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From: Andrew Partington <andrew.partington@peregrine.com>
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Subject: Re: Invs - post-final release
Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 10:24:42 +0100
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This game is excellent Pal - it definitely should be a worthy addition
to OPSM!  I've not cracked the high score table yet but i've not had a
proper session on it.  I like those invs with the 3 missiles that later
act as defenders for the rest of the pack by shooting your own bullets. 
Only 10 points for those purple ones seems a bit steep though :)

Theres only one suggestion I would make, although I don't know if it
would make it a bit easy for people to notch up really high scores - how
about increasing the score you get for an enemy if it is swooping at you
(especially those purple invs), it may encourage players to take more
risks to get a higher score [and encourage much swearing if you mess it
up :)]

The invs you get in the warp area - does the score you get depend on the
number of shots it takes to kill them (sometimes I get 1500 (I think),
sometimes 0), or is it a "feature"? ;)

Anyway, a fantastic game, well done!

Andy

pal wrote:
> 
> As the title hints, the final release was not the latest build ^^;
> The new one includes an 'additional' enemy (which was meant to be featured
> from the beginning) and some bug fixes.
> http://palpalpalpal.free.fr/Works/Videogames/Invs/
> Future scores should be registered with a code issued by the new version
> (it's just a little bit harder ;) )
> Scores already registered are maintained. Current best score is 136,950 by
> Peter Armstrong.
> 
> Thank you very much for your positive comments Matt and Mark :)
> 
> I'm aware of the documentation problem, it's been pointed out by everybody
> and I've been struggling with it... My initial will was that the player
> find out everything on its own and goes through a series of
> guesses/experiments. Part of the game is this discovery process. But
> obviously I did not manage to get that right. Maybe I'll put a guide on the
> web but I wouldn't like to put it with the game...
> 
> I added an explicit comment about the use of the dust, because everybody
> wants to dodge it at first like Mark, and this is really annoying. I hope
> that once you've noticed that hint the thing becomes clearer... (apparently
> it doesnt since the version you've just played features that comment ^^) I
> also added names on the bars when they're full.
> 
> Has anybody found any non-obvious bonus's?
> 
> pal