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Thankyou :) Yeah I think i will try that out, anychance of adding a leaderboard for the shark and sky attack? pretty sure I would top that for sure lol. Is there a way for me to reset my high score as that wasn't achieved in the latest version on the sky & shark attack, cheers :)

Hiya now ive played a lot more and know my limits of skill better, anychance of capping the speed the sharks that attack the player at the speed they come at you on level 21? Cheers :) I have only made it to lvl 22 once out of 25-30 games lol

cheers mate :)

hiya, 7.5 is actually a little too much now ive played it a few times, anychance you can drop it to 5%, cheers, i wont ask you to change anything else after this :)

Cheers, that should be it now lol thanks for making this :D

I definitly noticed lol, i think 5% will be too little, will you be able to lower it to say 7.5% not sure if you can do .5's if you can't I'd rather it be 10% than 5% :) Cheers

It's entirely upto you if you wanted to do it where the sharks queue up at the player slots like the original or just increase speed of sharks coming at the player gradually after each level indefinitly, i think doing both of these will make it too difficult so it's your choice which one you put in, cheers :)

No problem mate :D

The quick fix will be gradually increase the speed of the sharks that come up to the player maybe 5% after each level past 14, that will defo work lol

my skill level at its finest lol 6,625 (lvl 29) unedited video, thought i'd post this as it might give you other ideas as well :) https://gofile.io/d/R3stln

Anytime mate :) It's handy having the original game for study lol, Sadly i have absolutely no knowledge on the jungle fighter and planet xeon, I will 100% make a challange video for the shark attack but I will wait patiently for the update which will take as long as it takes :) Cheers

I went back to studying the original and i noticed that some sharks when they reach the player spot hang there for a little longer than normal  maybe like 10% of the time and others disappear quicker than normal as well and other sharks "join that queue" going up the channel towards the player taking longer for that channel to clear which will make it harder. I don't expect you to do it now and I totally understand you wanting to take a long break from it, hope this helps :) Cheers

No problem mate, for me it's still enjoyable 🙂 and thankyou for making this game, it means a lot 😀

haha blindfolded thats hilarious! I think the number of spawns needs upping a little more if that can be done as I know theres limited space where they can spawn lol, if not for the retro fab version you could make the score 5 digits, I that was I definitely won't be rolling the score over lol

Just had a go and im wowed by the speed of the sharks at the bottom on level 14, i think to round things up could do it where the game is at full speed at level 15 as its a more rounded number. Had a couple of games and the speed of the sharks at the bottom is fast enough but not enough sharks coming up to attack the player, i think thats where the issue is as im still ducking and diving them ok believe it or not lol the speed of the sharks coming at the player is good, its now just the quantity, not sure if you can do it where more sharks appear at the bottom :)

Just tried it and got well over 3k with all 3 lives, i think now ive played it a few more times my skill level has increased, ok up it by 60% on each level from 8 > 12  (sharks at bottom speed) & increase the speed the sharks come up by 10% per level between 8 & 12, that should do it hopefully :)

Erm I did not expect to score this high, I past 4500 with all 3 lives intact and eventually died after pressing the right arrow key too many times at 6040. It really felt like the best speed, the speed of the sharks coming up is fine, would it be possible to speed the sharks up at the bottom significantly after every level between 8 & 12? heres a screenshot :)

Thankyou, going to switch to my better browser so you'll see my best score as "0" in the video lol

5 days is really good going, i got to level 15 scoring just shy of 3k. I feel this is absolutely spot on now as i cannot just sit in the corner due to the fire rate, this also means i have to do a lot more ducking and diving (pun not intended 🤣) it's now more of a challange and yeah 5 days ins't bad going at all, I say go for the release :D Oh I almost forgot, when you lose your last life and your score matches or is lower than your highest score it plays the normal die sound, but when you beat your high score and you lose your last life it plays the note yours does and thats it, the game play is spot on :) thankyou for coding this beloved game

Cheers :)

Nice one thankyou for all your hard work in this, I really appreciate it! I've been searching for years to see if anyone had built this game for pc and it made me so happy to be involved in the development, your coding skills with my knowledge of the game make a good team :D

It's been a priviledge in helping you with this as it's a game thats really close to my heart as I've been playing it for 31 years and counting lol. This build is really good mate! I would suggest turning the players fire rate down a little as it's faster than the previous build and thats it I think the rest is spot on :) Cheers

Wow! We are soo close to getting this right on! I love the slower fire rate but because now i can't keep hold of fire it hurts my wrist so if you can do it where i can still keep hold of the fire button with the equivelent fire rate that will be amazing.

Seems 20% increase wasn't enough but thats just down to my skill level then anything and almost made level 20 (3,895) so maybe another 15 - 20% increase of the sharks at the bottom will do the trick.

The speed of the sharks coming up on level 14 is absolutely right on target as I can react in time but very challanging especially now I can't just stay on 1 side as I like a challange, plus just staying on one side in a challange video is a bit lame lol.

