Moose Life is a 3D scrolling shoot-'em-up with a very trippy title screen.
Developer Messages#
The messages from Minotaur Arcade Volume 1 appear in the Moose Life executable as well, apparently part of the underlying Neon engine.
The following message appears in the string table:
Failed to open GLFW window. If you have an Intel GPU, they are not 3.3 compatible. Try the 2.1 version of the tutorials.This message is from the source code at this page, which it appears the author may have used when learning OpenGL on Windows.
The game contains a large number of messages that are printed when the first level of a new game is completed, based on the current day and time on the system clock:
Time |
Sunday |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12am |
THE VICAR OF MOOSE! |
MONDAY MOON DAY! |
TUUUUUES-DAY |
MUTANT CAMEL DAY! |
FURS-DAY BEST DAY |
THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE! |
PURPLE SATURN DAY! |
1am |
SUNDAY FUNDAY! |
YOU SHOULD BE ABED! |
CHEWS DAY |
FLUFFY PLUSHIE DAY! |
ISO 8601 DAY 4 |
MOOSING IN THE SMALL HOURS! |
DIRTY STOPOUT! |
2am |
THE START OF THE WEEK! |
CAPITALISM OWNS YOU! |
THE DAY OF TUES |
BRITISH DAY! |
STILL NOT THE WEEKEND! |
FRIDAY'S MOOSE IS NOT A GOOSE! |
ARE YOU STILL UP? |
3am |
THE END OF THE WEEKEND! |
SYSTEM SLAVE! |
TIWESDAEG |
INTERNATIONAL OX DAY! |
THUNRESDAEG! |
3AM ETERNAL! |
TIME FOR BED! |
4am |
GOD IS WAITING! |
GET UP AND GO! |
TYR'S DAY |
CUP OF TEA DAY! |
DYDD IAU! |
ALONE IN THE DARK NIGHT |
MOOSE LIFE IS BEST LIFE! |
5am |
HOLY, LIKE MY SOCKS! |
UP AND ATOM! |
DIES MARTIS |
WODEN'S DAY! |
IOVIS DIES! |
NONE SHALL EVER FIND THIS |
UNDERWORLD ARE BRILL! |
6am |
HAVE A LIE IN! |
BACK TO THE GRIND! |
USA ELECTION DAY |
EARLY CLOSING DAY! |
JUPITER'S DAY! |
GO BACK TO BED! |
SOUTHAMPTON FC RULE OK! |
7am |
READ THE SUNDAY PAPERS! |
GET TO THE OFFICE! |
DOOM 2SDAY |
BIN DAY! |
THOR'S DAY! |
YOU ARE AN EARLY EGG! |
LLAMASOFT ARE ACE! |
8am |
LETTUCE SPRAY! |
WORKING BREAKFAST! |
ARE YOU SHRIVEN? |
HUMP DAY! |
QUINTA-FEIRA! |
GOOD MOANING! |
HELLO WROLD! |
9am |
A DAY TO DO NOTHING! |
HAIL TO THE BOSS! |
WORK WORK WORK! |
MIDWEEK DAY! |
AUSTRALIAN PAY DAY! |
WOULD YOU LIKE A CUP OF TEA? |
ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND! |
10am |
ENJOY THE WEEKEND! |
WORK! CONSUME! DIE! |
FLOSSIE SEZ BAA |
MIDDLE DAY! |
UK ELECTION DAY! |
MARMALADE, I LIKE MARMALADE |
TIME TO GO SHOPPING! |
11am |
TIME TO VISIT GOD! |
WORK HARDER! |
NO TIME FOR THAT! |
WONDERFUL DAY! |
LUNCHTIME! |
LOOKING FORWARD TO CURRY NIGHT |
PIE AND CHIPS FOR LUNCH! |
