Thank you ^-^

(are you on devArt? If so, what's your name there? :3 )

Hiya Steven :3

Thank you for your comment (and glad you liked the game too, aaaaand congratulations on being the first who got through Day 1 too, you lead by ten minutes! ^-^ )

The game actually gets a lot faster in the second half (especially after level 8), the first half is kiiind of just to gradually warm you up and get you ready for the real thing :3 And yup, I'm aware that the game has no sounds, I'll note you about that, okay?

Youuu know, when I first read your comment, it made me giggle - for sooome reason, I never expected anyone having their parents try the game .. teheh, I feel honoured now *-*
I'm really glad you like the game, aaaand you can already get to the sorcerer too, he's waiting for you (and shivering in his boots already, knowing that you're about to face him!!) - he's only there in normal mode though, easy mode ends after you defeated all his minions <.< (but on the plus side, if you get so far in normal mode as you do in easy mode, you'll have someone help you along, so it's not you fighting all alone ;3 )

Thanks for your comment, Kazzi <3
Toby

Yay, congratulations ^-^ You're one of the few that got so far already (and you finished it in the normal difficult setting too, right? ;3) Don't worry, you're doing really well in the game :D

Yup, I know the difficulty is climbing quite a bit as you progress through the game, but it's also because .. for me it's really hard to judge how hard a level is, because I kind of know what's going to happen next, you know? ;P If there are any parts in particular that got you stuck in these three lives, you could tell me which ones (just describing what happens or screenshotting them should work), and I'll try making them easier a bit (though, the game should also remain a bit of a challenge, right? ;3 You're playing in normal difficulty too, easy is *much* easier, however it only gives out half the points, and you can't rescue Celina either. But yup, if there are any unfair or waaaay too hard parts, I can make them a little easier so the difficulty doesn't climb that much in the desert levels ^-^ )

Once again, thanks for your feedback, and take good care of yourself <3
Toby

Thank you ^-^ (and thanks for the favourite too :3 )

Eeeh, you liked bouncing into enemies? ;P That's not good, it takes a looot of health if you do that, you know ;3

(Oh, and with playing through one difficulty you meant you got to the end of the first day, where it tells you that you can continue tomorrow, right? The game does go on after that, this is actually the full version :3)

The normal difficulty level is quite a bit more challenging than the easy difficulty level, but you also get a lot more points, and you get a chance to rescue Phiyrr's friend, which gives you different levels, new enemies and a better ending ^-^

Thanks for your comment, Shadou! <3

*giggles* Actually, the game does get a lot more fast-paced in the second half, the first half is just .. warming up, to give everyone a chance to get used to the controls and everything, you know? ;3 And easy mode is indeed a lot easier, so if you have troubles in the normal difficulty setting, you'll get a lot farther in easy mode ^-^
(The third level, only? ;P Aww, c'mon <.< )

Thankies ^-^ Yup, yup, I spent quite some time on it, drawing the various characters, level-backgrounds, designing the levels themselves, the powerups and animating everything, drawing out the various screens, such as the pause-screen aaaand so on ^-^ Those might be little things if seen individually, but they definitely add up - and together with learning how to actually do that in Flash, I think it was about one and a half months, from the beginning until now ^^;

Changing the shooting speed is definitely a good suggestion - how far did you get in the game? I'm just asking because there are several weapon powerups already (you get your first one pretty soon, in level 2, and until then, there's not really a lot coming your way), which increase your shooting speed a lot (the bubbles-shot literally becomes a stream of bubbles if you powered it up several times, while the fireballs stay slightly slower, but become very strong and powerful with time). Sooo, depending on what shot-level you were already at, I could make them faster and such, buuut I'm also a little hesitant because I don't want to make the game too easy, you know? ^^

Meep, sorry for taking so long to reply ^^; I didn't mean to, I was just .. busy with all sorts of stuff and time just literally flew by - not that you think I didn't read your comment or something ^^; You're right, the it wasn't supposed to lag during the level-ups, it's just that full-screen effects in Flash are really slow, so the whole fading-in and fading out made it lag quite a bit - many probably didn't notice it because they had fsst computers (or never levelled up ;3 ), but it's especially interesting to hear how it performs on slightly slower computers, sooo .. thank you for letting me know ^-^ I was actually very careful with effects in the game, because as soon as you add a bit too much, Flash immediately slows down to a crawl <.< The level-up effect I left in because it doesn't happen too often and only lasts for a short while anyway ;3
Glad you liked the game, in any case, despite those little slowdowns and such ^-^

Thanks Martin ^-^ Hehe, you too? That's awesome - I'm sure you'll be doing all well with it really soon ^-^

Take care,
Toby

Well, you were at the very first level there is, you've got to start somewhere ;P That level was actually added because people said that the game starts too hard ;3

The later levels are a lot more challenging, you can skip the first levels by using "hazelnut" as password, as mentioned in the description ^-^ (I honoured your critique though and made it so that if you choose the "normal" difficulty setting, the first level is skipped, so you start at level 2. Of course, if you have any suggestions as for how to balance the game so everyone can enjoy it, let me know - it's not a matter of that I can't make the game faster ;3)

