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Aquaria => Gameplay => Topic started by: Cryzbl on January 07, 2009, 11:17:43 pm
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Since this is by far the hardest (non-glitch) move in the game, I'd thought it would be nice to have a contest about it.
rules
No briar rockets. (although proving this is going to be a matter of trust :P)
You can briar boost if you want, it won't get you there anyway.
Must take screenshot of map and game.
It's ok to edit the picture to aesthetically enhance it.
The prize is a deep sense of personal satisfaction and achievement. ;)
Here are my entries
The veil (2nd area)
(http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3072/theveilleftci4.th.png) (http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/3072/theveilleftci4.png) (left)
Didn't feel like doing the right one, I get way more glitches right then left :(
Ice veil
(http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5426/iceveilleftyo8.th.png) (http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/5426/iceveilleftyo8.png) (left)
(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9761/iceveilrightas8.th.png) (http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/9761/iceveilrightas8.png) (right)
Turtle cave
(http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5970/turtlerockleftjf0.th.png) (http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5970/turtlerockleftjf0.png) (left)
(http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5311/turtlerockrightjs2.th.png) (http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/5311/turtlerockrightjs2.png) (right)
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That is just too awesome! :)
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Very good entries Cryzbl - I think we'll be hard pressed to do better. ;) BTW, what on earth is in the top left of the second veil area? It's a thin blue object with pink spines or fronds coming out the top. :o :)
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:o Sorry I just can't handle those briars at all well so I will abstain from this contest :o
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Very good entries Cryzbl - I think we'll be hard pressed to do better. ;) BTW, what on earth is in the top left of the second veil area? It's a thin blue object with pink spines or fronds coming out the top. :o :)
I have absolutely no idea, it's the first time that thing showed up...
Also that one was surprisingly easy, my first try after coming up with the idea of a contest :P
That is just too awesome! :)
I must admit that I've found some neat shortcuts to recover quickly if I fell off. ;)
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:o Sorry I just can't handle those briars at all well so I will abstain from this contest :o
What REALLY annoys me with the briars happens when throwing a briar then landing below it: I then have to balance precariously while I either wait for it to disappear or throw another three. Surpassing that, however, is the feeling of exhausted frustration after briar-platforming extremely high only to fall all the way back down. >:D :D
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:o Sorry I just can't handle those briars at all well so I will abstain from this contest :o
What REALLY annoys me with the briars happens when throwing a briar then landing below it: I then have to balance precariously while I either wait for it to disappear or throw another three. Surpassing that, however, is the feeling of exhausted frustration after briar-platforming extremely high only to fall all the way back down. >:D :D
And Naija shooting of in completely oposite direction to your curser :o >:(
Oh and what are those shortcuts may I ask? Reply in a spoiler please Cryzbl :D
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I believe he's talking about the keyboard shortcuts that control form-changing (number keys and "x"), though I would be greatly interested if I were mistaken. :)
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I believe he's talking about the keyboard shortcuts that control form-changing (number keys and "x"), though I would be greatly interested if I were mistaken. :)
Same here chibi, though how changing to beast or any other can halt or recover your fall I don't know at all, but changing to fish is not a good idea as you put so well in another thread :)
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Here's my strategy:
Plant a briar as high as possible then change to beast form and drink some speed increasing soup. Jump to the briar (should be easy now) and change back to nature while jumping. You skipped a large part of the beginning of the wall, in turtle cave you can easily get to the highest blob of water and skip a whole lot.
When the briar you're on is pointing down:
Take small steps, aim at the wall (almost right above the previous briar) and shoot, move your mouse up a little bit (the steeper the wall is the lower you should aim) and jump. Shoot and jump basically.
When the briar you're on is pointing up:
Jump first then aim to the lower right corner and shoot, or wait until you land and shoot a 'safety briar' afterwards.
Though I have to admit, the transition between those is the hardest part...
