Ping - A Batty Adventure [2600]

[chas10e]

I like the conceptual design ... a character whose name is coincidentally named buy how they see the world they live in. "Ping"

 

also a bit of educational value here ... how bats see using radar ... what they eat, their natural enemies, their habitat ( I had to google 'bout teh Owls )

 

I voted for #2 :

 

I stink at games & need teh kiddie levels like stated in upper right hand corner of some commercially produced boxes

 

 

I dunno if possible to have both versions with game select between the two ...

 

[Cybearg]

Switching between two vastly different methods of scoring is a bad idea, I think. It would be confusing.

 

If there's a big gap between the two, with one seeming super-easy and the other more challenging, then that just means that one of the two needs to be expanded with the ability to balance. I'm thinking that #2 will be easier to balance because all that needs to be adjusted is the number of ping tokens the player automatically gets when the game starts. It may simply be that 4 is too many. Personally, I manage almost all levels with 2 pings to spare.

 

Glad you like, though! :3

Edited May 3, 2013 by Cybearg

[Algus]

I was going to propose you program them in as variants as well as version 2 seems easier to me. Sort of a "free pings training mode" for a B variant I guess.

 

I definitely enjoy version 1 more. At the rate you're putting cool stuff out, we're going to have to start a Cybearg high score club

 

Thanks for another fun game sir.

[Cybearg]

I was going to propose you program them in as variants as well as version 2 seems easier to me. Sort of a "free pings training mode" for a B variant I guess.

 

I definitely enjoy version 1 more. At the rate you're putting cool stuff out, we're going to have to start a Cybearg high score club

 

Thanks for another fun game sir.

 

Just so I'm clear, you prefer version 1 because it doesn't give any free pings, right?

[Algus]

Yeah. I like the idea of being forced to gamble with points. I did notice though that you can ping with a score of 0-24.

 

So really you can advance all you want but if you want a good score you have to be smart about doing it. I like that.

[Cybearg]

Yeah. I like the idea of being forced to gamble with points. I did notice though that you can ping with a score of 0-24.

 

Yeah. Aside from the fact that you start with 0 points and starting with a handful of points so you'd be able to ping would be kind of weird, I didn't want the player to be stuck in a dark room with no way to possibly navigate so they'd just have to suicide on the walls and start over.