PrinceWatercress plays Hook - Part 8 of 10

In this entry, we venture downwards through a cave. Thankfully, this cave isn't much of a maze.

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Level 8

Level 8 takes place in a dark cave. You'll barely be able to see unless there's a torch on-screen, but there is one saving grace: a small flame that flies around and follows you around the cave no matter what. The good news: you can be far away from it and it will still eventually catch up to you. The bad news: it hurts you if you touch it, and you can accidentally blow it out by attacking it, forcing you to wait a second before it comes back (although that is useful in case you run into a dead end). You can kinda tell what's the floor and what's background, but unless you know the maze fairly well, I would not recommend ambling around in the dark on the off chance that you land on floor spikes and take damage. There are signs that point the way to the end, but you'll also need the flame to see those, too.

As far as enemies go, most of them are enemies that you've already seen, but there are two new ones. There are skeletons who move back and forth while throwing bones at you who can also re-assemble themselves upon being struck, and there are the brown frogs that hop around and spit projectiles forward. They're easy to deal with, but make sure you run away after you hit a skeleton, and keep in mind that the skeletons will be clustered into small groups as you make your way down to the lowest point of the cave.

Once you make your way to the bottom of the cave, you'll face the boss: a pirate skeleton. You'll want to avoid the skull as it flies around and hit the skeleton in the back. The skull will keep circling around trying to get to you as you keep jumping over it, so use that floaty jump of yours to your advantage. After that, you can take your place among the Lost Boys to end the level.