A downloadable game for Windows

Attention:
Thanks to all the overwhelmingly positive feedback The Adventures of Yulpers! has gotten, work is underway on an expanded 'Game of the Jam!' edition.  You can check it out at:
https://withthelove.itch.io/yulpers-gotje

Ready, set, YULP!

It's time to yulp your way to fame and glory with The Adventures of Yulpers!

The more you yulp, the longer you get, but watch out for the sinister Gulpers or you'll get gulped!

Hop, bop, jump and yulp you're way through sixteen levels of adventure with Yulpers in this delightfully colorful retro platformer created for OpenGameArt.org's Summer 2018 Game Jam!

But don't stop with the built-in levels, create your own adventures for Yulpers with the included and fully featured level editor!

Created with the love and gobs wonderful art and music from OpenGameArt.org, Yulpers is sure to a bring a smile to even the most hardened gamers, so grab a controller or keyboard and get ready to YULP!


System Requirements:
Windows PC
Keyboard or controller
Mouse required for level editor.
Microsoft .NET Framework vers 4.0 (or better)
OpenGL 3.0 Compatible Video Card
   Nvidia GeForce 8000 series or better
   Ati Radeon HD 2000 series or better
   Intel HD 4500 or better
   You can check specific cards at:
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Nvidia_graphics_processing_units
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_AMD_graphics_processing_units
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Intel_graphics_processing_units
100mb Free Hard Drive Space

To change screen mode/res:
Goto to Options -> Video

Change Log:

v1.24 - 03/04/2021
   Assets reorganized to clarify licensing details of CC-BY assets.

v1.23 -

    Fixed bug that prevented installed game from launching.

v1.22 -

    Fixed bug that caused game to repeat same song over and over instead of playing a different song for each environment.

    Fixed bug that caused mouse pointer to jump around when it was moved offscreen in fullscreen mode.

v1.21 -
    Windows Display (DPI) Scaling disabled at startup (window resolution exactly matches resolution player selects).
    Video options default to fullscreen mode.
    Bug fix: Random vertical lines no longer appear when running in 1366x768 and 1360x768 resolution on Nvidia cards.
    Mosiquito speed/difficulty tweaked (made slower/easier).
    Errant helmet removed from 2nd grassland level.
    Scroll speed for title and credits backdrops tweaked (slowed down).
    Errant pixel cleanup for title text and grass backdrop.
    Credit added for 'Good Fruits' by Master484.
    Credit added for 'Celta World NES Version' by Snabisch.
    Credits removed for unused assets ('Around The World NES Version' and '2D Pixel Clouds').

v1.11 -
    Menus respond to yulp and jump buttons (previously they only responded to yulp button).

v1.1-
 First public release.

The Adventures of Yulpers is Copyright Scott Matott 2018.  All rights reserved.



The following works were used in the creation of this game.  Modifications were made.

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Title:
    Seasonal Platformer Tiles

Author:
    GrafxKid

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/seasonal-platformer-tiles

License(s):
    * CC0 ( http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    Items and elements

Author:
    GrafxKid

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/items-and-elements

License(s):
    * CC0 ( http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    Arcade Platformer Assets

Author:
    GrafxKid

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/arcade-platformer-assets

License(s):
    * CC-BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    Various Creatures

Author:
    GrafxKid

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/various-creatures

License(s):
    * CC-BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    Mini Character Pack

Author:
    GrafxKid

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/mini-character-pack

License(s):
    * CC-BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    Monkey Lad in Magical Planet

Author:
    surt

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/monkey-lad-in-magical-planet

License(s):
    * CC-BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    Cartoony platformer assets

Author:
    Buch (https://opengameart.org/users/buch)

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/cartoony-platformer-assets

License(s):
    * CC-BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    Three Little Bitmap Fonts

Author:
    Buch (http://blog-buch.rhcloud.com)

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/three-little-bitmap-fonts

License(s):
    * CC0 ( http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    2D Pixel Clouds

Author:
    Dan Ryder

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/2d-pixel-clouds

License(s):
    * CC0 ( http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    A package of 8-bit fonts for Grafx2 and Linux

Author:
    usr_share

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/a-package-of-8-bit-fonts-for-grafx2-and-linux

License(s):
    * CC0 ( http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    Good Fruits (M484 Games)

