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<\/a><\/p>\nThe world is ending. Destruction is raining down upon the world. It will all be over in four days. We all saw it coming \u2014 nobody is really all that surprised.<\/em><\/p>\n What is surprising is the manner in which the destruction is raining down: refrigerators? From the sky!?<\/em><\/p>\n There is an underground shelter that people are gathering at. Families and friends are attempting to reunite there in order to spend the final days of the Earth together.<\/em><\/p>\n Nobody wants to be behind. Nobody wants to be left alone..<\/em><\/p>\n Alone in the Rain<\/em>\u00a0was written in 72 hours, from scratch, in C++, using the lovely Allegro game library and the powerful Chipmunk physics library. The game has been (painstakingly) ported from OS X to Windows and Linux (don\u2019t hold those four (4!) hours against me).\u00a0cfxr<\/a> was used to produce the delicious 8-bit sound effects. GIMP<\/a> was used to create all of the graphics. This game features my first attempt at a human sprite and walking animation \u2014 huzzah!<\/p>\n There are five areas in total. The game is surprisingly challenging and unmerciful, although (in this author\u2019s opinion) quite fun to play and experiment with. I am absolutely thrilled with the final result, and cannot wait to see what fun games everyone else has come up with!<\/p>\n