My current best scores: Set1(9,28,23,14,4,9,13,8,13,55) Set2(19,28,12,11,11,11,23,11,32,41) Set3(12,38,13,17,13,19,17,30,24,36) Set4(19,14,4,63,18,19,27,22,40,24) Set5(12,34,18,29,10,21,35,46,47,19)
Final level you have 3000 energy. Simply drop a large shipyard for 1500 and set it to Annihilator for 1500. Go eat a snack. Win. If you want overkill, or if you don't have max tech, you might want to spend the next 350 energy on a physics lab.
Easy walkthrough: Research SiegeGun, Unimesh, lasers, two shield techs, and anything to increase laser reload/range/damage. Early game use SiegeGun, but switch to Lasers when you can. Replacing destroyed weapons is expensive - instead build a ROOF over lasers! They can shoot through it! (Note that you can build unsupported structure SIDEWAYS.) Unarmored platforms are ok for a cheap starter roof. When a level starts grab extra money by selling off any structure that isn't going to be part of your roof. Build mine/power SIDEWAYS at height 3ish as a floor to build lasers on. Fill the bottom with mostly mines to pay for roof construction and repair. Make the roof two squares thick when you can afford it. Late game you may add DeathRays on the edges of your roof where they won't get hit, but keep your roof perfectly flat because DeathRays do VeryBadThings if they aim downwards. On the final level I build up a few DeathRays, the mothership died instantly.
The game gets easier once you hit level 10 because level 10 has a hidden bonus effect. At that points the game stops giving the +XP item - that means that more of the other items appear. More shields, more shotguns, and more burst attacks. Once you hit level 10 it's pretty much just about the jumping.
It has potential, but the 45 degree rotation on the minimap must be eliminated. I'm pressing the up arrow, watching my ship go straight up on the main screen, and seeing the ship go up-right on the minimap. That is rather unpleasant.
The "Come back another day" unlock is such Total Fail that I want to see the hard badge become badge-of-the-day some time just so I can watch the shitstorm of thousands of people screaming that the badge-of-day is literally IMPOSSIBLE to get.
RATING 1! Any game that encourages or forces players to SPAM other people on kong with private-message game invites gets an automatic 1 rating. PLEASE RATE THIS GAME 1 TO ENSURE DEVELOPERS KNOW THIS SORT OF SPAM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
The title screen clearly shows "Fixation" is a pack of cigarettes. I'm pretty sure she represents his smoking habit. Once his depression lifts, once he makes it through the meadows, he is able to quit. Exactly like the doctor suggested. At the end he says he's taking the path home, implicitly without her. She blows one final puff and she's gone.
Some of these are really impressive! I am definitely going to have to add highscore playback to 2fps. =)