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

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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.

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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.

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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?

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There's a book on Amazon titled "How to Kill a Unicorn". I'll get back to you in 3-5 business days. – Winter 2 days ago
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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 2 days ago
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I bet Jon Skeet can ride the unicorn – Shadow Wizard 2 days ago
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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)
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Please tell me there's a secret line in code that says something like "if jonskeet(), give player unicorn mount" – skully 2 days ago
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What a scam! I guess the boxart is always looking better than the actual game. – Gigala yesterday
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tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoversAlwaysLie – March Ho yesterday
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@Lee - He gets to play as the Unicorn and automatically draws all the coins and badges to himself. – CubicleSoft yesterday
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@user13267 I believe this is the code to control the game. cdn.sstatic.net/Js/unikong.js?v=e54129610ca2 – Tom Hart yesterday
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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.

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It might die if you shoot it enough times. Maybe try for 500? – Haney♦ 2 days ago
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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. – skully 2 days ago
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@skully i shouldve written a macro. i got to 600 times before giving up as my finger was tired. – Dragonrage 2 days ago
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may be it should be over 9000 – user13267 2 days ago
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@user13267 The fools! – Robert Grant yesterday
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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.

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But it was a fun game anyways. :-) – Bob Jarvis 17 hours ago

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