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[Electrikill]

Pretty cool

One problem is the amount of luck involved, especially on shotgun missions. There's the one where you're not allowed to hit a single gringo, which you have next to no control over. And then there's the one where you have to shoot down all the drones in 4 shots. Not only do your shots fire in random directions but the drones are in random places.

Another problem is grinding. Once you've got all the stars, it should just automatically unlock all the glossary pages. I'd like to read them but I don't want to have to just sit there shooting locusts until I have enough money to buy all the scatter upgrades. And I'm certainly not gonna sit around shooting stuff until I get all the achievements.

The art is certainly good. I like the all-female military squad. Kind of reminds me of rtil's Freetown.

VictorGrunn responds:

Thanks for the feedback. I'm going to be tweaking the money earn rate along with the other patchwork needed later today, this is more out of whack than I realized. Glad you liked the art too!

[Devilish Differences]

Nice job

I checked the credits before playing, and there was no way to get rid of them! They blocked the play button and I had to refresh.

Also, I don't see any negative effects of using hints. If there's a limit to them I didn't find it.

Ab9003 responds:

Did you see the "close this box" button in the credits? It's possible you missed it it's at the bottom of the box. I don't penalize people for getting lost in the game but if a lot of people want this I can add a minor incentive to click it less frequently.

[They're Chasing Me]

Excellent

This does not look like the work of someone who can't program. Well done, c0rupt3d.

But... how'd you manage so well?

Also, good job to Xionico and dj-jo.

coruptedGames responds:

96hrs of hell

[Community College Sim]

Gee whiz

I've got 100+ social points and it still says "You said hi and then awkwardly tried to make conversation."

How many social points do I need?

[Briker 2]

Very cool

Some of the most brilliant level design I've ever seen.

[Santa's Vengeance]

Freaking sweet

If you get all the presents without dying you get to see Jess-The-Dragoon naked. :3

[Paul & Percy]

Best Flash puzzle platformer ever

Every single puzzle is ingeniously designed.

I'm pretty disappointed by how unwilling people are to adapt to a new perspective. The controls didn't give me any trouble at all, and games don't have to all conform to what you think is the proper way games are supposed to be. In a way, the new perspective can be considered just part of the challenge. Also, I think that if the game was aligned so that up was always jump and then the level flipped over like in Shift, it would be harder to keep track of what you were doing. Having the level stay put like this allows you to get a better idea of what's going on as you progress through it. I really think that this is the best way the game could be.

[Dr. Bones' Adventure]

Nice game

Just played it through a second time to get the Easter egg.

You need:
To be able to save and reload after quitting. It's not that bad since the game's so short I guess.
To be able to adjust the quality.
And to be able to use the arrow keys. Also jumping by pressing up should be an option. Maybe down to let go of a vine as well.

Of course there are a multitude of other problems as well. Automatically grabbing on to a previous vine. Not getting enough of a boost when you jump up to a room above and then just falling back down. That part where you have to jump a frog but there's a vine in the way. Lava rising when paused or loading rooms.

Anyway, there seems to be a way to muscle your way past all the glitchy situations, although maybe not on every computer, since gameplay sometimes seems afftected by loading speed. For the part where you're running from the skeleton cat I could usually jump both the lava and the frog at once, but sometimes it seemed like the frog was in a different place. Holding down the jump button can help in situations where you need to jump as soon as possible.

Definitely not a troll game. Just quaint.