Spelunky (2013, Windows)

Spelunky
Also known as: Spelunky HD Developer: Mossmouth Publisher: Mossmouth Platform: Windows Released internationally: August 8, 2013 This game has unused enemies. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused items. This game has unused text. This game has a prerelease article

Spelunky is a critically-acclaimed Roguelike platformer that will teach you to fear frogs and self-sacrifice. There's also a Windows-only freeware version.

Unused Enemies

Lit Crush Trap

There's a graphic for a lit-up crush trap, presumably for use in dark Temple levels, but the trap remains unlit in-game.

Unused Graphics

To do: In alltex.wad, the normal map ALLTILES\alltilesN.jpg seems to contain earlier revisions of some tiles, and perhaps some that never made it into the final game at all. At least some are confirmed to be from an earlier lighting engine.

(Source: [1] (Andy Hull, Spelunky HD Lead Programmer)

2000m Sign

A "2000m" sign, intended for the screen that transitions between stages; however, as the final boss level is at 1900m and its exit leads directly to the end sequence, this sign is never seen.

Lightbulb

A debug graphic used to display the location and color of light sources in the level during development.

(Source: Tubbins (Andy Hull, Spelunky HD Lead Programmer)

DLC Icon

This icon was used in the console versions to indicate purchasable playable DLC characters; however, these are included as standard in the PC release.

Trial Version

Two images, nagscreen.png and trialscreens.jpg, for use in the PSN and XBLA demos.

Unused Text

To do: There may be more unused text in strings.pct.

Flame Trap

In strings.pct, there's a journal entry for a type of trap that is never seen in-game:

IDS_JOURNAL_FLAMETRAP
Flame Trap
IDS_JOURNAL_FLAMETRAP_DESC
It shoot jets of flames in short bursts.

The trap was possibly implemented, but ultimately abandoned at a very early stage of the game's development. The design would have been similar to an arrow trap, but with a flamethrower-style effect of around three tiles' range, cycling between an on and off state.

(Source: [2] (Andy Hull, Spelunky HD Lead Programmer)

Shop text For non-purchasable items

In strings.pct there's alot of text referring to purchasing items that you can't purchase normally.

IDS_BUY_ITEM_SHIELD
Buy Shield
IDS_BUY_ITEM_VLADSWINGS
Buy Vlad's Cape
IDS_BUY_ITEM_ROYALJELLY
Buy Royal Jelly
IDS_BUY_ITEM_IDOL
Buy Idol
IDS_BUY_ITEM_KAPALA
Buy Kapala
IDS_BUY_ITEM_VLADSAMULET
Buy Vlad's Amulet
IDS_BUY_ITEM_UDJATEYE
Buy Udjat Eye
IDS_BUY_ITEM_HEDJET
Buy Hedjet
IDS_BUY_ITEM_SCEPTRE
Buy Sceptre
IDS_BUY_ITEM_BOOKOFDEAD
Buy Book of the Dead

These items aren't purchasable in the game normally.

I'm not sure how to format here just yet, so if anyone wants to fix these and double-check my entry, That would be cool. --TristanPhillips (talk) 12:59, 23 September 2020 (UTC)