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moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6874 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 1 - Posted on 1/1/2016 3:21:46

Thanks for accepting this bounty! Here you can talk with other bounty hunters as you progress through the game and keep everyone up to date on your progress.

moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6874 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 2 - Posted on 1/1/2016 18:28:58

This game is available on Steam for $0.50 and it comes with two other games!

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/74582/

And if you don't want to spend two quarters, I have an extra copy of The Howler :)

Post Edited on 1/1/2016 18:29:37
Marcus Curator Backer Posts: 311 Registered: 10/16/2014
# 3 - Posted on 1/2/2016 2:05:48

Wah, I think this game is too tough for me. Or rather, I don't have the patience to deal with it. If you touch any sharp edge in the world (some of which don't look super obvious) your balloon pops. I'm not going to beat this one haha.

PS: Is there a way to un-accept a bounty? I know nothing bad happens for failing to do it on time, but just would like to be able to remove myself from the list.

Post Edited on 1/2/2016 2:06:28
moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6874 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 4 - Posted on 1/2/2016 3:41:27

Hehe don't feel bad, I think I'm throwing in the towel as well. I hadn't accepted the bounty yet, but played around for a bit and yeah, it gets really hard. I made it to level 8, but it took forever to finish level 7 and I'm struggling again.

Un-accepting a bounty is not possible right now, but it's on my list, so hopefully I can get around to it soon :)

jwcooley Curator Posts: 983 Registered: 2/28/2014
jwcooley
# 5 - Posted on 1/2/2016 4:44:52

Okay - This has made up my mind. I thought about getting it but eh...maybe not!

dhobo Curator Backer Posts: 1966 Registered: 1/5/2015
darwinsocialism
# 6 - Posted on 1/3/2016 18:02:15

Managed to get through this one, wasn't too bad apart from the 8th case, which was just a pain. Game was pretty crappy though, haha.

Would have been better I'm sure if it wasn't a flash port. The sub-par physics calculations and collision detection really made this suck more at times. I mean, you can drop a delivery right in the middle of one of the hoppers and it won't register sometimes. The 8th case where you have to drop down a vertical shaft was just awful for hiding balloon popping stuff on the walls you can barely see. After that, the game seems to let up a bit again in difficulty. 15th mission is buggy though, you have to drop a very precise bomb on a moving object that doesn't always register the hit properly, so the bomb just rolls away uselessly.

If anyone does play this through, there is a 16th mission that you're supposed to get a code from the developers facebook page to unlock it. That's annoying, so the code is "SOS" :P

Marcus Curator Backer Posts: 311 Registered: 10/16/2014
# 7 - Posted on 1/3/2016 18:33:09

Interesting, so it actually gets bearable again after that awful 8th stage? Even so, I've basically been burned from wanting to play it ever again haha. Great job actually getting through the game, Dhobo!

The concept of the game is just fine, but yeah, that execution is quite flawed.

moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6874 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 8 - Posted on 1/3/2016 19:21:36

Agreed, very nice job, dhobo! I might have to give it another shot and see if I can get through the 8th mission. It reminded me of this silly flash (or maybe Java?) game we used to play in the computer lab back in college. It was an endless helicopter game and you just used left mouse click to ascend. So basicallyt he same thing except no wind and you just went in a single direction.

dhobo Curator Backer Posts: 1966 Registered: 1/5/2015
darwinsocialism
# 9 - Posted on 1/3/2016 19:46:16

With stage 8, I found that the best route was to go up as far as you could (without hitting the right side and popping) so you could build momentum for the drop. No need to deal with the stupid timed projectile to "push" you down faster that way.

moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6874 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 10 - Posted on 1/3/2016 19:57:59

Can you believe this? Inspired by your victory, I loaded the game up and tried level 8...and beat it on the first try. You know what's even better? I still had muscle memory built up and thought it was the level with the wolf and was only halfway paying attention before I realized what level I was playing haha. I just got to the 13th level, hopefully I can make it...

moho_00 Curator Backer Posts: 6874 Registered: 6/10/2011
moho_00
# 11 - Posted on 1/3/2016 20:10:11

Aaaaaand I'm done. Yeah, the 7th and 8th levels were BY FAR the hardest in the game. I finished 15 on the first try, though I had to use all of my bombs hehe. I'm gonna go with luck on that one, as it certainly wasn't skill :P

dhobo Curator Backer Posts: 1966 Registered: 1/5/2015
darwinsocialism
# 12 - Posted on 1/3/2016 20:58:23

Haha, good job!