Moose Life

Moose Life
Developer: Llamasoft Publisher: Llamasoft Platforms: Windows, PlayStation 4 Released internationally: August 13, 2020 This game has a hidden developer message.

Moose Life is a 3D scrolling shoot-'em-up with a very trippy title screen.

Developer Messages

The messages from Minotaur Arcade Volume 1 appear in the Moose Life executable as well, apparently part of the underlying Neon engine.

The following message appears in the string table:

Failed to open GLFW window. If you have an Intel GPU, they are not 3.3 compatible. Try the 2.1 version of the tutorials.

This message is from the source code at this page, which it appears the author may have used when learning OpenGL on Windows.

The game contains a large number of messages that are printed when the first level of a new game is completed, based on the current day and time on the system clock:

Time	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
12am	THE VICAR OF MOOSE!	MONDAY MOON DAY!	TUUUUUES-DAY	MUTANT CAMEL DAY!	FURS-DAY BEST DAY	THE WEEKEND STARTS HERE!	PURPLE SATURN DAY!
1am	SUNDAY FUNDAY!	YOU SHOULD BE ABED!	CHEWS DAY	FLUFFY PLUSHIE DAY!	ISO 8601 DAY 4	MOOSING IN THE SMALL HOURS!	DIRTY STOPOUT!
2am	THE START OF THE WEEK!	CAPITALISM OWNS YOU!	THE DAY OF TUES	BRITISH DAY!	STILL NOT THE WEEKEND!	FRIDAY'S MOOSE IS NOT A GOOSE!	ARE YOU STILL UP?
3am	THE END OF THE WEEKEND!	SYSTEM SLAVE!	TIWESDAEG	INTERNATIONAL OX DAY!	THUNRESDAEG!	3AM ETERNAL!	TIME FOR BED!
4am	GOD IS WAITING!	GET UP AND GO!	TYR'S DAY	CUP OF TEA DAY!	DYDD IAU!	ALONE IN THE DARK NIGHT	MOOSE LIFE IS BEST LIFE!
5am	HOLY, LIKE MY SOCKS!	UP AND ATOM!	DIES MARTIS	WODEN'S DAY!	IOVIS DIES!	NONE SHALL EVER FIND THIS	UNDERWORLD ARE BRILL!
6am	HAVE A LIE IN!	BACK TO THE GRIND!	USA ELECTION DAY	EARLY CLOSING DAY!	JUPITER'S DAY!	GO BACK TO BED!	SOUTHAMPTON FC RULE OK!
7am	READ THE SUNDAY PAPERS!	GET TO THE OFFICE!	DOOM 2SDAY	BIN DAY!	THOR'S DAY!	YOU ARE AN EARLY EGG!	LLAMASOFT ARE ACE!
8am	LETTUCE SPRAY!	WORKING BREAKFAST!	ARE YOU SHRIVEN?	HUMP DAY!	QUINTA-FEIRA!	GOOD MOANING!	HELLO WROLD!
9am	A DAY TO DO NOTHING!	HAIL TO THE BOSS!	WORK WORK WORK!	MIDWEEK DAY!	AUSTRALIAN PAY DAY!	WOULD YOU LIKE A CUP OF TEA?	ENJOY YOUR WEEKEND!
10am	ENJOY THE WEEKEND!	WORK! CONSUME! DIE!	FLOSSIE SEZ BAA	MIDDLE DAY!	UK ELECTION DAY!	MARMALADE, I LIKE MARMALADE	TIME TO GO SHOPPING!
11am	TIME TO VISIT GOD!	WORK HARDER!	NO TIME FOR THAT!	WONDERFUL DAY!	LUNCHTIME!	LOOKING FORWARD TO CURRY NIGHT	PIE AND CHIPS FOR LUNCH!
