Wow cool new version! Did you tweak the difficulty? First try and I more then tripled my old highscore, now my score is 579426. ^^
The decoy bomb is fun and I like the three way laser (I never got it before).
Also could you maybe change the enemy laser's color to something else than the players' laser's color? Or am I the only one ignoring it as it has the same color...
That is why I only give two at the beginning and make them pretty difficult to earn more of. But overall, people's scores may go up a bit. Good call on the laser color - I wondered if that would be an issue. I'll probably make them some other color on the next release.
The quad laser is just a temporary upgrade if you manage to stay alive and accumulate enough points (and it goes away when you die). The color of the sphere corresponds to how close you are to earning the quad laser. I really need to find a way to make it more obvious - several people have pointed it out as a bug. I thought this was a bug at first too, but I'm pretty sure it's just the way he designed it. You get weapon upgrades at specific _total_ point values (15k for faster single laser, 45k for double laser, etc) but you get the quad laser at 40k points for that specific life. So if you start the game and get 40k without dying you will get the quad and not the double because the points for it is 45k. You always keep the lower level laser based on your total points, but the quad laser is dependent on your points for that specific life. Hope that makes sense.
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I've a couple of wee possible suggestions? I think it might be possible to make a little bit more use of the 3D nature of the playfield, especially as most of the enemies appear on the horizon of the globe? How about if a line appeared from above just as the enemies appeared, kindof as if they were beaming onto the globe rather than just appearing? that could be colour coded to match the enemy type, so it'd give a little bit of heads up as to what's coming down your throat next? Also for me at least, it's noit 100% clear how far the bombs range extends, would it be possible to change the colour of the globe just under the bomb's explosion to give added emphasis? Oh, and the new decoy boms are great, I was going to suggest something similar, but I didn't think of having the bomb attract the enemies! Quick suggestion for an enemy:, a tower that drops down like the asteroids, but shoots a continuous beam that gradually gets closer to your ship if you get too close? This laser would kill other enemies, so you could use that to your advantage?
I didn't think it was a bug, I noticed the sphere changing color and figured it out. It's rocket science...Thanks, glad you like it.
I thought it was random the way the sphere changes colour,I didn't think it was a bug, I noticed the sphere changing color and figured it out. It's rocket science...Thanks, glad you like it.
