I believe that's going in Update 2. Not a minimap, just a simple, optional indicator of various things. This is very similar to what we're going to do. Except in our version, you get 5 lives and a retry eats up a life. This is to make it so, like you said, you don't have to work for the first perfect challenge. There's more of a back and forth build-up. Since there seems to be some demand for it, we can probably just do an alternate version along with the main version. In this alternate version, both players would just get infinite retries. The game would only end when someone lost through forfeiting, instead of retrying. I missed the question. That is totally, 100% *NOT* a Jason Voorhees mask, by the way. (Please do not sue) To unlock Gunny's hockey mask, you just need to beat the Golden Skull level. You can beat it with any character, it doesn't matter if you do it with Jake, Gunny, or the upcoming new character. I believe you also have to pay gold coins for it after you unlock it.
I got the skull mask, but no hockey mask. Are they the same thing? EDIT: Nvm. It was under Gunny. I see it now. Thanks Kepa.
Would you guys ever consider putting DLC into hook champ? Im working on the challenge levels now and know I will be sad when its all over . Maybe an entire new island for like 2 bucks? Or like new power ups/unlockables for a dollar? Know someone has probably suggested before but was just curious.
You'll also plow into breakable blocks so hard that you can crack them in a shockwave. And the robot has his own hats, though I guess that's a cosmetic thing. Complete information on Update 2 by Friday, both on my blog and in this thread.
I was wondering about pro controls. you get a hat for beating one level with pro controls. What else do you have to do in pro controls to get new hats?
I've mentioned it before but I'll be happy to buy DLC for Hook Champ. You guys are really smart about it, and it's a great way to support a great game and some fantastic developers. Plus you enable my hataholism. Edit : Oh yeah just wanted to mention that I tried to shill Hook Champ some on the site I run! [ http://www.nitrobeard.com/2009/11/hook-champ-all-up-on-your-iphone/ ]
That's the only special hat pro controls gives you. I personally just get the single hat from pro controls, then switch back to casual. Beards are almost as good as hats. Almost.
I Love this game! First time poster - long time lurker. I have been playing Hook Champ for about two weeks now. I held off on the update for a whole day until I beat the Golden Skull - I was worried I would just use the Hotpants. I really wanted to beat the all the levels without the new characters. The new update is fantastic. The Rat levels are fun, but what has got me coming back is the Open Feint support. This is the first game that I have really used it. When I saw that I was ranked high on the overall leaderboard, that has motivated me to go back and beat all my previous times. I still haven't managed to snag a golden crown, but now I am second overall. Only about 8000 points behind Kepa. I imagine I will have to set some high scores to have any chance to overtake him. Not easy to do with all of the dedicated hooking champs out there. I haven't been able to unlock the hat addiction achievement yet though. A quick count in the store shows that I should have over 40 hats. Most of them were obtained before the update. Does this mean that I won't be able to unlock this achievement? Looking forward to the robohook character in the next update. Keep up the awesome work. Edit: It looks like Kig has surged into second place. Congrats. It will be hard to catch you and Kepa.
Possible error in Bronze Rat? Hi Kepa, I have been wondering if there is an error in the Bronze Rat global scoreboard. You have the top time on this level, but it is ridiculously fast (1:14). No one else has gotten within 40 seconds of this time. Yet your score is only 300 points above my second place score. Also, the OF scoreboard for this level show that I am ranked number 1 and your score is only third (as of last night, there have been some fast runs coming in from other people). Which is right, the OF scoreboard or the Global scoreboard? I have been working my butt off trying to get the golden crown hat. If this is the real global high score, is there any way to get it based on my last run (as well as the achivement)?
Yeah, it's a bug. We can fix it either by running a specific check for hats, or just adding a bunch more hats. We'll probably do both. The OF scoreboard is right, not the global scoreboard. I know exactly why the score bugged, too. Rat1 and Rat2 used to be transposed, in late beta. Somehow some of the beta scores leaked to the global; usually in my dev copy my scores are turned off. We're clearing the Global scoreboard (not the OF board) and making them weekly soon. This is to make the gold crown and achievement more likely to get. For Bronze Rat, we'll take the 2nd score in the list instead of the first to immortalize.
Kepa, any suggestions on where to get the Mo' Money Gold achievement and some hints on where the jewels are in the Gold Rat? I have King of the Swing, Mo' Money Gold, Winner!, and Addiction Gold left.
The gold skull secret is the best way to get Mo' Money Gold. The one where there's like 4 gems hidden over the lava. Gold rat jewels can be found basically by just going as low as you can when you see a stalagmite, and otherwise trying to stay near the ceiling. It's a trial and error thing. Below: A brief changelog for update 2! - New costume system! Buy alternate looks in the shop. New winterized looks for Jake, Gunny, and the new character. - New 99 cent DLC character: Hookbot! Features recharging rocketboots and crackling-wall smashing abilities. Gets his own slew of hats! - Ultra expensive, ultra fancy Megahooks! Each character gets their own Megahook, unique in appearance! 3,000 gold each, making them a serious money sink. - New Item, Jake only: A 5th rocketjump fuel tank, concealed safely in his hat. - Challenge polishing and updates to the system. - Quick Character Select on map screen. - 24 new hats! 5 for Jake, 5 for Gunny, 14 for Hookbot. - More, yet to be announced, including some requested features.
Whats the point of having the new robot character though? Doesn't he break the game? Unlimited rocket power seems like it would take the fun out of it. I'd much rather have a new level or two. The other updates sound interesting though. I've kinda lost a little interest in it after finally beating the last level, and realizing it would be a ton of work to catch the people in the top 5 lol. But I'll start up again to stockpile coins for those new hooks. Looking forward to the dlc, keep up the great work Kepa.
Interestingly enough, unlimited rocket power doesn't break the game at all. Most levels are only designed with 4 rocket boosts in mind. Certain levels benefit from more, but they're in the minority by far. Now a character with infinite shotgun blasts, on a short cooldown, is overpowered. Surprisingly, it's also not overpowered by much. Generally in the game, you get the most benefit just be swinging as fast as you can, using the rocketboots or shotguns only at certain times. We delayed levels as we try to figure out a really original level set. This would be an update 3 kind of thing. After update 2 is submitted, I'll probably get opinions on what people are looking for in a level set. We had plans for a level set before, but it turns out those plans weren't possible in our current engine.
I finally got to play some Hook Champ, and I have to state it's one of the best games I played on my iPhone, or at least a game which I enjoy very much. I spent the last few hours unlocking all the upgrades, and several hats... even got 31st position on the global leaderboard (on the very first level), which based on some of the crazy times achieved by you guys - I consider myself pretty good for a newbie. Looking forward to future updates, and it seems you guys have a few planned. I will no doubt provide my support.
Well, I'm number 4 now overall and kig has beaten kepa to number 1. Congrautlations. I've no intention of trying to better my score, I've already done what I consider to be my best on all thr maps
