Purple Martians

A really cool platform game like Bubble Bobble, Lode Runner, or Super Mario.

Its completely free. (released under the zlib license)

Features:

 - many fun and challenging levels
 - LAN networked game mode with up to eight players
 - many unique enemies and items
 - bombs you can carry and throw
 - rockets you can ride and steer
 - movable lifts you can ride
 - switches that change blocks solid and back
 - springs that let you jump very high
 - keys that open locked blocks
 - doors to transport you to other places in the level
 - cloners that copy enemies and items
 - podzilla plants that pop up and shoot at you
 - helpful pop-up messages to help you figure stuff out

 - user definable setup for keyboard and/or joystick
 - homemade sound effects
 - a music track by Russel Hoy
 - fancy scrolling help screens with images and animations
 - the game can handle almost any screen or window size
 - very smooth moving graphics
 - zoom in and out, fullscreen or windowed while game running
 - you can choose between 15 different colors for your player
 - nice graphical level selector

And the best feature of all: The Level Editor to make your own levels!
If you create new levels, please send them to me.
The only levels I get to play are ones that I created myself, and how challenging could that be?

System Requirements (or systems that I tested it on):
Windows XP 
Windows 7
Windows 10
ubuntu-16.04.4-desktop-amd64
ubuntu-17.10.1-desktop-amd64
linuxmint-18.3-cinnamon-64bit
elementaryos-0.4.1-stable.20180214
antergos-18.4-x86_64
CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveGNOME-1708
CentOS-7-x86_64-LiveKDE-1708
Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-27-1.6

The netgame works identically across all platforms

See the help file for more details, or email me. ([email protected])

If you play it, please take a few minutes to send me some feedback.

Send your comments to:
[email protected]
Email me your new levels as e-mail attachments.

Created with:

Allegro 5.2.4
MinGW-w64 7.2.0
Code Blocks 17.12
libnet-0.10.11
zlib-1.2.8