{"id":147,"date":"2015-11-07T10:49:37","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T10:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=147"},"modified":"2017-07-27T15:21:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T15:21:05","slug":"taovarg","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/portfolio\/taovarg\/","title":{"rendered":"TaOVARG"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Current Version: 0.32;<\/li>\n<li>Platforms: Windows;<\/li>\n<li>Engine: Unity;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>TaO-VARG is a challenging action puzzle game where your goal as the player is to guide a Ballistic Acceleration ellipse(BALL for short) to the goal by using two special gravity particles: Thrusts and Orbits. Further, in order to successfully complete a level, not only must the BALL reach the goal, but it must do so within certain limits, these limits are imposed on the number of respective particles that can be used each level, with three pass marks(bronze, silver and gold) associated with how few(or many) the player uses. If the player reaches the goal but uses too many of a particular particle then they must try again.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PauseMenu.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"139\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/general\/new-project-announcement\/attachment\/pausemenu\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PauseMenu.png\" data-orig-size=\"1200,670\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Medals\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The different passes requirements for a level.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PauseMenu-300x168.png\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PauseMenu-1024x572.png\" class=\"wp-image-139 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PauseMenu-1024x572.png\" alt=\"The different passes requirements for a level.\" width=\"625\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PauseMenu-1024x572.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PauseMenu-300x168.png 300w, http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PauseMenu-624x348.png 624w, http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/PauseMenu.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The different passes requirements for a level.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In total there are currently 40 levels to beat, with the later levels becoming more and more challenging for the player. The levels start simple, but as the player progresses through the game they \u00a0will encounter a variety of obstacles, ranging from turrets, to lasers and even particle free zones.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Level7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"136\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/general\/new-project-announcement\/attachment\/level7\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Level7.png\" data-orig-size=\"1751,987\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"An early TaOvarg level\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;An early TaOVARG level&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Level7-300x169.png\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Level7-1024x577.png\" class=\"wp-image-136 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Level7-1024x577.png\" alt=\"An early TaOVARG level\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Level7-1024x577.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Level7-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Level7-624x352.png 624w, http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Level7.png 1751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An early TaOVARG level<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>TaOVARG can be downloaded now for Windows.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/files\/TaOvarg setup.exe\">Windows Installer<\/a>\u00a0(Windows)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.noddingtortoise.com\/files\/0.3.2.zip\">Standalone Package<\/a>\u00a0(Windows)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Version: 0.32; Platforms: Windows; Engine: Unity; TaO-VARG is a challenging action puzzle game where your goal as the player is to guide a Ballistic Acceleration ellipse(BALL for short) to the goal by using two special gravity particles: Thrusts and Orbits. 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