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MareQuest

By ElectroKaplosion
Created: 2022-06-11 12:06:40
Updated: 2022-10-15 15:24:05
Expiry: Never
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  1. MareQuest! A profound experience including Mare customization, procedurally generated mares, rng mare dialogue, and accurate mare friendship simulation! What more could you possibly want?
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  3. Current version: PreAlpha: 0.0.6 (Rise of the Anons)
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  6. Controls
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  8. Arrow Keys - Movement
  9. Shift - Sprint / Kick trees(Earth Mares)
  10. Spacebar/Left Mouse - Interact
  11. W - Raise Stance [e.g. Stand/Fly]
  12. S - Lower Stance [e.g. Sit/Sleep]
  13. 1 - Eat Red Apple
  14. 2 - Eat Green Apple
  15. 3 - Eat Sugarcube
  16. P - Pause
  17. M - Mute/Unmute Music
  18. N - Next Music Track (Must have radio unlocked)
  19. Tab - Open Food Inventory/Gift Mare food hotkey
  20. Esc - Restart Game
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  22. [There are also onscreen controls for touchscreen that can be toggled in game by pressing the list icon]
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  25. Character Base Traits
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  27. Unicorn Mares: Auto shoot spells at enemies
  28. Earth Mares: More health and stamina / Can buck trees, farm, and build in overworld
  29. Pegasus Mares: Fastest characters. No structure collision when flying
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  32. Items
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  34. Red Apples: Replenishes 5 health (not upgraded) and some stamina
  35. Green Apples: Permanently raises stamina as well as restores some stamina
  36. Sugarcubes: Move faster for a limited time
  37. Witch Hat: If worn and mare HP hits 0 adds 50% max HP and hat destroyed
  38. Food: 30 food options for trading with mares based on personality type
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  41. Quests
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  43. -Main Quest - The 4 Alicorns
  44. -Hordecore Minigame
  45. -Shadow Horsie Maze Minigame
  46. -Poni Poni Dance Club Minigame
  47. -Cuddle Minigame
  48. -Radio Tower Code Breaker Minigame
  49. -Hat Filly Memory Minigame
  50. -Egg Shooter Minigame
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  53. Level ups and Perks
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  55. Earth Mares:
  56. EM1 = +5 Total Health / Red Apples Heal for +10
  57. EM2 = Applekick (Kick an apple at a shadow horse (-1 Red/Green Apple) Can be toggled!
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  59. Pegasus:
  60. PG1 = +1 Fly Speed
  61. PG2 = Cloud Attack - When in flight creates a cloud every few seconds that makes shadow horsies walk (costs 25 stamina) Can be toggled!
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  63. Unicorn:
  64. UC1 = x2 Magic Attack Power
  65. UC2 = Rechargeable Shield (costs Sugarcube to recharge if destroyed) Can be toggled!
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  67. 10 Friends = Choose 1 Perk (Race Specific)
  68. 25 Friends = Choose 1 Perk (Race Specific) + All item pickups x2
  69. 40 Friends = Alicornhood! Choose 1 Perk (any race) + All item pickups x3+1 Perk for every 10 friends after
  70. 60 Friends = Choose 1 Perk (any race)
  71. 80 Friends = Choose Alicorn Specialty:
  72. 1) Sun Alicorn = Sunlight spell to destroy all shadow horses + 6 seconds of no shadow horse spawning (30 second cooldown, costs 200 stamina per use) Can be toggled!
  73. 2) Moon Alicorn = Teleport to the moon every 30 seconds where there are no mares or shadow horses but plenty of space apples and moon sugar. (Costs 200 stamina per
  74. use) Can be toggled!
  75. 3) Crystal Alicorn = All item pickups x5 / Pickups move towards you
  76. 4) Friendship Alicorn = Turn nearest shadow horse into a mare friend every 30 seconds
  77. 100 Friends = Faithful student
  78. Become your best friend! Shadow horse count and perks rest but Friend count remains (only displayed if DED)
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  81. Enemies
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  83. Earth Shadow Horses - Spawn after making 3 friends and attacks player mare. Collision with your mare or other shadow horse will trigger an explosion. Explosion collision will cause your mare to lose HP. Shadow horse spawn rate will increase over time but cap at 12 active horsies at once. After 10 friends they will start to run instead of walk. After 40 friends they will deal double damage.
