Super Amazing Wagon Adventure
| Super Amazing Wagon Adventure | |
|---|---|
 The title screen of the game Super Amazing Wagon Turbo with CRT effect applied | |
| Developer(s) | sparsevector |
| Publisher(s) | sparsevector |
| Engine | Microsoft XNA |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 |
| Release date(s) |
Xbox 360
Microsoft Windows
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Super Amazing Wagon Adventure (also Super Amazing Wagon Adventure Turbo) is a 2D action-adventure video game developed by independent developer sparsevector. The game is known for its retro theme, with graphics very similar to 8-bit games, and CRT display. It is a parody of Oregon Trail but with modern music. Its follows a story line but with random sequences that change scenes every 3–30 seconds with unpredictable attack and obstacle patterns. The latest version is released on Windows platform via Steam and Xbox version is available at Xbox Live. The game can be beat in 10 minutes, however due to randomness of the game it often takes a longer time to complete the game. It was developed using .NET Framework and XNA Engine.
Plot
It is a story of three person with a trusty wagon who have to cross the west between 1830 and 1870.
Gameplay
The player controls the three migrants in the whole gameplay. The objective of this was to shoot animals or enemies and survive obstacles within a given story. In the beginning the player must select characters and a wagon. The three characters can contract diseases that decrease characters' life points. The life points can be refilled by health packs that can appear somewhere or be traded for fur trading if the trader is encountered. Every animal killed in the game can be collected for trading purposes, however, touching the dead skunk loses a characters life. It has decision points which affects the gameplay depending on the choices selected by the player. The games has no saving points so when the game is over, the player must start from the beginning. Every challenge in the game can unlock new survival mode games or a new wagon. It has an intentional glitches that unlocks the glitch wagon.[1]
Development
Super Amazing Wagon Adventure is the first game developed by the sparsevector. It was started as a group project in his college years which is a remake of Oregon Trail. Creating rafting and hunting mini games was his task in his group which later became a part of the game.[2]