Universal 868-HACK by Michael Brough

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  1. Citronaut

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    Telling a developer that their critically acclaimed game isn't worth what they are asking has to be one of the worst ways possible to ask for a discount. The game is phenomenal and well worth $5.99 - probably even more than that.
     
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    Agreed. I can't help but think it's a troll post, especially the "too much for a mobile game" part. Regardless, it is this kind of crap that is sinking the premium game market and causing all this F2P/Freemium garbage to reign.
     
  3. syntheticvoid

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    ^^might wanna read the rules of the forum...


    Even of you don't... It isn't really appropriate.
     
  4. Hard_Squirrel

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    Does this support portrait play yet or still landscape only? I only ever play these types of games on the train etc so they work perfectly (for me) in portrait, like Zaga 33.
     
  5. drmad

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    just bought this today and totally fell in love with the game...
    it's landscape only
    so what's your best score?
    i only manage to get 30 points
    is that score in the Leaderboard legit?
    how come someone get 300 points...
    unbelievable
     
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    Anyone figured out how to get the sound to work reliably? It keeps going silent for unknown reasons. Haven't figured out a fix yet other than phone restart.
     
  7. 9x16

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    Michael Brough's stellar 868-HACK is on sale for the first time since it was released on Steam in January 2015: 50% off or $2.82. Despite being developed for iOS, I think it plays much more naturally with a keyboard; no more accidental/wasted moves. Leaderboards are more developed too - per http://mightyvision.blogspot.com/2015/03/updates.html: "Something else I've done in 868-HACK is add a new scoreboard, only showing active *STILL RUNNING* streaks. Lose a game, lose your place on the board. I'd meant to do something like this all along but Gamecentre on IOS doesn't support score removal and I really couldn't be bothered rolling my own."

    [I'd posted this already to the "Steam sale!" thread in "Price Drops, Must-Have Freebies, and Deals", but figured folks in this main thread might be interested. The sale's on until July 4th.]
     
  8. LordGek

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    Didn't even know there was a Steam version, thanks for the heads up!
     
  9. drmad

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    Will the uocoming expansion a paid content?and for how much?i would gladly buy it even preordered it if possible :D
     
  10. esty8nine

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    Expansion ????? Wtf you talking about ?! Speak to meeeeee =p
     
  11. Gwarmaxx

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    there's an update/expansion on its way
     
  12. LordGek

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    No details so far beyond it will have more of everything and he's shooting for a July release.
     
  13. NathanMeunier

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    Oh JUICY! I love this game. Also really dig Improglio. Hope Michael keeps cranking out more cool, quirky, and weird-as-hell roguelikes!
     
  14. syntheticvoid

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    After updating the game runs like it's in slow motion... =o/

    Anyone else get this or is it just my device+os? iP6S/iOS 9.3
     
  15. LordGek

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    It feels like it's running smooth on my iPad Pro iOS 10.3.2.

    So far I'm enjoying it, even though I still suck horribly.

    I've seen a handful of new progs, like how you can choose your class (just determines your small starting resource bonuses), and now each run starts with a unique global modifier (like 1 I just did in which viruses spawned in pairs).
     
  16. Son of Anarchy

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    I have the really weird slow mo also... 5s iOS 10.3.2
     
  17. LordGek

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    Could it be a system wide iPhone issue?
     
  18. bobish

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    Yep. Me too running iPhone 6 with 10.3.2. Really draggy.
     
  19. cbos0503

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    Same on iPhone 6... seems to be OK on iPad Pro 2nd gen.
     
  20. baconcow

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    Now that the game has been updated with the DLC, does anyone know how much it costs? I have not bought the base game, yet. Thanks.
     

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