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Spears 'n' Spades

Spears 'n' Spades is a game inspired by the Ghosts'n Goblins series, featuring Isabella Rosenschwarz trying to rescue her husband by going through eight levels... twice.

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Unused Graphics#

Potions#

A scrapped item that would have existed alongside the necklaces as one-time variants. They're mostly the same, but the Speed Necklace has two potion counterparts (Firerate Potion and Speed Potion) and there is no potion counterpart for the Money Necklace.

health_potion SpearsNSpades-HealthPotion.png

firerate_potion SpearsNSpades-FireRatePotion.png

speed_potion SpearsNSpades-SpeedPotion.png

screen_nuke_potion SpearsNSpades-NukePotion.png

HUD graphics exist as well:

hud_potion_hp SpearsNSpades-HUDHealthPotion.png

hud_potion_firerate SpearsNSpades-HUDFireRatePotion.png

hud_potion_speed SpearsNSpades-HUDSpeedPotion.png

hud_potion_death SpearsNSpades-HUDNukePotion.png

Necklace Sketches#

Sketched variants of the necklaces, likely meant for an old version of the HUD.

hud_neckless_hp SpearsNSpades-HPNecklace.png

hud_neckless_moni SpearsNSpades-MoneyNecklace.png

hud_neckless_speed SpearsNSpades-SpeedNecklace.png

hud_neckless_death SpearsNSpades-NukeNecklace.png

Old HUD Variant#

A different design, being colored bars with circles.

hud_wepandmoni_base SpearsNSpadese-HUDLeft.png

hud_potionsandnecklesses_base SpearsNSpades-HUDRight.png

Player HUD Icons#

These character icons were used for a scrapped game mode where after beating the game as Harvey, the player could switch characters on the same level.

hud_bella_selected SpearsNSpades-BellaSelected.png

hud_harvey_selceted SpearsNSpades-HarveySelected.png

hud_bella_unselected SpearsNSpades-BellaUnselected.png

hud_harvey_unselected SpearsNSpades-HarveyUnselected.png

placeholder_cp_0#

A placeholder file that wasn't meant to be left in the game.

Unused Dialogue#

Exit Shop Dialogues#

In the gml_Object_obj_shop_text_Create_0 code file, there's a full list of Shop Guy's dialogues, that include unused dialogues that would have played when pressing the Exit button. In the final game, he just puts away the items instead.

Normal World#

"Goodbye, Isabella."
"That'll do."
"Carry on."
"Good luck out there, I'll probably never see you again."
"Run along now."

Dark World#

"Unrecognized chunk found!"
"ERROR: STRING NOT FOUND"
"victim #3"
"I don't want to look at your face anymore..."
"Quest starts here."

Unused Sounds#

Level Complete#

Called level_pass and level_pass_glitchroom respectively, these were likely placeholders for the current jingles.

snd_death#

Another placeholder, using Sr. Pelo's voice.

mus_level3_beta#

Early variant of Skull Caves level theme.

Removed Content#

Stuff that was in the files at one point but removed in later updates.

Winnie#

An edit of a Winnie-the-Pooh image with the face of Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force.

Jungle Boogie#

Shortened version of the full song with lower quality.