Thank you ^-^

(are you on devArt? If so, what's your name there? :3 )

Hiya Steven :3

Thank you for your comment (and glad you liked the game too, aaaaand congratulations on being the first who got through Day 1 too, you lead by ten minutes! ^-^ )

The game actually gets a lot faster in the second half (especially after level 8), the first half is kiiind of just to gradually warm you up and get you ready for the real thing :3 And yup, I'm aware that the game has no sounds, I'll note you about that, okay?

Youuu know, when I first read your comment, it made me giggle - for sooome reason, I never expected anyone having their parents try the game .. teheh, I feel honoured now *-*
I'm really glad you like the game, aaaand you can already get to the sorcerer too, he's waiting for you (and shivering in his boots already, knowing that you're about to face him!!) - he's only there in normal mode though, easy mode ends after you defeated all his minions <.< (but on the plus side, if you get so far in normal mode as you do in easy mode, you'll have someone help you along, so it's not you fighting all alone ;3 )

Thanks for your comment, Kazzi <3
Toby

Yay, congratulations ^-^ You're one of the few that got so far already (and you finished it in the normal difficult setting too, right? ;3) Don't worry, you're doing really well in the game :D

Yup, I know the difficulty is climbing quite a bit as you progress through the game, but it's also because .. for me it's really hard to judge how hard a level is, because I kind of know what's going to happen next, you know? ;P If there are any parts in particular that got you stuck in these three lives, you could tell me which ones (just describing what happens or screenshotting them should work), and I'll try making them easier a bit (though, the game should also remain a bit of a challenge, right? ;3 You're playing in normal difficulty too, easy is *much* easier, however it only gives out half the points, and you can't rescue Celina either. But yup, if there are any unfair or waaaay too hard parts, I can make them a little easier so the difficulty doesn't climb that much in the desert levels ^-^ )

Once again, thanks for your feedback, and take good care of yourself <3
Toby

Thank you ^-^ (and thanks for the favourite too :3 )

Eeeh, you liked bouncing into enemies? ;P That's not good, it takes a looot of health if you do that, you know ;3

(Oh, and with playing through one difficulty you meant you got to the end of the first day, where it tells you that you can continue tomorrow, right? The game does go on after that, this is actually the full version :3)

The normal difficulty level is quite a bit more challenging than the easy difficulty level, but you also get a lot more points, and you get a chance to rescue Phiyrr's friend, which gives you different levels, new enemies and a better ending ^-^

Thanks for your comment, Shadou! <3

*giggles* Actually, the game does get a lot more fast-paced in the second half, the first half is just .. warming up, to give everyone a chance to get used to the controls and everything, you know? ;3 And easy mode is indeed a lot easier, so if you have troubles in the normal difficulty setting, you'll get a lot farther in easy mode ^-^
(The third level, only? ;P Aww, c'mon <.< )

Thankies ^-^ Yup, yup, I spent quite some time on it, drawing the various characters, level-backgrounds, designing the levels themselves, the powerups and animating everything, drawing out the various screens, such as the pause-screen aaaand so on ^-^ Those might be little things if seen individually, but they definitely add up - and together with learning how to actually do that in Flash, I think it was about one and a half months, from the beginning until now ^^;

Changing the shooting speed is definitely a good suggestion - how far did you get in the game? I'm just asking because there are several weapon powerups already (you get your first one pretty soon, in level 2, and until then, there's not really a lot coming your way), which increase your shooting speed a lot (the bubbles-shot literally becomes a stream of bubbles if you powered it up several times, while the fireballs stay slightly slower, but become very strong and powerful with time). Sooo, depending on what shot-level you were already at, I could make them faster and such, buuut I'm also a little hesitant because I don't want to make the game too easy, you know? ^^

Meep, sorry for taking so long to reply ^^; I didn't mean to, I was just .. busy with all sorts of stuff and time just literally flew by - not that you think I didn't read your comment or something ^^; You're right, the it wasn't supposed to lag during the level-ups, it's just that full-screen effects in Flash are really slow, so the whole fading-in and fading out made it lag quite a bit - many probably didn't notice it because they had fsst computers (or never levelled up ;3 ), but it's especially interesting to hear how it performs on slightly slower computers, sooo .. thank you for letting me know ^-^ I was actually very careful with effects in the game, because as soon as you add a bit too much, Flash immediately slows down to a crawl <.< The level-up effect I left in because it doesn't happen too often and only lasts for a short while anyway ;3
Glad you liked the game, in any case, despite those little slowdowns and such ^-^

Thanks Martin ^-^ Hehe, you too? That's awesome - I'm sure you'll be doing all well with it really soon ^-^

