Chicken Invaders: Cluck of the Dark Side 0.40BETA

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Published on August 11, 2023 6:00:09 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAxvOBP5VX4

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Chicken Invaders: Cluck of the Dark Side (2014)

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This is a full playthrough without commentary, covering a BETA build of Chicken Invaders: Cluck of the Dark Side. This build (version 0.40) was released on November 14th, 2014, one week before final release. Development was already wrapping up by now, so there aren't many gameplay differences. This version was the first one to include all cutscenes, so there are multiple text changes. Chapter 12 and ending cutscenes result in a game crash, so these had to be recreated within the final version. There was a patch addressing this issue, but I'm not in possession of it.

There was also one more BETA build (version 0.50) which was sent to select few beta testers for testing all of the unlockables, but I don't have it either. One person did record videos of it, but these were taken down.

Chapters:

2:31 - Chapter 1 – A Shot in the Dark
10:24 - Chapter 2 – Mad Madam Mah'Dàmme
16:22 - Chapter 3 – The Blade of Revolution
23:45 - Chapter 4 – Epsilon Thalassus: Artifact Recovery Mission
31:01 - Chapter 5 – The Source of Power
36:32 - Chapter 6 – Gamma Chthon: Artifact Recovery Mission
43:25 - Chapter 7 – The Thingamajig of Vagueness
50:42 - Chapter 8 – Eta Astropelecae: Artifact Recovery Mission
57:04 - Chapter 9 – Our Darkest Hour
1:04:00 - Chapter 10 – Light at the End of the Tunnel
1:11:36 - Chapter 11 – Atmospheric Reentry
1:16:34 - Chapter 12 – Let There be Light
1:26:25 - Ending

Differences:

The main theme has a short section (2 seconds) based on the Henterprise theme.
All starfields are slightly larger (for example 1530x1530 instead of 1524x1524).
The Quality Assurance section of the credits is empty. - 0:34
Cheats are not present in this version. - 0:59
There are no network or documentation related features in this build (Network Wizard, Help, World-wide scores, Uploading, Multiplayer). - 0:57
The part of the intro with the Henterprise in front of the sun is a static image that doesn't zoom in. - 4:22
Comment sending feature for beta testers. - 5:42
Henterprise uses white feathers during the boss fight. - 9:49, 50:02, 1:23:39, 1:24:28
Chicken Invaders 4's hyperspace (red transition to cutscenes) was still being used. - 10:15
"No, we have to seek out wisdom beyond our comprehension..." did not have a line break, so the next line starts with "comprehension" instead of "beyond". - 10:56
"...guidance from another universe..." ends with "plane of existence..." instead of "universe..." - 11:00
Madam Madamme is referred to as Madam Mah'Dámme. This has been the case for most of the game's development, only changed in the last days. A few instances of this: 11:04, 16:44, 1:04:31
"Uh, are you sure? Last time she couldn't even guess my weight correctly." is a simpler line - "Uh, I'm not sure this is such a good idea." - 11:12
The distance stated in "But that's over 10,000 light years away!" is twice as large. - 11:26
The text highlight in "That's not a knife... THAT'S a knife!" is not in all caps. - 15:56
Madam Madámme's text color is orange (possibly a remnant from CI4). - 16:49
"Let me consult my crystal ball..." ends with "the spirits..." instead of "my crystal ball..." - 17:11
The Blade of Revolution is referred to as the Blade of Destiny in "Uh, I think the Blade of Revolution is nearest..." - 18:34
Artifacts appear as soon as the ending text appears. - 30:49, 43:14, 56:53, 1:16:24
"Achy breaky heart indeed..." also had "Meh, heh heh." at the end. - 43:14
"Eta Astropelecae for that thingamajig." had the full name of that artifact. - 43:51
"And violent thunderstorms ravage the surface incessantly." did not have a line break, so the next line starts with "incessantly" instead of "ravage" - 51:19
"Two birds with one stone! Booyah!" had highlighted text on "two birds". - 1:03:48
"Hang on, let me consult my crystal ball..." ends with "the spirits..." instead of "my crystal ball..." - 1:05:01
"Now go on, you're burning daylight!" ends with "wasting time!" instead of "burning daylight!" - 1:05:45
Wave 94 "Highly Irregular" features Ordinary Chickens instead of Pilot Chickens. - 1:07:33
Giant Robotic Space Crab v2.0's forcefield is smaller, enough so that it's possible to fly under it without getting hit. - 1:10:49
Metal-suit Chickens summoned in Fly the Coop have incorrect heads. - 1:16:07
"As easy as hitting the broad side of a barn!" had highlighted text on "broad side". - 1:16:24
Metal-suit Chickens summoned in Hend Game have incorrect heads. - 1:23:52, 1:24:36
"I think that's our cue..." ends with "queue..." instead of "cue..." - 1:28:16

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