Jetpack is a great game. It is a platformer that only has one fixed screen at a time. The goal is not just to reach the goal, but to grab all the gems in the level first. What makes it interesting is the combination of what the player can do and the variety of enemies.
The game is named after the key feature in the game, the jetpack. By collecting fuel, you can simply fly wherever you want in the level.
But there is a secondary gameplay element, the ability to phase some types of blocks in the level. By phasing a block for some time (short or long depending on the block), you temporary make the block act as an empty space, allowing free passage for you. You can use this to trap enemies.
There are some normal platforming fun tricks too, expect ice floors, teleporters and a few toggleable walls.
The enemies are a varied bunch, there are a ball that runs along the floor, a rocket that turns right, a bouncing thingy and some other misc stuff. But there is also an enemy that uses pathfinding to track the player down. What most people don't realize at first is that enemies will use teleporters too.
With all this in mind, it is very well suited for tasing. JPC runs the game perfectly. The game is also freeware since a number of years.
Some advice for tasers:
- Teleportation grants you temporary invincibility.
- Enemies has no choice if they want to teleport, they will always do so.
- There are random powerups that spawn during gameplay. They include invulerability, freezing enemies and free fuel. Naturally, this should be exploited heavily.
- The game speed is adjustable and varies depending on the number of enemies on the level.
- If you hold down while flying, you will keep your height.
- Teleporters may teleport to the wrong color if the level has too many of them.
- If you reach the goal, you win, even if you happen to be dead.
- You can trap enemies in any title that temporarily acts like an empty space.
- You can jump in ladders.
- Flying and phasing are not mutually exclusive.
- Phasing downward will make you stop moving, even on ice covered tiles.
You start at around where the "02" is in the bottom bar. There's a double fuel tank to your right.
I think you could try different methods to simplify the equation, e.g. the two gems inside the room made of stone would be considered one node. You could also try to sever off connections that seem too distant and impose other restrictions and rules, again depending on the versatility of the software.
I'm not skilled in maths or programming but I'd be interested in hearing whether this would be the general sort of strategy that anyone who's done TAS'ing would use.
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On the next frame, holding left:
Gone! After that he pops out near the golden vases and just drifts down ignoring all collisions. Am I missing something or is it just not being emulated properly?