  84. Unicorn Shadow Horsies - Starts spawning at 20+ friends and spawn rate increased with friend count. Stays immobile, but shoots deadly spells at player.
  85. Mongolians - Appear in Hordecore minigame. Archer/Lancer variants which hurt player (does not cause perma death)
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  89. Latest Changelog:
  90. PreAlpha: 0.0.6 (Rise of the Anons)
  91. Last Updated 15-OCT-2022 @1100CST
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  94. OLD SAVE FILES WILL NEED TO BE DELETED ON THE MAIN MENU
  95. PLAYING OLD SAVE FILES WILL MOST LIKELY RESULT IN BUGS
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  97. New Features:
  98. -Added 4 Alicorn Ending Game Artwork
  99. -Added New Quests
  100. Cuddle Quest
  101. 1)Speak to Anonymous Green Mare with >1 Friend
  102. 2)Protect her from approaching ponies by cuddling (sleeping) on them
  103. 3)Once a pony's comfy meter hits 100% they'll stay in place
  104. 4)If 3 ponies hit Green you'll lose the minigame
  105. 5)Friend, food rewards. Ability to idle-cuddle mares at The Hub for food rewards
  106. Hat Filly Quest
  107. 1)Enter a cave withg >1 Friend
  108. 2)Follow the anonymous hat filly's movements with the arrow keys (memory game 8 levels)
  109. 3)Friend reward +hats will now spawn in the world
  110. Anonymous Egg Mare Quest
  111. 1)Speak to Anonymous Egg Mare with >1 Friend
  112. 2)Must be either unicorn or earth mare (not pegasus or alicorn)
  113. 3)Use mouse and space/left click to shoot eggs at pegasi
  114. 4)If pegasi steal all the apples there are no rewards
  115. 5)Reward will be friend count of apples remaining and 15 omelettes
  116. Radio Tower Quest
  117. 1)Enter a radio tower with >1 Friend
  118. 2)Speak to Anonymous Pink Mare
  119. 3)Guess the correct color combination (minigame instructions in game)
  120. 4)Friend, food, and radio reward
  121. -Added Radio - Upon beating Radio Tower minigame you will be able to cycle through unlocked music in the game in the ESC menu
  122. -Added 2 new Hats
  123. -Pickelhaube: When worn can take 5 hits without damage before it breaks
  124. -Explorer: Speed boost when worn, gets destroyed when a hit is taken
  125. -Added 4 New Music Tracks
  126. -Cuddles!
  127. -I Love Them
  128. -Hat Filly
  129. -Making Omlettes
  130. -Added Biomes
  131. -Biome will change when running North or South
  132. -Certain quests will spawn in certain biomes
  133. -Ordered below North-South biomes and their spawns
  134. -Ashen Lands
  135. -Portal
  136. -Wicked Witch Limeade
  137. -No Mare NPC spawns
  138. -Shadow Horsies spawn during daytime
  139. -Artic
  140. -Portal
  141. -Poni Poni Dance Club (At Night)
  142. -Hat Filly Cave
  143. -Radio Tower
  144. -Grassland/Forest
  145. -Portal
  146. -Poni Poni Dance Club (At Night)
  147. -Hat Filly Cave
  148. -Anonymous Green Mare
  149. -Anonymous Egg Mare
  150. -Desert
  151. -Portal
  152. -Poni Poni Dance Club (At Night)
  153. -Hat Filly Cave
  154. -Radio Tower
  155. -Evil Lands
  156. -Portal
  157. -Chaos Witch Ponkles
  158. -No Mare NPC spawns
  159. -Shadow Horsies spawn during daytime
  160. -Added procedural paths (visual)
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  162. Bugs Fixed:
  163. -foodmap display issue in the Hub
  164. -tree bucking issue on the islands
  165. -lighting not affecting volume bar
  166. -pegasi flying into building can't fly out
  167. -cheat code save file corruption
  168. -leving up in maze can cause issues
  169. -inventory keyboard issues
  170. -level up menu disappears when using arrow keys
  171. -can get locked abilities by clicking invisible "yay" in level up
  172. -volume always sets to 50% when unmuting
  173. -can start game as alicorn
  174.  
