Universal Canabalt (by Semi Secret Software)

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  1. BrettArchibald

    BrettArchibald Well-Known Member

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    Thank-you x a million! :)
     
  2. your personal robot

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    My only wish, keep the style consistent... also with the score-button :)
    And thanks for listening in general!
     
  3. Will090

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    #723 Will090, Dec 14, 2009
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    Has anybody gotten past the building crusher obstacle yet? If so how do you do it?

    Edit Nvm just got it
     
  4. your personal robot

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    "Simply" jump on it. You need to get past it to reach the leaderboards :)
    So, try to check the building's length and jump into the middle of it.
     
  5. Adam Atomic

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    Hey guys, we're submitting a patch right now that includes a minor music-related bug fix as well as options screen toggles for vibration and pause button visibility. Not sure when it will actually hit the store, but it should be soon :)
     
  6. MidianGTX

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    Sorry if you missed the insanely complicated mathematics involved, but the idea with being able to tell how good I am is by looking at my local scores... and then comparing them to the daily/weekly/all time scores. So sure, it's not the most accurate thing in existence, but yes, I would know that 2000 is terrible.
     
  7. diffusion8r

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    Buy this only if you can confirm there will be no near future (ie up to Jan) sales. Don't want to get burnt.
     
  8. Eli

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    I guess I don't see what the big deal is in knowing that you're #26,386.
     
  9. eeenmachine

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    Whenever I see myself ranked a number like that in a video game it just makes me feel hopeless and I usually stop playing. :(
     
  10. MidianGTX

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    That's a better way of putting what I was trying to say :p

    Top 100 is alright... even top 500 I could use to try and better myself, but after that it gets kinda pointless.
     
  11. swetooth9

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    that is some great service. can't wait! i won't be able to put this down once the new patch gets up

    thanks again!
     
  12. CDubby94

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    I'm with you Brett. Seeing where you stack up against the world definitely makes the leaderboard a little more functional for me. I'm never going to be in the top but I'd still like to see about where I am.
     
  13. BrettArchibald

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    #733 BrettArchibald, Dec 14, 2009
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    When you start using sarcasm towards individuals, then your posts start to lose credibility and I start to lose interest, but what the heck...
    My mathematics-skills are just fine. It's not about simply knowing whether you are good or bad, full-stop (comparing your local-scores to others' online-scores), but rather about knowing by how much your scores are good or bad, by giving yourself a comparative ranking.
     
  14. BrettArchibald

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    #734 BrettArchibald, Dec 14, 2009
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    It's not about knowing that you're theoretically ranked #26,386 (wow, where did that uber-low ranking come from?), but rather about seeing how you could potentially put yourself up to ranking #15,275 simply by scoring another 200 points, for example.
     
  15. BrettArchibald

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    You guys might not see the point, but others here have also stated that they would like to see this, so should games only pander to what YOU want, or could other peoples' interests also be taken into account, perhaps?
    Thank goodness the developer here has stated that this is on his want-to-do list...
     
  16. ikemike

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    What is the maximum amount of local high scores?
     
  17. BrettArchibald

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    The local highscores lists your best 10 (online goes up to 100).
     
  18. ikemike

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    Not anymore, apparently. The "Best Local Runs" category is now scrollable. I just want to know what's the maximum amount of saved high scores, so I can knock off those annoying "New Player" high scores I set while I was testing the new update from the local runs list.
     
  19. BrettArchibald

    BrettArchibald Well-Known Member

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    Aah, sorry, my mistake. I'm still on my old top-10 list...
     
  20. ManOnFire

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    What i dont get is why werent my scores before the update transferred to the leaderboard?? i have some in the 18,000s
     

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