Another thing I noticed some of the sharks seem to disappear for good or just re-appear, however on the original game when they are at level 6 & 7 sometimes they disappear when they start coming up towards the player which can throw the player off and this is pretty much the same difference and I like that :D

Conclusion:
Increase speed of the sharks on the bottom by another 15-20%
Hold fire button for constant fire at the same rate it is now as its about right
Cap game speed at level 12 with sharks coming up at the player same speed as level 14 in this build

Ah that makes sense, when I test it I will let you know if the increased speed of the sharks at the bottom is not enough or too much or who knows just right lol

Hiya, had 4 to 5 goes at it, i really like this change but lol:

1. Because of the increased fire rate I can literally stay on one side and stop 90% of the sharks coming up so I think the speed of the sharks need increasing by about 20% at level 12 then staying at that speed.

2. I've really noticed the speed increase of the sharks coming at the player and I feel the speed they come up at level 11 is perfect, anything past that and even I can't react in time lol

3.  The font on the original game with the number 7's they are like hooked over the top (See image) Also the score usually starts with one "0" and yours starts at "00"

Conclusion, what I think may be best
Levels 1 > 7 are fine the way they are. From 8 > 11 the sharks swimming towards the diver is increased upto level 11 as this is plenty fast enough. At level 12 the sharks at the bottom speed up by 20% ish but stay at that speed throughout if this can be done :)

Cheers

 7 font in the original game

Here's a suggestion,  maybe revert the speed back as it was from level 1 > 7 and then maybe one more speed increase maybe like 20% at level 15, this also gives less skilled players a chance to get past 2k  and slow the players fire rate down a bit as its a bit fast :) End of the day it is entirely your choice what you do and do what you think is best, I feel a bit bossy but totally not as these are only suggestions :D

Cheers

Thankyou :) I also forgot to mention that it would be better if the retrofab background was a darker blue as it would better contrast the sharks and the score. Just tried it out and its centered enough and loads better, the sharks going down the sides that don't jump to the middle still dont always come up, to compensate the difficulty for normal players between levels 1 to 6 would it be possible to reduce the chance of 1 shark coming up as a 2 then from level 7 its as they are now. Would you be willing to increase the speed of the sharks upto level 12? This would benefit more skilled players but won't hinder the less skilled as I feel they are still a little on the slow side at level 7 :) Cheers

This is really good mate! However lol, the sharks that go down the sides always come up if they don't move to the middle in the original, another thing is the font is really good and what im about to suggest isn't really important but the 9's are straight and the 6's are bent over in the original :) To make it slightly different from the sky attack i would suggest increasing the speed of the sharks but also increase the players rate of fire a little just so it feels a little different :) Also would it be possible to have the view a bit more centered? as it seems im looking through the left eye peice and feels a bit wierd lol. Glad my video helped in some way, i will also do a video on the shark attack most likely same target score :D

Thats not bad, if you suck at bonuses I would say thats around 1,500 ish, the average person wont even get beyond level 4/5 :)

Thanks! It's all thanks to you that this video happened as the desktop version is very buggy and impossible :) I've had the shark attack since I was 10 and after all these years my skill has just stuck with me. I was under soo much pressure on level 18 as i was on what i call "full risk" where you have to hit all 20 to get to the next thousand and "half risk" when your bonus ends at ,950. Cos I was being super quick at reacting i pressed left one time too many and thats what ended me lol. Whats your highest score? My highest ever on the original shark attack is 6,145, don't think i'll ever get that again lol

Made a video of me attemping 4,000 :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtxIQApzA70

Mee too mate, the shark attack is the one i grew up with and still an excellent game today

wouldnt let me upload 2 images so had to do it in 2 msgs

I found an ai tool for making text sharper, its definetly made a difference

Tried with duck duck go browser and its way better! tbh I really like the missile speed is increased after every level beyond 7 as it's more of a punishment for missing ships on your bonus rounds, this build is perfect mate, cheers. As I owned the shark attack and sky attack the shark attack does run faster but the players fire rate is increased to compansate to keep the same difficulty but thats up to you if you want to do that :)

I will try with a incognito mode on a different browser and clear cache in the morning, level 8? level 7 is full speed on these :) Just tested on level 1 to makesure it isn't me, enemy fire doesn't kill me instantly but deffo before as its leaving the frame and also just checked and I am on the correct build cheers

Hiya, I really hate being a pain but just had a tester go and its still doing the same thing as my previous message, regards Cosmo

No problem :)

Hiya, enemy missiles seem to come down at the same speed through levels 5,6,7 but seem to speed up quite a few bonus rounds after level 7, usually when im somewhere between 2,500 & 3,000 also it seems the missile kills you almost straight away instead of lthe frame where it disappears of the screen. I know the site was down all day not long ago so i wander if thats got anything to do with it. Cheers :)

Ah yes even I totally overlooked that, well spotted, its defo made a big difference, still easier compared to the origina but i dont think I can roll the score over at least, not had 4k yet lol

Just tested it out and indeed you can get out of the situation where all 3 spaces are taking up. The draw back it has unbalanced the game a bit and i just scored north of 6,500 and feel i could roll it over so to compensate maybe turning the  enemy speed up by a full 40-50% at level 7 :). The speed its at now is perfect for level 6 though