Battle Narf

====== BATTLE NARF ======

by Dying Eyes Productions.
VERSION 1
An extremely late entry for the Vextro Unplugged jam, strongly inspired by Battle Kid, Fortress of Peril.
https://itch.io/c/6893661/vextro-unplugged

Programmed with Haxepunk!

NOTE: The html5 version should be fully playable, but if you want the best experience, I strongly recommend downloading the standalone versions of the game. They have generally better performance and much better audio quality in my experience. However, you can play the entire thing on whichever service you want and there should be no major issues with completing it.

====== THE STORY SO FAR ======

Narfs and Frans have battled for untold ages.
Where were you born and why?
For what do you live and how will it end?
These are irrelevant questions.
Just kill Frans.
That's the only reason you exist.
Right?

====== CONTROLS ======

Z - Jump
X - Shoot
Up - May have a use later.
Enter - Pause
Esc - Close game.
Backspace - Press on pause screen to return to main menu.
Hold Z and X together to skip through textboxes faster.

===== NOTICE ======

This game is very hard and kind of unfair. But that's sort of the point. Your enemy wants you to do something easy and simple and stay in that role. If you want to change your life, it will be a little difficult. But at the end of the day, it's just a video game, so please don't feel like you need to complete it if it makes you mad. I hope you have fun!

===== PASSWORDS ======

When you die, a password will appear on the death screen.
You can input this in the password screen on the main menu
to resume from a checkpoint you've reached before.
You can type any ten alphanumeric characters into the
password system and press enter to try the password.
There are some special passwords.

Here is a secret one you'll only learn about from the
readme: Type FASTFIRE in and you'll hear a strange
noise, even if the password screen doesn't allow it.
This will change the game's autofire speed when you hold
the button down to be very fast. I didn't balance the game
for that speed, but since it's a hard game with a lot of mashing,
you can think of it as an easy mode of sorts.

If you want to turn it back off, either reload the game
or just input FASTFIRE again.
Thanks for playing!

- NARFNra

March 1st, 2026

Changelog:

V1p1 ~ Made some noises less annoying when you are SLAIN

V1p2 ~ Replaced a quote that was both misattributed and also dealth with a topic that I think I'd rather not