VictorGrunn responds:

Thanks, much appreciated!

VictorGrunn responds:

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

VictorGrunn responds:

Well, thanks a lot for the writing compliment - I honestly was afraid this time it wouldn't be worth reading, but people seem to enjoy that part so far. Glad to hear it.

The save system is just straight up Flixel FlxSave, so nothing fancy there. Nothing server side, so it makes sense that two different browsers would store different saves. Usually I see flash games reset even on a per site basis with the same browser.

As for the lag, that's unusual - you're the first to mention that of the reviews so far. I'll look into it to see what's up with it. Always possible I have something going on that could be coded far more efficiently. In fact, change possible to 'definite'.

Someone else mentioned the 'new' errors - I'll look into it. With Whiplash, someone else mentioned getting to 100% on a level, yet not having it unlock. The thing is, it should never say 100% - if it were that, it should just plain unlock, so you're probably on the cusp of it. No idea how that's happening - I coded it with a pretty straightforward, simple function (Math.floor(CurrentStat / TargetStat * 100)), but clearly I made a mistake somewhere and it's rounding *up* at some point in the chain. I'll figure it out.

The superiority is nothing that would be evident from the game itself - it has everything to do with the code. Electrikill was a complete and utter mess. Utterly inefficient with colossal errors that weren't evident unless the game was played for long enough - then, they were game/save breaking. Graphically, Electrikill was better for obvious reasons. It had a more coherent storyline, greater enemy variety in a technical sense, etc.

Here, I have far more diverse modes of play - they're very simple, but still, the levels change far more radically than anything Electrikill ever did. The code I have for everything from the enemies to the layouts to everything else is smoother, easier to read, more efficient in general. Also, the save system works even if someone has cookies blocked - that was the king of all failings, because I didn't even think to set up a redundant save system. People were playing level 1, and then having no progress even within the game itself if they had cookies disabled. A good amount of testy people on that one.

On top of it all, I coded it up in a fraction of the time Electrikill took me. At this point, so long as I had the assets, I'm confident I could replicate Electrikill in mere days at most and make it vastly superior in the process.

Edit: Errors squashed. The 'new' stuff was just an oversight on my part - it stayed in place for any level past 10. The other one was tracking the wrong stat, fixed now. So, now it's just a question about the lag - I'll check into that.

VictorGrunn responds:

If by medal design you mean the icons, yes - they were pulled off what I made for Drone Assault. I figured it'd work fine here.

I'm glad you found it fun - more glad that you found it strange! It was a joy to create, sitting around trying to think of how to make the gameplay differ despite using only a real, real limited set of graphics and rules.

VictorGrunn responds:

Thanks, glad you liked it! I'll look into the 'new' and see if I can patch that up.