Villiam is Vampire Boy. The only time he goes out to play with the other kids is on Halloween night when they go door-to-door for tricks-or-treats. Villiam's big sister was in a bad mood one night, and she took all their candy and hid it around the castle. Help Villiam find all the candy that his big sis took from him and his friends.
From Robotduck comes this delightfully original and fiendishly challenging platformer with a sweet Halloween theme. Run and jump around platforms while avoiding enemies to grab all the candy on each level. And since Villiam is a vampire, he can turn into a bat and fly for a short duration, except that he needs candy to fuel his flight.
For every five (5) candies collected in a level, you may use Villiam's special bat powers to reach higher spots or to traverse wide gaps. But it doesn't last long! To complete each level you must choose wisely when to use your special powers, or you may not be able to finish. Press [R] to restart a level from the beginning.
Use the arrow keys for movement left and right, to jump, and to crouch. Alternatively, you may use the [O] and [P] keys for left and right, [Q] to jump, and [A] to crouch. Press [space] or [ctrl] to change into a bat. To view the map for a level at any time, press [M]. The number of candies left to find appears in the top right corner of the game window.
You will be given a password at the beginning of each level so that you may start the game at any level that you wish. You have three (3) lives with which to make it through all 13 levels and the big showdown in Villiam's sister's room at the end.
Analysis: The game is excellent. Once you take to the controls and move Villiam around the levels you will understand when I say the controls are tight, and it just feels right. The game has a classic retro arcade appeal that elevates it above most other browser-based platformers. Add to that brilliant and challenging level design, a contemporary and funky hip hop soundtrack, great sound effects, and original hand-drawn graphics, and what you have in front of you is an extraordinary offering for a Web-based game. Charming and challenging, and delicious. Click.
Benjamin Pitt creates original Shockwave games like this one for his RobotDuck site where a membership is required for full access to the games. Although a membership is not required to play the demo versions, once you play through the first few levels of this, or any other Robotduck game, you will want to see the rest. Just by registering with the site you will receive full access to all of Robotduck's games free for 5 days. After that, membership costs just $10.
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Wow, I see what you mean about the tight controls. It goes fast, but I felt under control the whole time. I wish there had been a little more explanation on the map screen about where you were going to start. Also the breakaway blocks in the last level were not marked differently enough. On the whole, great game.
Posted by: Zengief
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October 31, 2005 4:26 AM
Robotic Duck made my favourite internet game of all times, the excellent Snowfight 3d, all levels of which are playable at miniclip:
http://www.miniclip.com/snowfight.htm
Posted by: tobey | October 31, 2005 6:49 AM
Robotduck has been one of my favorite sites for a long time. I dig Space Invaders the most. And the Vampire Boy intro music is great too.
Posted by: Tyno | October 31, 2005 6:14 PM
vampire boy is the best games but i can't find the password for level 12
Posted by: amy cross | November 21, 2005 9:17 PM
Help I need help with level 6?
Posted by: julie gibson | January 11, 2006 7:33 PM
how do you finish level 13 i can do the rest easy
Posted by: nick | March 25, 2006 10:00 PM
hey i have problems to start the game, because there is an error "you need additional characters, or fonts to view this game"
and then the game crashes -_-
plz help
Posted by: xun | May 6, 2006 9:57 AM
HELP! i can't get past level 13??!!!
Posted by: Anonymous | April 26, 2007 4:34 PM
hi im in grade 5 and the whole class loves this game
xoxo
Posted by: bria | July 4, 2007 9:47 PM
Level 13s password is trafe
Posted by: Elise | August 16, 2007 3:45 PM
Hint:
for those of you who find the game too easy...
press "c" on your keyboard when you play...;)*wink*
Posted by: SahBeh | August 17, 2007 7:36 AM
when i click to play the game
it opens a pop-up, then asks if i want to download "load.pl"
i'm using Firefox
Posted by: SAM | May 15, 2008 3:55 PM
Robot Duck is currently migrating to new servers. Check back again later.
Posted by: Jay
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May 15, 2008 4:02 PM