Chome 19.0.1084.56 here; every time I attempt to use the inventory (clicking the bag or when selecting "use item...") I get a translucent overlay that probably should contain my inventory, but it never populates. I have reloaded four or five times and the result is always the same. HTML 5 has so much promise...
Some great ideas ruined by the "give me money to complete things in reasonable time" anti-gameplay mechanism. I understand paying to play game, but when that slimy mechanism is tied to "you need to stay around all day to complete projects" and then "you weren't awake 24/7 so people robbed you of your resources/broke your stuff" I can only emit a tired "meh" and move on.
@RunForLife, my personal beef is when a game limits how many turns you get in a period of time and then adds some paltry amount for big money. This game doesn't do that at all, so I agree this game is being bashed for something it doesn't do. On the other side, the quality is Beta level (scrolling areas are problematic in Chrome at least). On the positive, I really like the location targeting and wish it was elaborated on by allowing the "protection" of a body part via stances or something (beyond the existing armor/shield rules).
I have become so sadly used to "Multiplayer Strategy Game" meaning "You can play for a short time and then we will beg for cash" that this was a quite pleasant surprise. Imagine, a game where you can support the developer, but it is for perks not a requirement to play.
I checked the game's premium shop, but the most important upgrade isn't there: tires. One would think a "driver" would use some high quality tires instead of riding on rims like he is apparently doing now.
Having played with both auto scrolling and manual mode, I find that the auto scrolling remaining enabled when the skill bar (or an upgrade menu) is up causes me to miss my target frequently. I think when an upgrade or skill bar is up, scrolling should be disabled until that menu is closed. (I especially notice the scrolling when reaching for the confirmation dialog on upgrades). I have taken to manually pressing space when I pull a menu and pressing again when I'm done. I also think that a lot of people think it is a glitch that clicking pulls up the upgrade or skill bar when one is already open, not understanding that simply moving the mouse away from the menu will close it. Perhaps the first click should simply close the upgrade/skill bar to make it more consistent with expectations?
@ZeroMoge: there are three difficulty settings to choose from and if you get past the first few levels you will find you need all those units and upgrades just to avoid losing units every battle. Losing upgraded units hurts, so it isn't as simple as the initial rounds make it seem.
Since I use the WASD keys, "E" would work for that side (it is a common "use" key and remains near the numbers as well). For users of the arrows I'm less sure: perhaps the shift keys?
The last few battles sometimes get so thick with targets that pulling up the skill bar by clicking on the background is difficult. Perhaps a key to summon the skill bar would be useful?
I'm not sure that the short skill bar is doing what is intended. If it wasn't an attempt to limit how many skills could be used, it would make sense to just make the skill bar grow with each new skill purchased, because I'm cycling almost all of them anyway. If it *was* an attempt to limit the number of active skills, then I would suggest locking those at the start of the battle.
Excellent game: if I buy the unlocks for 50 kreds will that carry over to the release version? The only (very minor) nitpick is that it is tedious to upgrade once the number of units grows. I would love a "you can afford all tier X upgrades not yet purchased" button (perhaps only on the formation editor), so I know even my unloved units are getting some upgrades.
Glad you like the game, yes if you unlock bonus content it will carry over. Also you will get any additional content I add to the bonus content.
I'll see what I can do about upgrading all units.
When trying this own with 4 players, we had the top of the screen reporting two players on blue, two on red. But the actual players were 3 blue, 1 red. The mouse leaves the playing surface easily (this is especially problematic because it is hidden during deaths) and Alt+F doesn't full screen (at least in Chrome 18.0.1025.168).
All these "this game is rigged" comments simply display the lack of mathematical understanding that drives people to lose so much to gambling. The same failed logic is why people who see a roulette wheel come up black four times in a row will bet heavily on red... even though each spin is an "independent event" (a term with very specific meaning in statistics). Runs of "bad" and "good" luck are a natural part of randomness and probability simply determines how often they happen. Relying on them *not* occurring is a sucker's bet.
Trying to spend turns earning income (and after that, every action): "Connect Error (1129) Host 'ec2-23-20-7-109.compute-1.amazonaws.com' is blocked because of many connection errors; unblock with 'mysqladmin flush-hosts'"
I have finished most of the games on this site, but the freaking 15 point badge is eluding me. "Generally, any (permanent) upgrades will let you win."
Not in my experience: I have tried both buying the low end upgrades and saving up for the high end upgrades. I try to fight the mooks as they come and save heals for later in the round. I'm still just not able to win the next to last battle reliably and the last battle still hasn't happened.
I'm sure there *is* a combo that works, but I sure haven't found it.
This is some quality workmanship, I must say. Connection errors, stupid unit AI and upgrading an archer with a sword (somehow). Congratulations on a new low in money-grubbing "free" gaming.
I'm astounded this game got badges, since it is crippled on Kongregate (jerked around save function? Yay!) and it keeps annoying the user to leave to play the better version... somewhere else.
I have also a problem with Chrome and keyboard input. I have seen this erratically in a few games recently, so I expect it is a change in the last few weeks to Chrome itself.
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try to refresh iframe itself. It looks a lot like a broken "browser caching".