A downloadable game for Windows

The latest in run-and-gun games from Happy Frog Games, "Contrary to Popular Belief" adds flying to the popular run-and-gun genre.

Notable features:

You can fly by pressing jump repeatedly!
Mid-bosses!
It has a level! (gasp!)
Credits sequence which won't waste too much of your time!
Infinite lives! Instead, your final score is cut in half for every death!
Easy to play, difficult to master!
Glorious 2D graphics by various people (listed in credits)
A rapid-fire machine gun! (Hold down X to fire constantly once you have it)
Unbelievable sound effects!
The option to turn music off!
May or may not end with a boss battle!
Humorous shenanigans!
Pausing! (Control+P to pause.)

We hope you enjoy the game! Happy April Fools' day, y'all!

More information

Status	Released
Platforms	Windows
Release date	Apr 01, 2019
Rating	Rated 1.0 out of 5 stars (1 total ratings)
Author	Happy Frog Games
Genre	Action, Shooter
Made with	Clickteam Fusion
Tags	Aliens, april-fools, Boss battle, Comedy, Funny, Robots, run-and-gun, Singleplayer, Surreal
Average session	A few minutes
Languages	English
Inputs	Keyboard

Download

Contrary to Popular Belief 6.5 MB

Install instructions

Extract the executable and font from the game ZIP into the same folder. Make sure the font is still in the same directory as the game when you run it.

That's pretty much it!

Development log

Thanks to everyone who's tried the game so far!
Apr 21, 2019

Comments

Dibaka5 years ago(+1)

Well, and this, kids, is why you don't do drugs :-)

Quite funny, nice job!

Happy Frog Games5 years ago

Haha, thanks!

poila5 years ago(+1)

CONTRAry to popular belief, you don't need good design principles to make an outstanding game. This one's... a masterpiece (in terms of irony and hilarity). Also, great voice sampling for the music.