Dexter the Alligator - Revision history

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Archive History

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Availability

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 * '''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/java/dexter.php Play ''Dexter the Alligator'' online]'''

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 '''Author:''' [[Matt Wears]]<br />
 '''Related games:''' N/A
-}}After ''[[Benny]]'', ''Dexter'' is a solid sophomore effort. Whereas ''Benny'' is a typical First Game-Maker Game, with all of the attendant oversights, assumptions, and novice clumsiness that practically make it a genre, ''Dexter'' builds on the strengths that show through Wears' earlier game, resulting in a still simple yet much more assured and involving effort.
+}}After ''[[Benny]]'', ''Dexter'' is a solid sophomore effort from Matt Wears. Whereas ''Benny'' is a typical First Game-Maker Game, with all of the attendant oversights, assumptions, and novice clumsiness that practically make it a genre, ''Dexter'' builds on the strengths that show through Wears' earlier game, resulting in a still simple yet much more assured and involving effort.
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 == Archive History ==
-On March 26, 2012, Alan Caudel tracked down a copy of ''Dexter'' and sent it along for inclusion.
+On March 26, 2012, [[Alan Caudel]] tracked down a copy of ''Dexter'' and sent it along for inclusion.
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 This game is not known to have been distributed in any form, prior to its addition to the Archive.
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 Like ''Benny'', ''Dexter'' consists of just a single map, assembled as an obstacle course for one of Wears' pre-existing characters. Also like ''Benny'', the game is colorful and brimming with personality. Here, though, Wears makes much better use of the map space to construct something more like a deliberate play environment; the character moves more smoothly through the level and interacts with it much as the player would expect. The game world also is just a more interesting place to be. In place of the nondescript pink interior of ''Benny'' we get an almost Shinto-feeling rock-and-moss (possibly grass) landscape, laid against the kind of deep well of unsettling blackness that you rarely see outside of an early NES game. It's just a cool place to be, that you will want to explore.
 To that end, the game somewhat rewards exploration. There are several paths to take through the level, which lead to different kinds of terrain, different challenges, and sometimes the odd bonus item. You can get caught in a few traps, but overall there was a distinct effort here to make a fair, interesting place that exudes a ''sense'' of place.
 It's easy to get caught up in rough comparisons, but to return to the Shinto thing, ''Dexter'' calls to mind the sort of 8-bit Japanese platformer that tended not to make it out of the country. Though it bears no real similarity, one may think of ''Son-Son'' -- or maybe a bit of ''Psycho Fox''.

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		+	After ''[[Benny]]'', ''Dexter'' is a solid sophomore effort. Whereas ''Benny'' is a typical First Game-Maker Game, with all of the attendant oversights, assumptions, and novice clumsiness that practically make it a genre, ''Dexter'' builds on the strengths that show through Wears' earlier game, resulting in a still simple yet much more assured and involving effort.

	Simple but appealing. Reminiscent of the sort of Japanese platformer that tended not to make it out of the country. For no explicable reason, calls to mind ''Son-Son''. Maybe a bit of ''Psycho Fox''.		Simple but appealing. Reminiscent of the sort of Japanese platformer that tended not to make it out of the country. For no explicable reason, calls to mind ''Son-Son''. Maybe a bit of ''Psycho Fox''.

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	* '''''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/downloads/dexter.zip Dexter the Alligator]''''' (78.5 kB)		* '''''[http://www.aderack.com/game-maker/downloads/dexter.zip Dexter the Alligator]''''' (78.5 kB)
		+	* [[Media:DexterMap.png\|Game map]] (63.9 kB)

	[[Category: Matt Wears]]		[[Category: Matt Wears]]