<a lot of filthy words here> that game is so hard. makes me so angry sometimes. and yes i know you lol crisis, to make things worse i see you lol in front of me.

~ grave digger

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hahahaha well, just to let you know, I suck at it now too. Really, that game takes some practice before you can get a decent score.

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"The absence of rules is the enemy of art." ~Orson Wells

Crisis said:

Yeah, I haven't played that game for over a year. I'm kind of scared to and since you made it so the water rushes up quicker I am even less motivated to play it. That Hall of Fame score of Xardas' is pretty high but I think it's beatable.

I just might have to play it again.

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Genesis 3:15-17 "And God said,'Let man be created in my image and have power over everything on earth. Brawl, Mario Kart, and even Legend of Zelda are yours to master and control..."

It is a piece of cake!

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Now that I've played it, I'm noticing some things.

First off, I played a decently quick run (though getting all of the presents) with a few mistakes and the water was what killed me. This was on level 1. Are you sure that the Hall of Fame scores aren't from before the update? My top score was 2865 which means I had to of gotten to the third level. (top score you can get on the first pass is 905 and each pass after that adds (2x905)- amount of enemy-based points). I had difficulty with the water in the first level which means second level will be even worse.

Also, I noticed you can't see very far below you unless you drop down a level. Is there any chance you can add a look down action by holding down on stable ground? Or even a map button or water level gauge. Unless of course you guys are the sadistic type of designers who like seeing the players panic because they have no idea where the water is in relation to them.

Lastly, it's a real nuisance when climbing ladders that lead directly to a platform because you automatically jump at the top (but not on stand-alone ladders). Could you possibly make it so jumps are only recognized when the jump key is let go and pressed down again (just specifically on ladders if possible)? This will lower the wait time at certain parts of the game where you're waiting for the enemies to be clear of the ladder.

Aside from those nitpicky things, I LOVE this game and every Christmas season reminds me of this fact.

Thanks!

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Genesis 3:15-17 "And God said,'Let man be created in my image and have power over everything on earth. Brawl, Mario Kart, and even Legend of Zelda are yours to master and control..."

Heheheh, well I guess you're a bit right about the sadistic part. It is somehow just a sadistic game, that makes you panic.

I can look into the being able to look down, but the holding the down button option doesn't sound like it will work. It would be too annoying in case you actually want to slide and instead the camera moves down. So we'll have to think of another way there, if we want to remove a bit of the sadism .

If I find some time for it I'll look into the ladder thing. Maybe it's easy to do, I'm not sure, I'll have to dive into the code again

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"The absence of rules is the enemy of art." ~Orson Wells

Yeah it really depends on how you coded it. One thing that would likely work regardless is raising the ladder so Santa's feet are out of the range of the platform's collision detection. This would be preferable as the auto-jumping when you hold up can be useful at certain points and it would suck if you'd have to disable that to fix the problem.

Yeah, I've taken a couple programming classes but I'm just an amateur currently. Turing = ancient piece of crap language

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Genesis 3:15-17 "And God said,'Let man be created in my image and have power over everything on earth. Brawl, Mario Kart, and even Legend of Zelda are yours to master and control..."

I'm not sure if I follow your idea, what do you mean with raising the ladder?

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"The absence of rules is the enemy of art." ~Orson Wells

he means just one ladder that is going directly to all the way up so I can get a decent score too.

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hahahaha

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"The absence of rules is the enemy of art." ~Orson Wells

Myth said:

Exactly.

I'll need to a picture to explain better..

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Genesis 3:15-17 "And God said,'Let man be created in my image and have power over everything on earth. Brawl, Mario Kart, and even Legend of Zelda are yours to master and control..."