Thanks ^-^ (and glad to hear you like it, too ^-^) I know the game doesn't really have any sound effects, I tried to look for good freeware sounds, but none of them quite seemed to fit, so after looking for quite some while, I decided to just leave the sound sound-less instead of putting some maybe-more-annoying-than-atmospheric sounds in it ^^; You can listen to your favourite music when playing the game though ^-^
Oh yes, I know what you mean - the bosses aren't really too difficult because people got frustrated when they lost at a boss and had to redo the entire level, but you're right - one thing I could have done is to make ordinary levels and then just one level for the boss, it's something to keep in mind for the future ^-^ The bosses do get slightly more difficult after the desert level though, sooo let me know what you think of those you're about to encounter next - there are four more, after all ;3

(Inspirations? That's a good question - I don't really know - there's quite a large amount of feedback and suggestions that went into this game, it started out pretty basic (like, bosses didn't have a life-bar, and you could only take three hits before getting knocked out, and no power ups either). I've played a couple of shooter games when I was really little (mostly "Lethal Zone", but this game isn't really anything like that), but that's about it (My cousin always used to play R-Type, though it always looked waaay to hard for me *-* ). What mostly inspired me making this game was a game googley made (this one), eeeeven though it's entirely different, I wanted to try making one too, after playing it ^-^)

Thank you ^-^ The controls were actually something I wasn't entirely sure of whether they were good or not, because on the one hand, I wanted the plane to feel slightly "heavy", so it wouldn't speed up or stop instantly, but on the other hand I didn't know whether it didn't slide around too much, you know what I mean? ^^; Anyway, glad to hear they work for you - how far did you get? ^-^

Thankies <3 Oh .. you mean .. the biiig hot-air balloon thingies? Ooor the zeppelins? I know, they're a little evil, buuut you managed your way past them just fine, right? ^-^ (there's actually a second part of the game, all you need to do is entering the password that you got at the end of the first part tomorrow, and there you go ;3 )

Hehe, it's as complete as it gets, it has several difficulties and two endings, soooo I think that's all fine ;3 (the only reason why it still says "beta" on it is because I feel there's going to be some error or bug in it which I haven't found yet ;P )

Oh, and thank you for your nice comment (and the favourite too *-*), it's much appreciated <3

Take care,
Toby

Aww, thankies Lolly ^-^ (and no worries, it's not like you absolutely have to critique something every time, it's juust as nice to know that everything was well done in your eyes ^^)

Hehe, Pico has a fan? ;3 By the way, how far did you get in the game? I'm juuust asking, because in one of the later levels) you rescue a friend, whooo is one of my favourite characters in the game, soo I was just wondering whether you saw her as well ^-^

Take care,
Toby

Just wanting to say thank you for your comment on my game - especially coming from you, it meant quite a lot to me :3 (And yush, I can imagine, seeing that you animated your own little movie for web-classes too - just that yours is a loooooot longer than my little cutscenes, and very well done too *-*).
Glad you liked the game, in any case - how far did you get? :3

Thank you, aaaand thank you for the welcome too ^-^

<3

D'Aww, thank you ^-^ Yup, Phiyrr is the character of one of my friends (who actually goes by the same name as well; a very nice and friendly person from Poland, juuust a tad busy and procrastinating at times ;3 ), I thought it'd be a nice surprise for her ^-^
Oh, and glad to hear you like the game (how far did you get, by the way?) - if it made your day, that's more than I could possibly hope for <3

Take care,
Toby

Yay, how far did you get this time? Did you rescue your fluffy friend? :3
(aww, the cactus? He's not too difficult, is he? Just stay in the bottom left corner and dodge if he targets you, and you'll be aaall fine ^-^ )

Thanks again for your nice comment, Fiona - aaaand glad to hear you love it, too ^-^

I know ^^ It's something a friend of mine will try working on ^-^

Thanks <3

Thank you, Sammy ^-^ (how far did you get? :3 )

Well, you know, to make a DTF on devArt you need to have a huge fan-base, or, in case of Flash movies, have copyrighted music or Naruto in it ;P
Effort or quality is secondary, really ;3 (Sure, there are plenty of good DTFs in all sorts of galleries, but in the Flash gallery, what makes the DTF is kinda .. substandard). Oh well - I'm glad you like it, in any case, and I do feel honoured that you think it should have been a DTF ^-^ How far did you get in the game? Did you try beating it in Normal/Challenge mode? :3

Thanks for the comment <3

Thank you ^-^ How far did you get our little heroine get, under your guidance? ;3

And sorry to hear you were sick ^^; Make sure you get plenty of rest and take all your vitamins, and I'm sure you'll be back in good health again in no time ^-^ I sure hope it wasn't anything too bad, at least <3

(teheh, why not little ol' Phiyrr, hmm? ;3 Oh, and was it actually a surprise or did you already expect something like that?)

Hmm, could you try clearing your cache? Also, if that doesn't work, does downloading and installing the newest Flash Player help? [Link]
I know it probably has to do with Flash Player's sandbox thingy, however the policy-files should be correct, since otherwise it wouldn't work for anyone ^^