NES

Lowas

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Emulator

Frame rate: 0 FPS
Speed: 0 %
Uptime: 0:00
Controller: Keyboard

Emulated console

CPU: Ricoh 2A03 (6502), 1.79 MHz
Memory: 2 KB RAM
Video: PPU, 256×240, 54 colors
Video memory: 2 KB VRAM
Sound: 5 channels: 2 pulse, triangle, noise, DPCM
Cartridge: Mapper 0 · NROM, 32 KB / 8 KB
Emulator core: FCEUmm (EmulatorJS)

About Lowas

Platform: NES
Developer: Wendel Scardua
Year: 2020
Genre: Action
Players: 1
License: Homebrew

Farming Mushrooms in LOWAS is a snake-style game from the Homestuck 11th Birthday jam: the Heir of Breath helps a line of salamanders farm mushrooms.

You steer the line of salamanders to the mushrooms. The game speeds up after every ten mushrooms, and an imp appears after every five; touching one costs a salamander. It ends when the salamanders are gone or the line crashes into a wall or itself.

Wendel Scardua made it, inspired by Homestuck's walkaround games set in LOWAS. A browser version is on itch.io next to the ROM, though the author notes that the music sounds right only in proper emulators such as FCEUX.

Facts

Made for the Homestuck 11th Birthday game jam (2020).
Speed increases after every 10 mushrooms.

Cartridge

Mapper: 0 · NROM
PRG / CHR: 32 KB / 8 KB
Mirroring: Vertical
Saves: No

40,976 bytes · CRC32 11537FDC · MD5 0b9ede06c7e763c077dde0bd88374ff9

Keyboard controls

D-pad: ← ↑ ↓ →
A: Z
B: X
Start: Enter
Select: V

Steam Controller

D-pad: D-pad
A: A
B: B
Start: Start
Select: Select

Xbox controller

D-pad: D-pad
A: A
B: B
Start: Menu
Select: View

DualSense controller

D-pad: D-pad
A: ✕
B: ○
Start: Options
Select: Create

Keys and controller buttons can be remapped with the Controls button under the game. Save and Load keep a snapshot of the game in your browser. Steam Controller works as a gamepad through Steam Input. On phones, on-screen buttons appear.