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sploidz challenges for free copies of shelled
Name:Joshua Dallman
Date Posted:Sep 05, 2006
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one free copy of shelled to the first who can figure out one of the two following things about sploidz:

#1 - what calculation or measure is used to determine how or when you get special items

#2 how or when you access the "easter egg" that unlocks additional game modes and a harder version

also interested in people's records for level #, high score, high single match number, though nothing offered but respect for those.

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Travis Hamersley   (Sep 05, 2006 at 02:23 GMT)
harder version??? *whimpers* I admit it, I am a coward!

Magnus Blikstad   (Sep 05, 2006 at 04:04 GMT)
Harder version!? I WANT THAT!
It's a bit too easy at the moment. =)

Here's my highscore (gotten right now 2 minutes ago): 114392


Keith Johnston   (Sep 05, 2006 at 11:18 GMT)
Wow this is a really high quality game and a great example of what is possible with TGB.

Unsung Zero   (Sep 05, 2006 at 14:45 GMT)
I'm glad that you decided to take the sploidz minigame out of shelled. It's fun and deserves to be a game by itself.

Arland (Barry) Woodham   (Sep 06, 2006 at 00:55 GMT)
Got it. Well the secret menu that is. For the life of me I can't figure out when powerups are dropped. To access the menu you click in the upper left hand corner. Heres the piccy :)

Great game by the way.
Edited on Sep 06, 2006 00:57 GMT

Joshua Dallman   (Sep 06, 2006 at 01:38 GMT)
@magnus: level 27 is INSANE. I can't even get to level 20.

@arland: W00T! you got it. join the esteemed ranks of david blake and matt langely as one of the 3 shelled owners. email me at the address listed in my profile (I didn't see an address in your profile)

yeah I don't expect anyone to figure out the secret to getting pow-ups. I'll give a clue though: it makes logical sense, it's not totally random. still, it's a tough one.

here's explanation of the easter egg modes, by the way:

The options are as follows:

# ARCADE
- Starts the standard "arcade" game mode of collecting letters to pass levels

# CASUAL
- Play indefinitely with no level structure; see how long you can last in this "marathon" game mode!

# HI-SCORE
- You have only five minutes to play; get the highest score you can in that time period! No rows are added, so set up the biggest combos and matches you can!

# UNLOCK LEVELS
- There are only a dozen unique arcade levels; however, clicking this option unlocks additional ones, bringing the total to 20. The unlocked levels are much harder; try getting to level 20 after selecting this option!

so... beginners can try "hi-score" to play without the pressure of new rows being added and get a hang of the game, and insane experts like magnus can unlock the extra levels and THEN see if they can get to level 20

I'll be posting a FAQ in about a week or so revealing the "pow-up" secret, but until then the offer's open

congrats again arland, that's really cool!

Magnus Blikstad   (Sep 06, 2006 at 01:48 GMT)
Actually, only reason I only got to 27 was that I really, really had to go pee... so I stopped concentrating. =)

Also note that I've actually only played the game about 3 or 4 times.... problem is when you always get to level 20-ish it takes quite a long time to play "one time". =)
I'll try the difficult levels out later.

Arland (Barry) Woodham   (Sep 06, 2006 at 02:30 GMT)
Guess my profile data is a little dated. Email sent and profile updated pending time to really fill it in.

Magnus Blikstad   (Sep 06, 2006 at 04:29 GMT)
Tried the unlock levels mode, a bit tricker but I DID at least make it to level 20 with a score of 94050... =)

Joshua Dallman   (Sep 06, 2006 at 07:52 GMT)
I guess for the sequel we'll need three levels of difficulty:
easy, normal, and magnus

Peter Williamson   (Sep 08, 2006 at 02:16 GMT)
I managed to get 100195 on level 7 with a high match of 14, very late, last night.

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