Ah you made it very far!
I suspect you didn't find Magic Tower.
It's on the right of Glum Vil, behind the snail. You can get there without trouble.
Actually, I didn’t give up and now I’ve made it to toxic cavern (?). HP 388, dash lv1, bullet lv2, speed lv2, resistance lv2, dive lv1, and green and red gems. Yet, it’s still frustrating to beat the new rooms...it seems that I need to pass 10+ rooms for the next save points once I got killed (again). The first save point in toxic cavern has lv2 blocks that require dash lv2 to destroy, right? And I haven’t got that yet.
HP 423 now. I can’t seem to get any more upgrades and I’m already at the surface. There are these muscular things guarding doors in volcano, snowy mountain and tower, the instant-kill lake, the gems gates, blocked area needing dash lv2 in Glum Vil, and the hidden areas left of volcano core that I can’t find the access. Still haven’t found dash lv2. Are these post-ending things or I can get them before passing the meteor-throwing guy (final boss?)?
I've got the normal ending with full Max HP and full upgrades (?). Didn’t think I’d make it this far...not sure if I have what it takes to beat the extra area though. A cool game for hardcore retro shooter fans! (Not me though, I could use easier difficulties:) And there are indeed more than 80 types of enemies!
I believe so. I can’t have 450 HP without full upgrades, right? I think you need to clear all rooms to have enough points to trade for 450 HP, which include all upgrades rooms and gem rooms. And I do have 450 HP now.
Yeah, some easier modes would probably help more players to enjoy your fine work.
I must confess that I actually, um, cheated many times——by PRAYING that I can finally get to the next save points, after dozens of failures;) (following play to win and pay to win, now we have pray to win here!)
Thanks for putting your love into making this game!
Wow! you really did it! Congrats!
Yeah, the game is a bit hard but relies a lot on strategy and execution.
Specially the secret area. Why don't you try it? It's not THAT hard. I made an effort to make it easier by adding extra HP to help players.
I mean if you managed to get THIS far... I'm sure you can destroy the secret boss and get 100% and secret ending.
I tried. My first try ended at the first room, and the second ended at the 3rd or the 4th I think, which introduced a new icicle-spitting red thing (I don’t remember its name, which is actually shown at the credits). That room seemed too overwhelming to me and didn’t seem to have any safe spots. And my completion rate shown at the save slot is 96% IIRC, which I guess means that there are still 10+ rooms ahead, if it’s calculated according to the number of rooms cleared, so I just put it away for now.