12pm	COOK SUNDAY LUNCH!	WORKING LUNCH!	GET ON WITH IT!	JUST A DAY!	HAVE A CUP OF TEA!	TRY CHOCOLATE MOOSE FOR LUNCH	PUT THE KETTLE ON!
1pm	ROAST BEEF!	NEVER STOP!	BE PRODUCTIVE!	NEVER EAT LAMB!	HAVE ANOTHER BISCUIT!	HELLO MUM!	MOOSE ARE UNABLE TO MOO.
2pm	YORKSHIRE PUDDING!	ALWAYS STRIVE!	SUPER TUESDAY!	DENTIST APPRECIATION DAY!	CUDDLE A SHEEP!	THINKING ABOUT CURRY!	HAVE A FUNKY AFTERNOON!
3pm	ROAST POTATOES!	CRUNCH TIME!	KA YOUBI	HAVE A BISCUIT DAY!	ANTICIPATE FRIDAY!	PERHAPS I'LL HAVE A VINDALOO!	FINNISH BATH DAY!
4pm	WATCH THE FOOTY!	WORK TILL YOU DROP!	KEEP GOING!	TODAY ALL DAY!	FEAST DAY BEAST DAY!	DO MOOSE LIKE PAPPADOMS?	HAY EWE!
5pm	WATCH TELLY!	STAY LATE!	GOOD EVENING.	HAVE A NICE DAY!	A GOOD DAY!	GET YE TO THE CURRY HOUSE!	DEMOCRACY SAUSAGE DAY!
6pm	PLAY SOME GAMES!	NO TIME TO RELAX!	ISO 8601 DAY 2	BORIS IS A TWIT DAY!	A FLUFFY DAY!	IT'S CURRY NIGHT!!	SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER!
7pm	PLAY MOOSE LIFE!	WORK THE SYSTEM!	EAT SUPPER!	HAVE A BATH DAY!	GOOD DAY TO PLAY!	TIME TO GO OUT!	PARTY TIME!
8pm	WORK TOMORROW!	MONEY OWNS YOU!	LOVELY TUESDAY!	SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY!	GOOD EVENING!	TRY SOME DISCO FUN!	HAVE A MOOSE EVENING!
9pm	MONDAY IS COMING!	PAY THOSE BILLS!	SOON BE TOMORROW!	TODAY'S THE DAY!	ALMOST FRIDAY!	STEP OUT WITH A SPRUCE MOOSE!	EVERYBODY LOVES A MOOSE!
10pm	GET TO BED!	HARD WORKING MOOSE!	NIGHT NIGHT!	CAMEL LOVE DAY!	NATIONAL SAUSAGE DAY!	MOOSE IS THE WORD!	SHAKE YOUR ANTLERS!
11pm	NIGHTY NIGHT!	EAT. SLEEP. REPEAT.	-	GOODBYE WEDNESDAY!	MIDNIGHT MOOSE!	MOOSE MOOSE MOOSE MOOSE!	MOOSE ON THE LOOSE!

The following text appears to relate to an earlier version of the game in which Moose Life was to be part of a "Minotaur Arcade Volume 2" bundle, although the selections are those from Minotaur Arcade Volume 1:

MINOTAUR ARCADE CORE VERSION 060919
GAME SELECT SCREEN
VOLUME 2 SUPER OX WARS AND MOOSE LIFE
PRESS A FOR GRIDRUNNER
PRESS B FOR GOATUP
(C) 2018 LLAMASOFT
HOW TO PLAY GRIDRUNNER
USE STICK OR MOUSE OR KB TO MOVE SPACESHIP
SPACESHIP AUTO FIRES
SHOOT EVERYTHING YOU SEE
COLLECT FALLING POWERUPS
SURVIVE AS LONG AS YOU CAN
PRESS Y FOR PAUSE
IN PAUSE USE L,R,U,D FOR DIFFERENT OPTIONS
HOW TO PLAY GOATUP
USE STICK OR KEYBOARD
LEFT AND RIGHT TO MOVE
PRESS X TO JUMP
HOLD LONGER FOR HIGHER
JUMPS, DO NOT FALL DOWN
KISS BILLY GOAT TO HAVE BABIES, THEY HELP YOU!