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Hot Dog Hero is a platform game... with a twist! Instead of just jumping around on fixed platforms avoiding enemies and collecting various items, you get to control the game and draw your own platforms. This makes for endless possibilities and strategies for beating the game and getting the most points. But wait! There is a small hitch, you only have a small amount of ketchup, mustard, and mayo that you can use to draw paths, so this game becomes more strategic than the average platform game.
Like so many other games, you can use the left and right arrow keys to move left and right, the up arrow key to jump, spacebar to shoot (pickles in this case), and the mouse to draw your paths. Your mouse is also used to aim at enemies before shooting. Complicated, I know.
Condiments
Ketchup - Quite boring actually, no special effects or anything.
Mustard - The best condiment to use most of the time, mustard is very springy and allows you to bounce right up again instead of landing on it.
Mayo - Acts like glue, stops you immediately when you land on it, slows you down when walking, and allows you to walk all around it, even upside down. But be warned, when upside down, your controls are basically reversed, left is right and right is left...
All three condiments have their advantages and disadvantages depending on the situation, but they are all quite useful when used together.
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Bonus Stars Bonus x1 - 100pts Bonus x2 - 200pts Bonus x3 - 300pts |
Enemies (hit with pickle) Blue Baby Fireball - 5pts Snorlkin - 10pts Slimy Hotdog - 10pts Baby Fireball - 15pts Dribblet - 15pts Moquot - 20pts Barbat - 25pts |
There are three key things that you need to do to get the most points in this game, get the bonuses, fast, with the least amount of condiments possible. How you acheive those goals however is up to you, but I'll give you a few of my tricks to help get you started.
First off, use mustard. (boy that sounds odd) A great strategy that you can use with the mustard is bouncing right across the level by drawing a small mustard spot, jumping on it and drawing another spot right where you will land, flinging you back into the air again. Control where you will land with the arrow keys and use this strategy to bounce across the whole level and collect all the bonuses. Note that collecting pickles is less important, its only worth it to get them if they are already in your path or very quick and easy to get.
When you want to land for good, or need more control, switch to the mayo and get your bearings back and get whatever you need to get.
For difficult items or enemies that are underneath a stationary block, use the mayo's glue like ability to walk upside down under the block and get the item/enemy. If all else fails, turn your head upside down and see how you can get to it, but do is as FAST as you can!
Well, thats it, Hot Dog Hero is a quite unique game, I've only seen one other like it (well two, but the second was just a sequel). Its quite fun and addicting and I'm sure that you'll have a great time playing it and with all my tips, you'll be able to play even better and longer!
This Neopets help article was written for The Daily Neopets by Ryan.
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