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spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-10 21:29:01
November 10 2009 20:52 GMT
#1
Writing my first blog ever

I finally beat Igneous, the game Day[9] mentioned in some Day[9]Daily. I got it from here.
I'm obviously talking about impossible mode because, well, normal is cheapish. And by beat I mean that I finished every level at least once. So, I figured I should tell all of you how awesome I am.
Has anyone else beaten it yet?

Now, this game isn't exactly as awesome as it first sounded when Day[9] mentioned it. It's a good game, but it has some flaws. It already crashed 4 times for me, during a estimated play time of 5-10 hours total. Seems like a bit too many crashes imo.
The game also has lag spikes every now and then, and I doubt it's my hardware. I lost countless lives because of those.

Nevertheless, I had fun with this game. I will now describe how I managed to beat the game, so don't read on if you want to beat it on your own.
I would be interested to hear other people's strategies, too.

+ Show Spoiler +

+ Show Spoiler [Level0] +

Roll straight forward and jump once. Probably to get you comfortable with the game, but you really don't learn anything...


+ Show Spoiler [Level1] +

Even on impossible, this one should be fairly easy. Keep to the right side at first, and after 2 jumps you'll be in the main area of the level. I had the most success with staying somewhat close to the right side of the map, but you really only have to watch out for large magma pools. You'll die immediatly if you fall into one of those, also those flame-like things are deadly.


+ Show Spoiler [Level2] +

This one is quite tough already. If you roll straight forward, you'll soon find out that there is a big gap in the bridge and nowhere to jump to. You'll inevitably die. The solution is to make the falling rocks miss the bridge by moving in a zig-zaggy way. That'll make it much more likely to reach the other side. But you still risk being smashed down by one of those falling bricks while jumping over a gap, and not losing your speed with all those small holes in the bridge isn't exactly easy either. You'll pretty much do the same things everywhere in this level, but towards the end you'll most likely slow down so much that you'll be jumping left and right constantly.
Even though you depend heavily on luck it is a lot of fun.


+ Show Spoiler [Level3] +

This is the last level. Seriously, I was disappointed when I beat this level on normal (it was insanely easy compared to level2) and then the game was over. Imo the game has a lot more potential for lots of additional cool levels.
Well, it was easy on normal. But it sure wasn't on impossible. 1 hit and you are dead. Those lasers are insanely fast, and your path is blocked by hundreds of boulders. You actually die when the lasers hit anything close to you, but not if the lasers hit you directly. That's important to notice and I don't think I could have finished the game if this wasn't the case.
The first 3 lasers aren't very dodgeable on ground unless you are lucky or play very risky. Instead, you can simply jump over them once you got the timing to do that. Then I would move diagonally to the left, dodge the lasers by moving diagonally to the right and so on, basically zig-zagging again. It's very important that you maintain a high speed (and here I have to say that I really would love to play this with a controller because you can choose your movement direction more precisely with one, pressing left or right only on the keyboard will slow you down, and top/left and top/right usually don't allow you to turn quickly enough), so evade both the lasers and the falling pillars.
Eventually you'll get to the part where the floor collapses as the lasers hit it. Getting to this point can be done very consistently with some practice. Crossing this part imo is one of the hardest things in the game. You'll randomly jump because the floor isn't as flat as it seems, which will often cause you to lose. If you don't lose directly, it will slow you down, which also leads to defeat. Speed is extremely important here, you absolutely want to cross that bridge before it collapses. Going straight forward usually is a bad idea here, to, but in some cases jumping right through the lasers is good.
After you passed this bridge, it'll be easy going for a while. Just dodge and make sure to build lots of speed. You'll need it.
Right before you reach the goal, thousands of bricks will block your way, slow you down and in the mean time you have to evade lasers at an insane frequency. I died around 10 times here, just 2 seconds before finishing the game. I don't know how to get through this area consistently, other than building up speed before you get there and hoping that you are not slowed down too much.




Oh and before you ask: I can't really provide any proof that I actually beat the game. The ending is the same in both difficulties, and knowing this is probably the only thing that indicates my success.


So again, this is my first blog, and obviously I am only showing off
Btw: Why isn't there a "preview post" option?

If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
Hacksaw11
Profile Joined July 2008
Australia359 Posts
November 10 2009 21:01 GMT
#2
link to that game?
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Scaramanga
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Australia8093 Posts
November 10 2009 21:09 GMT
#3
On November 11 2009 06:01 Stuyvesant wrote:
link to that game?

You can only choose one particular ball, not go as a radom one, not your kind of game :D

gw, i'll have to give this game a go
Loda talked about the fun counter, it's AdmiralBulldog on his natures prophet
Hacksaw11
Profile Joined July 2008
Australia359 Posts
November 10 2009 21:22 GMT
#4
oo a shiny ball that could go random ways :D?!!?!!!!!!!

lol scar ._.
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spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-10 21:30:53
November 10 2009 21:30 GMT
#5
There's your link, top of the OP. The actual download is on megaupload which I don't want to link directly.
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
SkylineSC
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States564 Posts
November 10 2009 21:44 GMT
#6
this game is so hard -_- i already removed it after 15 minutes of continued failure.
wo0py
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Netherlands922 Posts
November 10 2009 22:46 GMT
#7
whats te game about??
We shouldnt recreate anger of the non-virtual world
spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
November 10 2009 22:48 GMT
#8
check out the link I provided, saves me some time
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
November 11 2009 00:22 GMT
#9
Reminds me of this game called "Marble Blast." It was free, and awesome.
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
November 11 2009 09:25 GMT
#10
man i was hoping to see a thread about rocks.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-11-11 14:44:15
November 11 2009 14:42 GMT
#11
Really cool short free game.
Completed normal mode


Runs smooth in 1920x1080 AAx9 max details with 4870 + Athlon II x4 620 + 4Go ram.


btw: impossible mode has more levels ?
Because normal mode took me like 30 mins to complete lol.
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
November 12 2009 08:59 GMT
#12
No same number of levels, but you die from pretty much anything, instantly.
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
November 14 2009 03:24 GMT
#13
I tried to play this game, it DLed and installed ok, and ran. but I get a BSOD when i click normal or impossible difficulty.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
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