Pretty good "launch" game, but there are definitely bugs and glitches you need to address. The biggest one is that it's not playable on Chrome at all; you only see the title screen and that's it.
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RubbleGames responds:
Hi, thanks for your feedback. Could you PM me some more details about your set up please? I've tested the game more on Chrome than any other browser, I've played it all the way through on Chrome on Newgrounds, Desktop and Mobile, so it definitely does work on Chrome. Could you try the game on my site: http://www.rubblegames.com/games.html and see if you still have problems?
The game looks fun- but it crashes everytime you click out of it. It's heavily based on the mouse, so it's super frustrating clicking outside by mistake. Using chrome ;P
RubbleGames responds:
Update: I think I've fixed the freezing issue. I'm hoping I've also fixed the problem causing the crashes on loading some people have been getting. If anyone comes across any problems please let me know. I will do my very best to fix them.
Original response: When that happens it's not crashing, just freezing. If you switch to a different tab and back it'll unfreeze. Obviously that's not ideal behaviour, unfortunately the newer versions of the engine I use don't seem to like the way Newgrounds hosts games. I'm looking into it though. Thanks for the feedback.
So yeah, something is really messed up about this game. When I try to play it in Chrome, even though I haven't played it before, the title screen gives me the "Load Game" option instead of "New Game". When I select this option, it starts up a game, but nothing happens. My guy just stands there and I can't do anything. If I try to run it in Firefox, it freezes on the "Rubble Games" logo. However, if I run it on the website you linked in the below comment, it works. So, the Newgrounds version apparently does not work at all.
RubbleGames responds:
Both websites are running the same version so I'm not sure what the problem is, but it's specific to Newgrounds. Did you try the delete save button fix I posted in the description?
Update: I think I have an idea what's causing the Chrome issues for some people, please try the 'delete save' fix for now. Thanks
Update 2: I'm hoping I've fixed it. If anyone comes across this bug can they please let me know asap. Thanks
Boxes. I fucking hate those boxes. They can easily turn what could be an amazing run with a horde of about 30 zombies into an impassible blockade that whittles your horde down to nothing in less than a second. Yeah, you can tell this is designed to be a mobile game because half of the time, when you're too focused on destroying boxes ahead of you, you're often missing brains that fall down behind you to increase your dwindling horde; you can have a thumb on either side to mop up the mess, but you only have one mouse. Those boxes are the only reason that it took me so long to even get the 1000-meter running medal, because more often than not, I'll miss them among the crowds and crowds of humans shooting at me or running past... and it only gets even more obnoxious when the crates turn into brick palettes.
Another thing that annoys me is the rampage. Not just the child's voice that overpowers every other sound in the game, you don't know how long the duration lasts. Don't get me wrong, I love not being able to click on boxes for a whole three seconds, it's that it never feels consistent. Half of the time, it feels like it never really goes off at all, and again my zombies will get stuck on a single box that ends up getting them all killed. You probably could've eliminated both the problem of missing brains and obnoxious obstacles by:
- having a duration meter for rampage mode somewhere, or having the button you press to activate your rampage BE your timer;
- creating a new upgrade option that lets you increase the duration of rampage ever so slightly; and/or
- creating yet another upgrade option that gives your zombies an X% chance to create two zombies with one kill, maybe incrementing by no more than 5% with each level.
This is not a game that was designed to be Flash-friendly. Instead of a small sentence in the third paragraph of your game's description, maybe a brief disclaimer at the start of your game would help disperse some of the hate you're getting and have more comments referring to actual bugs and glitches within the game instead of fundamental problems that make it frustratingly difficult to play. Maybe then, you'd be getting fewer zero- and one-star reviews like mine.
RubbleGames responds:
Seriously mate, no-one made you play to 1000 metres. If you were hating it that much why not just stop and play something else? Life's too short.
this half a star is for making a zombie with a baby voice on a rampage. killing people with that voice just piss me off
RubbleGames responds:
That's my little boy's voice and he was very happy to be involved, congrats on being such a dick though.