Author:
    Master484

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/good-fruits-m484-games

License(s):
    * CC0 ( http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    What a nice surprise (NES Version)

Author:
    Snabisch

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/what-a-nice-surprise-nes-version

License(s):
    * CC-BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode )

File(s):
    * What a nice surprise.mp3

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Title:
    In The Forest (NES Version)

Author:
    Snabisch

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/in-the-forest-nes-version

License(s):
    * CC-BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    Claim to fame (NES version)

Author:
    Snabisch

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/claim-to-fame-nes-version

License(s):
    * CC-BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    Mr. Blue Sky NES Version

Author:
    Snabisch

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/mr-blue-sky-nes-version

License(s):
    * CC-BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    Extreme Love (NES Version)

Author:
    Snabisch

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/extreme-love-nes-version

License(s):
    * CC-BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    Investigating a Crime at Night (NES Version)

Author:
    Snabisch

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/investigating-a-crime-at-night-nes-version

License(s):
    * CC-BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    The Champion (NES Version)

Author:
    Snabisch

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/the-champion-nes-version

License(s):
    * CC-BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    Meeting Place II (NES Version)

Author:
    Snabisch

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/meeting-place-ii-nes-version

License(s):
    * CC-BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode )

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Title:
    Celta World NES Version

Author:
    Snabisch

URL:
    https://opengameart.org/content/celta-world-nes-version

License(s):
    * CC-BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode )

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Presented as my way of giving back to the OGA community and saying thanks to all the artists whose works contributed to the creation of Yulpers, 
the art and sound files from the game have been made available at:

The Adventures of Yulpers! Art and Sound Pack
https://opengameart.org/content/the-adventures-of-yulpers-art-and-sound-pack


StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows
Rating
Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Authorwith the love studios
GenrePlatformer
Tags8-Bit, Pixel Art

Download

Download
yulpers-v1.24-setup.exe 41 MB

Development log

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I just want to thank everyone for all their overwhelmingly positive feedback about The Adventures of Yulpers! and let you know it has inspired me to work on an expanded 'Game of the Jam!' edition.  You can check it out at:

https://withthelove.itch.io/yulpers-gotje

Thanks for participating! See you next year!

Thanks for making this collage, I love it!

I suppose this is as good a place as any to announce that thanks to the overwhelmingly positive feedback The Adventures of Yulpers! has gotten, I've started work on an expanded 'Game of the Jam!' edition.  You can check it out at:
https://withthelove.itch.io/yulpers-gotje

Made a video

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thanks!    Video was a fun watch, glad you enjoyed the game!

The idea seems fresh to me in a world saturated with games that imitate Mario.
I think it's a brilliant idea to be a centipede, what at first seemed like a children's walk is getting more and more complicated.
Good luck with the game!

Thanks for your kind words!  It means a lot to me that you enjoyed the game since I used your so many of your songs in it.   It's really generous of you to share so much of your excellent work on OGA and I hope seeing your songs used in games like Yulpers! is rewarding for you as it's really the best we have to say thank you.  :)

It's funny you called yulpers a centipede.   It must be our years of video game training that we assume anything with segments is a centipede.  That was my definitely my original idea but my kids insist he is caterpillar which actually makes more sense when you think about it.  :)

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It was a very fun game to play, feels very complete. The idea to have a growing centipede (or whatever Yulper is) as a platformer character is really great, one of those "why hasn't this been done before and if has, why haven't I known about it?" kind of ideas. It takes some elements from Super Mario Bros. in the visuals, but I think the music is a bit more newer style, which is nice, I guess. Unlike many old games, this game starts easy and the difficulty picks up slowly. I lost my first life on the fourth level and that was because I fell into a lava pit. The level editor is another great feature of this game.

I'd be glad to invite this game to our contest, the Game Development World Championship!

Thanks for checking out the game and for all your kind words!   Will definitely look into the GDWC.     Definitely have a bunch improvements I'd like to make to the game and a special 'World Championship Edition' might be just the excuse I need to do it.

Okay, that sounds great! Thanks for your interest!

Simple, effective, and fun. Great game!

thanks!   Glad you enjoyed the game!!   'Simple, effective and fun' was definitely what i was aiming for!  :)