Whenever you find yourself inside the briar, you'll get a huge rather uncontrollable boost. I hate those... However this glitch happens way more if the wall is right of naija.
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Good strategy - I've never come across the within-the-brier jump before.
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oooerr... Best I've got is climbing the sun temple top two rooms (from the bigger room, not the narrow shaft you can walljump up).
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Here's my strategy:
Plant a briar as high as possible then change to beast form and drink some speed increasing soup. Jump to the briar (should be easy now) and change back to nature while jumping. You skipped a large part of the beginning of the wall, in turtle cave you can easily get to the highest blob of water and skip a whole lot.
When the briar you're on is pointing down:
Take small steps, aim at the wall (almost right above the previous briar) and shoot, move your mouse up a little bit (the steeper the wall is the lower you should aim) and jump. Shoot and jump basically.
When the briar you're on is pointing up:
Jump first then aim to the lower right corner and shoot, or wait until you land and shoot a 'safety briar' afterwards.
Though I have to admit, the transition between those is the hardest part...
Whenever you find yourself inside the briar, you'll get a huge rather uncontrollable boost. I hate those... However this glitch happens way more if the wall is right of naija.
I don't like those either I have dropped of the walls far to often bacause I ended up inside one, and shooting down while jumping forget it i am just a lost cause :(
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Amazing. Good job! I'm not talented enough for that I believe. ;)
I take the seat beneath Silver and watch your stunts. :)
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Oh come on Xiagan surely you are better than me? Everyone has got to be better at this than I am :o
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You'd be surprised. xD
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I do most of my jumping trying to avoid using the briars :-\
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Up on the far right of the frozen veil, there is a monkey sitting on a crystal way up there, he doesnt do anything special, but he's there. If I get back up there, i'll post a shot.
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Up on the far right of the frozen veil, there is a monkey sitting on a crystal way up there, he doesnt do anything special, but he's there. If I get back up there, i'll post a shot.
Damn now you got me wanting to try that wall jump, I wonder if there are any boulders there and if it's possible to stick a briar onto an ice crystal if there aren't any? lol
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I just looked at the area with the monkey on the crystal in the editor, and there is a large node placed over that area plainly named "tree". I looked in the scripts, and there is no "node_tree.lua", so its an unreferenced node... I wonder what was planned for that way up there.
EDIT: Turns out this "node" is associated with trees that have monkeys hanging on them. I suppose the graphic doesn't necessarily need to be a tree ;D
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I was thinking about this Monkey today and could he be Aquaria's version of a salute to Monkey Island? I have seen this in so many games that it's beginning to be quite a theme running through the gamming world.. rothfl!
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Sorry to semi-necro, all, but I had a Q-stion for the good Sir Cryzbl:
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Did you ever get up here V ? If so, what's it look like?
(http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/3614/22756964.png)
The only reason I didn't conduct this exchange via PM was that I thought other people would be interested.
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Foggy:
(http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/9523/foggy.jpg)
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Nice work, Alpha. :) Unless it's the native mod... ;)
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Augh! How!?
Briar Boost + Briar Platforming?
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It's not the P__s rocket, because there are no rocks in the left half of the Veil. It's an amazing feat of platforming skills. :D
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It was a random, but perfect shot of the briar, shot me right up in the right corner. I even wtf'd myself. O_o
It only took 3 tries too!
3 tries that costed quite some time. >_<
But yeah, Chibi, you make a good point, I should have used the native mod. =/
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But yeah, Chibi, you make a good point, I should have used the native mod. =/
No no. It's better this way. It means I have to do it still, in addition to getting to the lower Rukh nest.
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Now look what you've done, Alpha. You've raised the bar a mile. :)
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The bar as always been there Chibi, I have tried to get there quite a few times lol
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But this is the first time someone made it with an off-briar jump.
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Yes but that is the way that I have been trying to do it he just beat me to it, though at this rate I never will lol
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Lol, just found it after posting this (http://www.bit-blot.com/forum/index.php?topic=1687.0) thread >_>