the rules of the game change; the drones have adapted to your shields and you must collide with every drone using the opposite shield. In other words, face fire drones with your ice shield, and ice drones with your fire shield

At the time of the release, there are 6 zones to choose from. Once you engage a zone, you will be briefed with your objective and how to play. Good luck!

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You are the probe, and your mission is to maneuver your way to the other end of the warp tunnel. You are equipped with two shields, one to protect you from icy drones, and another from fiery ones. However, only one shield can be active at a time.WARNING: Be quick; your nerves will be tested.

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Vertigo 1.0 - Linux

Vertigo 1.0 - Linux

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Vertigo v1.0 precompiled libraries package for 32/64bit Linux.

Vertigo 1.1 - Windows

Vertigo 1.1 - Windows

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Vertigo v1.1 installer for Windows XP, Vista, and 7.

Vertigo 1.0 - Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Vertigo 1.0 - Mac OS X Snow Leopard

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This is a .DMG that contains the game compiled for Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

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grimmute
grimmute

Great concept. Could have been a great game but it doesn't look like the developer cared.

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zuckerchan
zuckerchan

How can you change the controls, if possible?

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Blazerboy65
Blazerboy65

The music in the video is from the Lego Mars Mission section of the Lego website. You might want to change it to avoid copyright issues,

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MiP
MiP

Do not start. Last seen on loading 'ui.overlay'

console output
---
Parsing script UI.overlay
Texture: UI_ShieldFiller.png: Loading 1 faces(PF_A8R8G8B8,512x64x1) with 9 generated mipmaps from Image. Internal format is PF_A8R8G8B8,512x64x1.
Texture: UI_FireShield5.png: Loading 1 faces(PF_A8R8G8B8,512x64x1) with 9 generated mipmaps from Image. Internal format is PF_A8R8G8B8,512x64x1.
Texture: UI_IceShield.png: Loading 1 faces(PF_A8R8G8B8,512x64x1) with 9 generated mipmaps from Image. Internal format is PF_A8R8G8B8,512x64x1.
Texture: logo.png: Loading 1 faces(PF_A8R8G8B8,968x1009x1) with 9 generated mipmaps from Image. Internal format is PF_A8R8G8B8,968x1009x1.
Finished parsing scripts for resource group General
Texture: vortex.png: Loading 1 faces(PF_R8G8B8,2630x1315x1) with 11 generated mipmaps from Image. Internal format is PF_X8R8G8B8,2630x1315x1.
*****************************************
*** --- Initialising OgreOggSound --- ***
*** --- OgreOggSound v1.20 --- ***
*****************************************
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server socket
jack server is not running or cannot be started
*** --- OpenAL version 1.1
*** --- AVAILABLE DEVICES --- ***
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server socket
jack server is not running or cannot be started
Cannot connect to server socket err = No such file or directory
Cannot connect to server socket
jack server is not running or cannot be started
---

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sianhulo
sianhulo

it shows a loadin screen anf when it finish to load it returns me to my previus window, it get killed itself.
Linux, intel core 2 duo 2.5ghz, G31/33(intel integrated, 128 vram), 2gb ram ddr2.

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cip91
cip91

same here..
EDIT: just seen that there isn't a x64 version .. removed :(

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dotteri_thecatwolf
dotteri_thecatwolf

Nice game. I had amused a while. Some tunnels was really psichodelic.

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jamiethm2
jamiethm2

Doesn't run on mine either! ...Removed! :-)

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har_g
har_g

Maybe it's great to add some obstacle required to dodge (no shield compatibility) and the ability to move left and right further (like looping :P)

Go improve it :)

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amireh Creator
amireh

Guys if the game crashes or doesn't run at all, please do notify me here or by email by giving me more information: the game generates log files found under Vertigo/log, these are usually enough to indicate what went wrong and how to solve the issue.

This is the first game I deploy and there are many things that could go wrong which I probably haven't foreseen, so if you do want me to help you, please help me out too! :D

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perjo132
perjo132

Hey heres my log

./vertigo: error while loading shared libraries: libXmu.so.6: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64

does not run at all or even attempt to open.

Linux mint 12 64bit, straight intel hardware

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Techna
Techna

there is no 64bit version of the game

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