I beat this game on my third try. First slow time totem made the game easy, the third made it a complete joke. Nerf them and this game will actually be hard-ish.
While I do greatly appreciate the hard work you've put in, I'd like to request that you rebalance the scaling on purchasing tokens. Their cost growth being linear while resource growth is exponential quickly makes it so that the number of token-related upgrades you can purchase is limited entirely to how much you want to click on the purchase button. This accelerated me (and I'm betting, many others) from zone 20-something to zone 80 in a matter of hours.
I would seriously like to commend you on the sequel. Most people just half-ass a sequel just for attention/money, but this has all the sorts of gameplay and technical upgrades that I would expect from a true sequel. Well done, 5/5. My only complaint would be that the final boss is really gimmicky and makes my gear pretty irrelevant.
For some reason, halfway through my first playthrough the boost and slow gates disappeared entirely. Reset my data and they were gone the entire time. I'm sure they'd show up again if I deleted it from my kong folder, but still, bug. Kinda makes the whole rocket to stratosphere thing impossible. As others have said, letters are hard to identify, etc. Otherwise, great game.
(4) The guy you save on floor 4 opens the lock on floor 2. Make sure to visit the two non-enemies once you can beat the knight.
(5) On floor 18, there's a girl stranded in the middle of space. You have to talk to the fairy on floor 0 and the guy on floor 4 to make a bridge to reach her.
(6) Once you take the staircase to floor 21, YOU CANNOT GO BACK. Make sure to spend everything you have and sell all your spare keys.
If anyone finds out what the cross on floor 7 and the lamp on floor 14 do, please mention it.
Tips:
(1) Use your money almost exclusively on attack, especially early in the game. You probably won't get past floor 8 unless you do. The first Money vendor is on floor 3. He sells health, attack, and defense in that order.
(2) Use your scanner (with L) liberally once you get it. The only important number is the one on the bottom right of each monster -- it tells you how much damage you'll take killing that monster.
(3) On floor 5 you'll find an experience vendor (the one on the left). I highly recommend buying the top option (which gives you 1000 HP and 7 attack/def) whenever you can. Save up for it if necessary.
Alright, after experimenting and finally doing well, here's some information for everyone who can't read Chinese.
Your Stats in order of in-game listing:
Level (I think? It probably doesn't affect anything)
Health (Your usual HP. There is no maximum)
Attack (The damage you do to the enemy is your attack minus his defense)
Defense (The damage you take is your enemy's attack minus your defense)
Money (It just seems to be one of two monetary units)
Experience (The other monetary unit)