Can I ride the unicorn? If not, can I kill the unicorn?

Question

I'd like to ride the unicorn as pictured both in the ad on the right as well as in the game main menu:

The unicorn seems to be an unkillable monster and I am unable to defeat it; I have to either dodge or use the photon blaster to set him back a few inches.

I tried goomba stomping it, tried charging head on, but I keep dying every time.

Even a highly powerful, high-density rainbow photon beam blaster didn't do anything to the unicorn; it merely pushed it back, without actually doing damage.

The picture to play depicts a valiant J Skeet on his steed; I'd like to know how I can ride the horse just as he does. If not, then I'd like to know how to beat the unicorn and perhaps take his horn home to put on my trophy wall.

Is there a way to ride the unicorn? Is there a way to defeat this vile unicorn? If not, is there any way to ride him as depicted in their ad?

There's a book on Amazon titled "How to Kill a Unicorn". I'll get back to you in 3-5 business days. — JoshuaCody, Mar 31 '16 at 20:06
Everyone knows you must be "pure" to ride the unicorn. Since we're on the internet we can probably assume we all have been tainted. — Neberu, Mar 31 '16 at 21:39

score 73 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 01 '16 at 03:43

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Definitely invulnerable and nothing more.

Shooting a unicorn:

this.game.physics.arcade.collide(this.boss, this.ammo, function(t, e) {
    e.kill()
}

does the same as shooting a platform:

this.game.physics.arcade.collide(this.platforms, this.ammo, function(t, e) {
    e.kill()
}

i.e. destroys the projectile but not the object shot.

Furthermore, any collisions with the unicorn simply end in death:

this.game.physics.arcade.collide(this.player, this.boss, this.loseGame, null, this)

answered Apr 01 '16 at 03:43

Lee

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Please tell me there's a secret line in code that says something like "if jonskeet(), give player unicorn mount" – childe Apr 01 '16 at 05:45
@skully Gee there might be. I wouldn't be surprised if he was fed a different version of the game – Lee Apr 01 '16 at 06:01
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how do I view this source code? I tried ctrl+U in chrome and it showed the page source html, but I could not find the lines of code mentioned in the answer there – user13267 Apr 01 '16 at 09:27
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What a scam! I guess the boxart is always looking better than the actual game. – Gigala Apr 01 '16 at 09:28
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http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoversAlwaysLie – March Ho Apr 01 '16 at 10:19
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@Lee - He gets to play as the Unicorn and automatically draws all the coins and badges to himself. – CubicleSoft Apr 01 '16 at 13:44
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Which leads to the question - can anyone think of anything particularly fun we can do with the unicorn, using script insertion? – Dewi Morgan Apr 01 '16 at 14:07
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@user13267 I believe this is the code to control the game. http://cdn.sstatic.net/Js/unikong.js?v=e54129610ca2 – TMH Apr 01 '16 at 15:00
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@MarchHo Please post you TVTropes links in spoilers. My tab count just exploded :p – Sebb Apr 01 '16 at 22:29
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@MarchHo <also insert cry for help, since now I'm stuck reading TV Tropes at work!> – MBender Apr 04 '16 at 08:47

Dragonrage · Answer 2 · 2016-03-31T21:45:17.883

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Running into the unicorn will kill you and shooting it pushes it back slightly. As far as i can tell you cannot kill it. I have currently shot it over 600 times in a row and it is still walking towards me. Apparently unicorns are invulnerable.

edited Mar 31 '16 at 21:45

answered Mar 31 '16 at 19:52

Dragonrage

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It might die if you shoot it enough times. Maybe try for 500? – Haney Mar 31 '16 at 20:39
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I tried running a macro which would spam the spacebar 500 times, and it has not killed the Unicorn yet. I'm setting it to 9000 to see if it does any good. – childe Mar 31 '16 at 20:54
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@skully i shouldve written a macro. i got to 600 times before giving up as my finger was tired. – Dragonrage Mar 31 '16 at 21:45
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may be it should be over 9000 – user13267 Apr 01 '16 at 00:09
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@user13267 The fools! – Rob Grant Apr 01 '16 at 14:11
It takes 6 to 8 weeks to kill, keep trying. – unbindall Apr 04 '16 at 11:39

score 18 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 01 '16 at 15:54

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The box art and menu art assets were created in parallel with game development, but the game development changed course without coordinating with art, so there's a slight discrepancy, and you cannot kill or ride the unicorn.

answered Apr 01 '16 at 15:54

Adam Davis

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But it was a fun game anyways. :-) – Bob Jarvis - Слава Україні Apr 02 '16 at 16:10
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This answer reminds me of this box art. I'm guessing quite a few of you will know it without needing to click it. – Booga Roo Apr 04 '16 at 00:07

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