## Description
_Smaze_ is a demake of the 3d first-person shooter Haze, created for the
TIGSource Bootleg Demakes competition. While many elements from the original
game remain present, the gameplay was adapted to a 2d top-down shooter with
graphics and sounds that resemble a NES game from the eighties, especially
Ikari Warriors with vertically-scrolling gameplay.
Just like the original game, players control a soldier who has access to a
drug that influences the abilities. While the original game’s _nectar_ only
brought along negative effects, this title’s _venom_ also has positive ones.
The soldier can get more health, use an upper (speed and firing power crease,
firing rate decreases), use a downer (speed and firing power decrease, firing
rate increases), and activate perception to see hidden civilians, mines and
venom flowers that refill the venom meter. Using any kind of power-up however
will distort the entire screen, hallucinations of dead soldiers (just like the
original game) or make the soldier’s internal program crash – filling the
screen with error messages). Many more elements from the original game are
adapted, such as the soldier jargon of shouting “boosh” to each other.
_Haze’s_ trademark colour is turned into pink in this game.
Next to the levels on foot with bosses and various types of enemies, there is
also a driving section adapted from the original game. Players can fire
regular bullets (or enhanced while using drugs) in eight directions or throw
grenades. Although the use of drugs is not encourages because of the negative
effects it brings, they need to be used to get through certain sections of the
games when too many enemies appear.
Smaze