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[Cube Mission]

Generally a good game. One question though, about the behavior of the cube: why lots of times the cube keeps moving despite I am not pressing one directional key at all or I am already pressing another one?

PS

Seeing NeonSpider's review I came up with this theory: for me the game worked quite well, maybe only a bit slow sometimes, but not to the point of a massive lag. Every level is playable. But indeed the game is slowing down at some points and it may happen that it is reading the keyboard input with a delay-or rather the results of the keys pressed are displayed with a delay, so the cube is moving not because of the key you are currently pressing but because of the key you were pressing parts of a second earlier. This made some levels a bit more difficult, because you actually had to predict the movement of the cube.

MrNannings responds:

Thanks. I don't know why that happens.

[Young Magic]

This game sucks:
1. No saving;
2. Horrible lag;
3. Controls are terribly glitched;
4. As mentioned: there are lots of moments when you cannot return to fire ability;
5. Eventually the game just froze and even caused the browser to stop working.
And the author did not bother to fix anything.

[Hero : 60 second - Box]

Dragging those boxes is a pain. They get stuck on invisible walls and failing to be placed on the spots. For some dumb reason you sometimes cannot move them at all upwards or to the right.

[CoAx]

I agree that the idea is interesting, but... the whole randomness discourages from playing the game further. I am also 100% sure that nobody will ever get the last medal, it is just impossible. Also one crucial thing: having in mind how long it has to take to finish the whole game PROGRESS SAVING is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. It is also related to the medal issues people may experience: the game will simply disconnect from NG after such a long gameplay and the medals will not be awarded.

Mondauthor responds:

I got CoAx Lives!, so it is possible...just challenging. It takes great skill.

Not sure what you mean by 'randomness'. The amount of bounce off of the geometry is fixed. The direction of gravity in each level is fixed. The speed a level rotates is fixed. Box2D works consistently across all computers. All that consistency is necessary or the player could not increase their skill.

Thanks for commenting. Progress saving is probably a good idea.

[Retroacan]

Mid-air control is just idiotic, just like the mechanics of falling down the platforms.

[Pen in my hand vs Blot]

Very interesting idea. The only problem with the classic mode is that in fact you cannot die on anything. I can just go through all the obstacles not being hit at all.

PS

This had to be a one-time bug, because when I reloaded the game the hit boxes started to work in a normal way, but apparently there is something that can cause it to happen.

Anyway once you get the hang of what you are suppose to do the game becomes quite easy to master.

kbvpneofit responds:

How? This is not possible ...

[Postshooter:create your team!]

2 things are bad:
1. Passport windows that constantly pop up - fixed
2. The fact that you get the same amount of cash no matter which mission you complete.

PS

Since I see that everybody is struggling with the 2nd scenario one advice: you can get that 1000 cash bonus, right? Add the fact that saving is only manual, so you can purchase a new unit, test it in battle and if you are not satisfied with its abilities reload the game and the save and check another unit. I assure you that you can build a squad that can get you through most of the missions. But I admit that you need to grind a bit to expand it beyond the initial 2 units - with only 2 of them you won't get very far. 5 units would be much better. The ending of second scenario is a bit hard and the finale of the 3rd scenario can stop you for a moment as well. 4th and 5th scenarios are surprisingly short and easy in comparison to the previous ones. I am currently stuck on 7th because the enemies seem to receive no damage or I am doing something wrong.

PS II

Ok, now I am a bit pissed, because my saved game got erased for no reason...

kbvpneofit responds:

Added saving levels to the mission menu. This is a reliable save!
If you can start the game again (the heroes disappear, and money) and play again but with the saved levels (and starting money bonuses)