Take care,
Toby

Well, you were at the very first level there is, you've got to start somewhere ;P That level was actually added because people said that the game starts too hard ;3

The later levels are a lot more challenging, you can skip the first levels by using "hazelnut" as password, as mentioned in the description ^-^ (I honoured your critique though and made it so that if you choose the "normal" difficulty setting, the first level is skipped, so you start at level 2. Of course, if you have any suggestions as for how to balance the game so everyone can enjoy it, let me know - it's not a matter of that I can't make the game faster ;3)

Thanks ^-^ (and glad to hear you like it, too ^-^) I know the game doesn't really have any sound effects, I tried to look for good freeware sounds, but none of them quite seemed to fit, so after looking for quite some while, I decided to just leave the sound sound-less instead of putting some maybe-more-annoying-than-atmospheric sounds in it ^^; You can listen to your favourite music when playing the game though ^-^
Oh yes, I know what you mean - the bosses aren't really too difficult because people got frustrated when they lost at a boss and had to redo the entire level, but you're right - one thing I could have done is to make ordinary levels and then just one level for the boss, it's something to keep in mind for the future ^-^ The bosses do get slightly more difficult after the desert level though, sooo let me know what you think of those you're about to encounter next - there are four more, after all ;3

(Inspirations? That's a good question - I don't really know - there's quite a large amount of feedback and suggestions that went into this game, it started out pretty basic (like, bosses didn't have a life-bar, and you could only take three hits before getting knocked out, and no power ups either). I've played a couple of shooter games when I was really little (mostly "Lethal Zone", but this game isn't really anything like that), but that's about it (My cousin always used to play R-Type, though it always looked waaay to hard for me *-* ). What mostly inspired me making this game was a game googley made (this one), eeeeven though it's entirely different, I wanted to try making one too, after playing it ^-^)

Thank you ^-^ The controls were actually something I wasn't entirely sure of whether they were good or not, because on the one hand, I wanted the plane to feel slightly "heavy", so it wouldn't speed up or stop instantly, but on the other hand I didn't know whether it didn't slide around too much, you know what I mean? ^^; Anyway, glad to hear they work for you - how far did you get? ^-^

Thankies <3 Oh .. you mean .. the biiig hot-air balloon thingies? Ooor the zeppelins? I know, they're a little evil, buuut you managed your way past them just fine, right? ^-^ (there's actually a second part of the game, all you need to do is entering the password that you got at the end of the first part tomorrow, and there you go ;3 )

Hehe, it's as complete as it gets, it has several difficulties and two endings, soooo I think that's all fine ;3 (the only reason why it still says "beta" on it is because I feel there's going to be some error or bug in it which I haven't found yet ;P )

Oh, and thank you for your nice comment (and the favourite too *-*), it's much appreciated <3

Take care,
Toby

Aww, thankies Lolly ^-^ (and no worries, it's not like you absolutely have to critique something every time, it's juust as nice to know that everything was well done in your eyes ^^)

Hehe, Pico has a fan? ;3 By the way, how far did you get in the game? I'm juuust asking, because in one of the later levels) you rescue a friend, whooo is one of my favourite characters in the game, soo I was just wondering whether you saw her as well ^-^

Take care,
Toby

Just wanting to say thank you for your comment on my game - especially coming from you, it meant quite a lot to me :3 (And yush, I can imagine, seeing that you animated your own little movie for web-classes too - just that yours is a loooooot longer than my little cutscenes, and very well done too *-*).
Glad you liked the game, in any case - how far did you get? :3

Thank you, aaaand thank you for the welcome too ^-^

<3

D'Aww, thank you ^-^ Yup, Phiyrr is the character of one of my friends (who actually goes by the same name as well; a very nice and friendly person from Poland, juuust a tad busy and procrastinating at times ;3 ), I thought it'd be a nice surprise for her ^-^
Oh, and glad to hear you like the game (how far did you get, by the way?) - if it made your day, that's more than I could possibly hope for <3

Take care,
Toby

Yay, how far did you get this time? Did you rescue your fluffy friend? :3
(aww, the cactus? He's not too difficult, is he? Just stay in the bottom left corner and dodge if he targets you, and you'll be aaall fine ^-^ )

Thanks again for your nice comment, Fiona - aaaand glad to hear you love it, too ^-^

I know ^^ It's something a friend of mine will try working on ^-^

Thanks <3

Thank you, Sammy ^-^ (how far did you get? :3 )

Well, you know, to make a DTF on devArt you need to have a huge fan-base, or, in case of Flash movies, have copyrighted music or Naruto in it ;P
Effort or quality is secondary, really ;3 (Sure, there are plenty of good DTFs in all sorts of galleries, but in the Flash gallery, what makes the DTF is kinda .. substandard). Oh well - I'm glad you like it, in any case, and I do feel honoured that you think it should have been a DTF ^-^ How far did you get in the game? Did you try beating it in Normal/Challenge mode? :3

Thanks for the comment <3

Thank you ^-^ How far did you get our little heroine get, under your guidance? ;3

And sorry to hear you were sick ^^; Make sure you get plenty of rest and take all your vitamins, and I'm sure you'll be back in good health again in no time ^-^ I sure hope it wasn't anything too bad, at least <3

(teheh, why not little ol' Phiyrr, hmm? ;3 Oh, and was it actually a surprise or did you already expect something like that?)

