I can confirm that it is indeed possible to eat the scientists on level 3... but you have to be really fast. Once they walk off the edge of the level, you cannot eat them because of their invisible rectangular "anti-goo" force field which happens to be the same size as the level. Even if you do manage to eat them though, they reappear safe and sound at the beginning of level 4. Maybe it's a paradox caused by you eating the time machine.
I can get easy money by hiring people in the tavern, then firing them and selling the equipment they leave behind. Every time I rehire them, they come with new equipment that I can take and sell. :P
I just like to watch my creation blow up after I build it. :P It would be awesome if this could be combined with EBF as a fun little thing where you can play as Matt and Natz and fight the mech you built.
Man, this game really does seem to be too big for Flash. It makes me kind of sad, because it still lags no matter what I do, and I'm afraid I'll never have the patience to finish it, but it's obvious that you put so much hard work into this ;~;
It's good that this game calls the first difficulty "Normal"; since most players will want to play on the first difficulty level, they can feel like they're playing the game the way it was meant to be played. An "Easy Mode" usually feels like the game's baby-proofing itself for you. :P
Oh hey, I remember playing this back when I was a little kid. The experience didn't last long since my parents heard the curse words, and of course they knew that I was too young to be hearing that kind of language. :P
Thanks... Flash does kinda suck sometimes.