I think, maybe in "boi" mode make a different number of notebooks, like 5-7? I see what people don't play this game because of difficulty.
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Seriously, it's already easy. The one time I decided to play on Boi, I got all 11 notebooks. Now I'm spending hours trying to do it with Albert on Regular mode.
Oh, wait, also, everyone is complaining about Braniac because it's literally impossible to do it without hacking, cheating or exploiting glitches. Lower that one's difficulty instead (specifically the final chase that makes everyone rage quit).
Devon9141, one of the most elite players of this game, you may see him on here posting bugs that need fixing or tips on how to beat certain objectives, first one to discover Follower and 666 hell school ending, first one to get priest achievement, beat braniac without glitches, made it to the history level, found different ways to beat language level without Viktor. I'd say MIX and Vivanator follow him in second and third most elite AEWVS players, as they're also currently in the history level.
The elevator pause, knew this specific type when the pause feature was introduced. Watermelon glitch, found while forming strategy. Flash bang glitch, found while teasing Marzia about not opening doors (lol). Other "9" door break, knew it was possible, never tested it till recently.
The moment YOU posted screenshots of completing the language level without Viktor, I already knew how it was done...wanted to post these bugs on the next update (along other things). Why does it matter who discovers what first anyways? It's cool to discover these thing in general...
Also, Pluto. Your kind words are great, but I rather not be titled an Elite as if "better" than everyone else. Just someone who helps from time to time. MIX, like the edited comment better than your first.
(Right as I post that reply unedited, the comment I'm replying to has been edited. Might have to edit this again.)
I apologize for all of my revisions of that original comment, including the original. I was in a bad mood due to having a bad day and when I saw that comment I just got kind of agitated, so I wrote the original comment that you replied to. I realized how rude it was a few minutes after and I started revising and making changes to it until it actually semi-reflected how I felt, not completely as I was still in a bad mood. I just saw your comment and it made me realize that I was still not completely honest and still a bit rude in my comment. I'm not going to write a novel about how I feel, but I will be honest about how you have found greater secrets in the game than me, and that how I define what "better" is as being more efficient at the game rather than secrets (you weren't quite correct about me using bugs, as I was playing in a more recent version of the game that couldn't do the Marzia getting stuck with melons or anything, if that is what you meant). On an unrelated note (sort of), you were the first one to find the pause glitch, as I originally beat the game on an older version that did not have that feature, so I didn't bother.
(Also, I feel like I'm being accused of something with the fully capitalized YOU at the beginning of paragraph 2, or is that just me?)
Final thing, Marzia can open doors, as I saw her do it once during a private recording. I will make a gif of it if I can.
No worries about the revisions, it was a timing thing.
I meant "better" as in absolutely everything. I don't want to be put on that standard, not one person runs the community, it's more of a group thing (Was originally going to respond to Pluto about this, made two replies in one comment instead).
My capitalized "YOU" was more directed to why I posted the bugs early. Just a bit of emphasis, no accusation.
Marzia can open doors again...I gotta re-download the game after posting this.
(Funny thing, I was a bit overwhelmed this mourning after doing schoolwork for the past couple weeks and logging in to see mrdrnose post a couple game related questions. Ended up rushing my comments.)
I would focus on changing brainiac difficulty:
It doesn't seem worth wasting time on later notebooks, especially 8-10. Maybe have Viktor reach chase speed after 15 wrong answers (approx). Reduce his anger gain in this difficulty.
Doing this without Albert, you're given double-digit multiplication (forced to use calculator). Have one pair of multiplied numbers per math question, would generate -10 to 10 range. Other three would generate big addition and subtraction numbers. Example: 8*-6-+28-17--25 (Don't know if that's possible to program.)
Can't effectively explore for exam. Have the 11th math notebook spawn after collecting the 10th notebook, but you can't interact with the exam till Viktor starts chasing again (affects all difficulties). The notebook sprite would have a "loading" symbol that prevents interaction, or while interacting too early it would say "Loading exam..." till chase. One of the two.