Hmm, could you try clearing your cache? Also, if that doesn't work, does downloading and installing the newest Flash Player help? [Link]
I know it probably has to do with Flash Player's sandbox thingy, however the policy-files should be correct, since otherwise it wouldn't work for anyone ^^

Yay, hiya Kat ^-^ Yush, it's definitely very different from what I usually upload, glad to hear someone noticed that ;3 I really didn't expect it myself, so if you asked me about it two months or so ago, I'd have given you a really curious look, since I had no idea how Flash worked or anything :3
The backgrounds, the characters and everything took a huge chunk of the game's development time, the code actually isn't that much, really. Most time is definitely spent drawing the different screens (did you see the pause screen, for example?), backgrounds, characters, items, health bar, shots, sparkly effects and much more which you don't really think of at first when making a game ;P I thought most time would be spent with coding X3 I'm glad you find the game entertaining too (even though you haven't seen everything yet, no? You get a partner to fight with you halfway through the game, it makes it a little easier ;3 ) aaaand I'm sure if you asked Phiyrr, she'd let you fly her plane too for a level or two X3 Just don't make too many bumps in it!

(Out of curiousity, what game did you code in IT class?)

The bird that's in the background is really just a graphic feature - it's there in some levels, and in others it's not. It'll fly around randomly, and you can chase it with your plane if you like ;3

Thanks for the favourite and your nice comment on my game - you're right, I noticed the thingy with the enemies carrying those items being a little too close to the bottom at times as well, and I tried to put those that drop really important items such as weapon upgrades or the one who holds Celina captured faaaar to the top, so you have enough time to catch those powerups. I might still have missed a few, where the appearance is random, sooo I'll look into it - thank you for telling me <3

Congratulations on getting to level 8 too, aaaand good luck on the remaining levels too, you're doing really well!

Aww, sorry to hear ;_; But that's just the first half, be sure to note down your password and have a good save state (with lots of lives ;3 ) ready for tomorrow, beeeeecause those little enemies do get a little smarter in the next levels ^-^

Thanks for your comment <3

Hiya Duhr ^-^

Thank you for your comment :3 Actually the reason the bosses are so easy is because you're playing the game in easy mode, in which you basically have twice as much health as usual and all your enemies have theirs cut in half ;P Try playing the game in normal mode and see what it's like there (normal mode would also give you a chance for an alternate ending, too!)
I know what you mean with the powerups - actually they should be floating slightly towards the player already, but I'll keep your critique in mind and might change it in the next version ^-^ I still want them to float downwards (because they're parachutes, after all, plus that way you have to rush over to the item to get it), but having them float even more to the left might be a good idea, especially if you shoot the enemy carrying the item when it's just entering the screen ^^

Once again, thanks for your nice comment - I'd love to look at your gallery and artwork as well, but I can't seem to find you on devArt ;_;

Hehe, how far did you get? ;3

Aww, really? I just tried, it works fine for me - what kind of error does it give you? ^^;

Yay, glad you like it ^-^ *pokes* How far did you get in the game, hmmmm?

Oh, you do have an account here .. well, now you do ;P All you need to do is setting your password and you'll be all set ;P

And that's grand news ^-^ Now you could practice with your pencils already, so you'd be all ready and prepared when you get your tablet for your birthday ^-^ Do you already have a particular tablet in mind? If not, may I make a suggestion? Try going for Wacom tablets. I know there are tablets for $20 and sometimes even less, but they're usually poor quality (I've had an Aiptek at first, and when I got my Wacom at CompUSA, it was so much better and I started to notice how bad the Aiptek tablet actually was ;P ). As for the size, it depends what's more convenient for you the most popular tablets are the 4x5 and the 6x8 ones. If you move your hand around quite a bit when drawing, the bigger one is better for you, if you mostly draw small and with precise lines, you might want to try the smaller tablet ^^ There's a Tablet FAQ someone has written three years or so ago which is definitely worth a read too, if you want to get a tablet ^^

