Super Freaks Arcade
v4.0.1 (November 14th, 2024)

The freaks are going back to the past, to play the freaky games that are a blast.

Super Freaks Arcade is a throwback to single screen arcade games, loosely based on a combination of Mario Bros., and Pac-Man Championship Edition. It aims to reinterpret the gameplay of Super Freaks 1 Ultimate Edition as if it were a 1983 arcade game. While it was originally made in two weeks for the Freakjam 1 pack, Super Freaks Arcade is receiving content updates and overhauls over time that will continue to expand it.

In Super Freaks Arcade, your goal is to get as high a score as possible. You (and a friend, this does have co-op) will need to collect the rainbow Yorbs all over the level repeatedly; once you fill your quota, the Skull Jar will appear for you to smash, ending the level. All the while, Kranion’s portal will teleport around the level, spawning Kranibots you’ll need to either bop with your spin jump or dodge. Collect a Yorb Star to temporarily become invincible and rack up some combos by running through Kranibots as fast as possible. Be careful! There’s a timer that will kill you if you dawdle too much. You’ll need to juggle milking the current level for points and figuring out when you should actually complete the level.

Super Freaks Arcade also includes a four player battle mode. Here, you and up to three friends can rough each other up to try to collect a certain amount of trophies bouncing around the level. When time runs out, you’ll enter sudden death, and at this point whoever is the last standing will win. 

DEFAULT CONTROLS
	KEYBOARD + MOUSE
	- Move: Arrow Keys, WASD
	- Jump: Z, Left Mouse
	- Confirm (Menu): Z, Left Mouse
	- Deny (Menu): X, Right Mouse
	- Start: Enter, ESC
	
	GAMEPAD (XBOX LAYOUT)
	- Move: D-Pad, Analog Stick
	- Jump: A
	- Confirm (Menu): A
	- Deny (Menu): B
	- Start: Start

PATCH NOTES
	1/21/2024 - v1.0
		Initial Release

	1/22/2024 - v1.0.1
		Fixed death spam noise when you run out of time

	1/28/2024 - v2.0
		Added Versus Mode
		Added Classic Freaks, Mr. Shootem, Mayor Cheddar as playable characters
		Made Barrel Canyon Cliffs slightly easier
		Fixed some bugs

	1/29/2024 - v2.0.1
		Added Kappa as a playable character
		Fixed zombie players bug

	2/2/2023 - v2.0.2
		Overhauled object and terrain collision to run much faster--there shouldn't be lag in Conveyor Castle anymore

	7/17/2024 - v3.0
		New Characters: 
			- Boo Suede Hue
			- Old Tiki
			- Jet Black from Tinvaders
			- Nadine from Prototype N
			- Charlotte from Slay Bells
			- Manegg from Comico the Hedgehog and technically Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers
		New Levels:
			- Skyway Highway
			- Shipwreck Poopdeck
		Adjustments:
			- Enemies spawn much faster and more frequently, but the enemy portal will shoot out yorbs when the screen is full of them
			- Slightly more lenient invincibility
			- HUD cleaned up

	9/5/2024 - v4.0
		New Characters:
			- Uncle Swordsman
			- One Eyed Bandit
			- Bun from Bun n Gun
			- Kazuki by Supersonic
			- TechPack by TechDev (would've been wrong if he wasn't here)
		New Features:
			- Multiple resolution support, and to match, various fun little borders, most of which reference Ultimate Edition and the classic Super Freaks platformers
			- Entirely new SFX by DoricDream
			- Preliminary high score screens: currently the game does not save high scores but this will come in a future update (you'd be surprised how weird this sort of thing is to figure out with multiple game modes)
		New Modes:
			- Survival: Get as many points as possible before time runs out! Comes in 2 minute and 5 minute variants
			- Endurance: You begin with 60 seconds, and you can keep adding time by collecting all yorbs in a map. 
		Adjustments:
			- Point Bonuses given a visual overhaul: they are much larger and will stay on screen (5 of them at a time) until your combo timer runs out
			- Bitcrushed alarm sound now plays when you clear a level or mode
			- Finally fixed that rare bug where no yorbs respawn

	11/14/2024 - v4.0.1
		New Characters:
			- Ashley from Pomeraider, by Emilia Flora aka Mugen Azure (classic arcade throwback solidarity!)
		Adjustments:
			- Due to popular demand (and my shock that people are willing to play this game for hours on end), Arcade mode now gets a bit harder with each loop; namely the "yorb quota" will go up by 10, until a max of 200 yorbs must be collected in every level for the Skull Jar to spawn. You asked for it!
			

	Future Updates:
	Here's stuff that is planned but hasn't been finished or made yet!
		Characters:
			- Boney M
			- Ellie from the hit game Tacti-Cat
			- Hazel and Axel from CODE Bunny
		Modes:
			- Adventure Mode: an actual story mode with a world map and boss fights
		Levels:
			- Playful Park
			- Forever Flowery Fields
			- Cool n Chill Caverns
			- Starscraper
			- Mecha Moon
		Bosses:
			- Dino
			- Mega Klaw
			- Cinge
			- Sticky
			- Kranion
			- Marrow Prime
		Other:
			- Actual high score saving and tables