  175. Optmizations:
  176.  
  177. Known Issues:
  178. -hovering mouse over buttons while using arrow keys may not work
  179. -Text vertical placement issues
  180. -Touchpad GUI not currently working due to faulty GMS2 functions
  181. -Pegasi can fly out of the maze boundries
  182. -Health/stamina bar may entend outside of GUI in certain circumstances
  183. -Stamina regen bar may only fill up half way in Hordecore minigame
  184. -You can fly through Poni Poni Dance Club Walls
  185. -Abilities may toggle on when changing rooms
  186. -Quest completion resulting in level up may break if your browser crashes before the level up screen is displayed. This will prevent future level ups as well
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  189. FAQ
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  191. Q) Is this game in development?
  192. A) Yes, it is actively being worked on.
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  194. Q) How often is this game updated?
  195. A) I will try to make meaningful content updates every 2-3 weeks. You can expect large bug fixes sooner.
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  197. Q) What updates can I expect in the future?
  198. A) More random mare quests and content, bug fixes, music, NG+, working towards multiplayer features (long term).
  199.  
  200. Q) Is this game affiliated with or have any relationship to My Little Pony?
  201. A) No, this is a standalone mare schizo universe with poni (not pony).
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  203. Q) Why do you keep making me delete my save file with updates!
  204. A) I’m sorry, I’ll try to work on making saves scalable with future releases. Right now any variables added in development to the save files will cause issues with old saves.
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  206. Q) Why is this game so weird?
  207. A) Most of the dialogue and content is geared towards 4chan memes and inside jokes. If you are unfamiliar with 4chan you should probably keep it that way.
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  209. Q) What is a mare schizo?
  210. A) MARES MARES MARES MARES MARES I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEIR KIND SPIRITS I LOVE THEIR SNOWPITYS I LOVE THEIR SCRITCHABLE EARS MARES MARES MARES MARES
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  212. Q) How can I support the game?
  213. A) Play it, share it, follow me on le social medias. Financial support is not needed for development.
  214.  
  215. Q) I found a bug! How can I report it?
  216. A) If there’s a current thread, just make a post about it. If not you can join the discord server and post in the #report-a-bug channel: https://discord.gg/hueYuTRf6z
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  218. Q) Did you make the music? Can I download it?
  219. A) Yes, download here: https://electrokaplosion.bandcamp.com/album/marequest-ost It’s free, just put in $0 at checkout.
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  221. Q) Can I request a feature to be added?
  222. A) Sure, but no guarantee I’ll add it. If there’s a current thread feel free to ask or post in the #feedback channel on the discord.
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  224. Q) Will this game only ever be on Newgrounds?
  225. A) No, I am currently working on adding to steam (ETA 01-NOV-2022).
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  228. Links
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  230. Public Link Newgrounds: https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/842043
  231. Public WINDOWS Mega Link: https://mega.nz/file/JaYhkJhZ#95k39XR9JNMCPYTAf3ohkqvj4VJMGOBjZ3CKXkfx0T0
  232. Public Link OperaGx: https://gxc.gg/games/19f2hv/marequest
  233. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ElectroKaplosionMusic/videos
  234. Bandcamp: https://electrokaplosion.bandcamp.com/album/marequest-ost
  235. Twitter: https://twitter.com/EKaplosion
  236. Discord: https://discord.gg/hueYuTRf6z
  237. PonePaste: https://ponepaste.org/7461
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  240. Credits
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  242. Character sprites by Urimas
  243. Other art by ElectroKaplosion
  244. OST by ElectroKaplosion
  245. Programming by ElectroKaplosion
  246. Promo art (Mare Rave Update): Shydale
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  248. A special thanks to friends who helped test:
  249. Ritzy Road, Pinkanon, Hrfilly, Snowpon, Morning Frost, Limeade, ctanon, Quote ,brownie, xzar (anyone i may have missed)