Aww, yay ^-^ Thanks for the detailed critique on the game, I sure appreciate it loads, because especially for games, it's always really interesting what others think, what ideas they have and everything ^-^ (Wow, 1 AM? You really ought to be in bed by that time <.< I mean, even Phiyrr got tired after level 8 ;3 )

I know what you mean with the ammo - it was supposed to float down rather fast, so you had to actually rush over to get it (instead of just waiting for it to come close to you), but it wasn't planned to be *that* hard for the rhyfe2002-rapid-fire mode ;3 I might make them float to the player a bit faster (so it gets on-screen more quickly), we'll see ^-^ All the really important items you can usually get easily (because either a boss drops it, or the enemy dropping it is aaaall the way at the top of the screen ;3 )

The difficulty I actually meant to climb rather quickly, so I wouldn't bore the more advanced players. For those who really find it too difficult, there's always easy mode, which is a lot easier and should - difficulty-wise - stop where the desert-level in normal mode picks on. And for the really good players, there's still challenge mode to beat ^-^ (*hopes you didn't have a heart attack because of the game* ^^; )

Weak points for the bosses and changing the avatar picture of Phiyrr in the top left are both excellent ideas indeed ^-^ It's something I'll keep in mind for the future, for this game it'd be a big change to do (especially because I'd need to add other incentives to play the game again for those who've already beat it ;3 ). I'll definitely remember it for the next version, in any case ^-^

(And yup, colliding with enemy planes doesn't do them any damage - I don't want to make the game *too* easy ;P Keep in mind, in the very first version of the game, colliding with a plane made you lose a life instantly - it was either Bungie95 or Googley who persuaded me that the game was waaay too difficult that way - the bouncing-off thingy seemed like a good compromise ^-^ )

So, how did you do in the game? I saw your name on the highscore list, judging from the score you beat normal mode, right? There's still challenge mode, if you get bored - just perfect for a hardcore-player, no?

Oh, and I'll definitely note you - just you wait >3

Thank you ^-^ Aaand if you can make BGMs, I'd love to add them in - I didn't put in sounds because I simply didn't have any aaaand I'm reeeally bad at making those ^^;

Thank you ^-^ I had actually a hard time balancing the weapons, because I didn't want to make one of them heavily overpowered, you know? That's why I made fairly minor changes, *however*, the fireball shot will get you two racks (and eventually three) at some point if you level it up far enough ^-^

Take care,
Toby

Actually most monsters are supposed to have an animation when you defeated them - I think the only monsters that don't are the little fishies you encounter a little later on in the game - I'll look into that ^-^

Thanks for telling me!

Thankies ^-^

X3

They're supposed to be fat ;P That's what makes them a worthy enemy, no? Otherwise they'd be waaaay too easy, that way you have to take them out fairly quickly because otherwise they'll be in the way sooner or later ;P

Oooh, don't worry - the game does get quite challenging later on - it only starts easy because everyone who tested it told me it started too hard - sooooo I made really easy first levels ;P Trust me though, especially challenge mode should be good for a challenge ;3

Aww, thankies <3 I'd love to put sound effects in it, buuuut I'm really bad in recording them X3 If you can make some though (you have to make them yourself however, since taking them from elsewhere is just going to get us in trouble ;P ), I'd love to put them in ^-^

Aww, thank you ^-^ And don't worry about it being easy, it will get quite a lot harder from Day 1 on, especially in the later levels and if you're playing in normal mode (if you play in normal mode and found Celina, the game will switch you to challenge mode - in that case, good luck X3).

Oh, good question ^-^ Actually it's quite simple, the game merely checks if you've completed more than seven levels, and if so, it checks what time you completed the level seven levels before, and if that's smaller than X hours, it makes you wait. The check is actually done server-side, not in flash ;P Technically, the flash game asks "okay, can I have the level data for the next level?" and the server replies "nope, you got to wait" X3

Pfff, noooo way, you don't suck X3 It just needs a little practice and then it'll be really easy - it's easier than Stormy, too!

By accident? How did that happen? X3

Great job ^-^ Yeah, dying once or twice can't really be avoided that much, even when I play, I usually die once or twice, and miss the odd extra live (and sometimes even weapon powerups). 72,543 points is very nice though, that definitely puts you on the first place - you sure were fast achieving that too, congratulations ^-^

Yush, you're right in your assumption - technically you can keep the last two bosses alive as long as you can, and just shoot their minions - while they only give around 10-15 points, they also drop extra lives at a certain rate, and seeing that the bonus you receive at the end is affected by that, you can pretty much get an arbitrary amount of points ;P Even though, it's going to be much harder though to hit the monsters and spare the boss, especially with Celina around ;3

Anyhow, congratulations once again, this sure is a very nice score and actually even tops what I received so far.

Glad you enjoyed it! And thank you :3 I'll try my best ^-^