12pm |
COOK SUNDAY LUNCH! |
WORKING LUNCH! |
GET ON WITH IT! |
JUST A DAY! |
HAVE A CUP OF TEA! |
TRY CHOCOLATE MOOSE FOR LUNCH |
PUT THE KETTLE ON! |
1pm |
ROAST BEEF! |
NEVER STOP! |
BE PRODUCTIVE! |
NEVER EAT LAMB! |
HAVE ANOTHER BISCUIT! |
HELLO MUM! |
MOOSE ARE UNABLE TO MOO. |
2pm |
YORKSHIRE PUDDING! |
ALWAYS STRIVE! |
SUPER TUESDAY! |
DENTIST APPRECIATION DAY! |
CUDDLE A SHEEP! |
THINKING ABOUT CURRY! |
HAVE A FUNKY AFTERNOON! |
3pm |
ROAST POTATOES! |
CRUNCH TIME! |
KA YOUBI |
HAVE A BISCUIT DAY! |
ANTICIPATE FRIDAY! |
PERHAPS I'LL HAVE A VINDALOO! |
FINNISH BATH DAY! |
4pm |
WATCH THE FOOTY! |
WORK TILL YOU DROP! |
KEEP GOING! |
TODAY ALL DAY! |
FEAST DAY BEAST DAY! |
DO MOOSE LIKE PAPPADOMS? |
HAY EWE! |
5pm |
WATCH TELLY! |
STAY LATE! |
GOOD EVENING. |
HAVE A NICE DAY! |
A GOOD DAY! |
GET YE TO THE CURRY HOUSE! |
DEMOCRACY SAUSAGE DAY! |
6pm |
PLAY SOME GAMES! |
NO TIME TO RELAX! |
ISO 8601 DAY 2 |
BORIS IS A TWIT DAY! |
A FLUFFY DAY! |
IT'S CURRY NIGHT!! |
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER! |
7pm |
PLAY MOOSE LIFE! |
WORK THE SYSTEM! |
EAT SUPPER! |
HAVE A BATH DAY! |
GOOD DAY TO PLAY! |
TIME TO GO OUT! |
PARTY TIME! |
8pm |
WORK TOMORROW! |
MONEY OWNS YOU! |
LOVELY TUESDAY! |
SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY! |
GOOD EVENING! |
TRY SOME DISCO FUN! |
HAVE A MOOSE EVENING! |
9pm |
MONDAY IS COMING! |
PAY THOSE BILLS! |
SOON BE TOMORROW! |
TODAY'S THE DAY! |
ALMOST FRIDAY! |
STEP OUT WITH A SPRUCE MOOSE! |
EVERYBODY LOVES A MOOSE! |
10pm |
GET TO BED! |
HARD WORKING MOOSE! |
NIGHT NIGHT! |
CAMEL LOVE DAY! |
NATIONAL SAUSAGE DAY! |
MOOSE IS THE WORD! |
SHAKE YOUR ANTLERS! |
11pm |
NIGHTY NIGHT! |
EAT. SLEEP. REPEAT. |
- |
GOODBYE WEDNESDAY! |
MIDNIGHT MOOSE! |
MOOSE MOOSE MOOSE MOOSE! |
MOOSE ON THE LOOSE! |
The following text appears to relate to an earlier version of the game in which Moose Life was to be part of a "Minotaur Arcade Volume 2" bundle, although the selections are those from Minotaur Arcade Volume 1:
MINOTAUR ARCADE CORE VERSION 060919
GAME SELECT SCREEN
VOLUME 2 SUPER OX WARS AND MOOSE LIFE
PRESS A FOR GRIDRUNNER
PRESS B FOR GOATUP
(C) 2018 LLAMASOFT
HOW TO PLAY GRIDRUNNER
USE STICK OR MOUSE OR KB TO MOVE SPACESHIP
SPACESHIP AUTO FIRES
SHOOT EVERYTHING YOU SEE
COLLECT FALLING POWERUPS
SURVIVE AS LONG AS YOU CAN
PRESS Y FOR PAUSE
IN PAUSE USE L,R,U,D FOR DIFFERENT OPTIONS
HOW TO PLAY GOATUP
USE STICK OR KEYBOARD
LEFT AND RIGHT TO MOVE
PRESS X TO JUMP
HOLD LONGER FOR HIGHER
JUMPS, DO NOT FALL DOWN
KISS BILLY GOAT TO HAVE BABIES, THEY HELP YOU!