Gridrunner ++

[James]

I've started posting at Llamasoft under Jamesac, what with some bastard who doesn't even use it stealing my name before I could get it. Grrr... Are you both the same names there as here?

James

[amerrykan]

I'm "amerrykan" over there too. I haven't posted since GR++ left beta, I think, so don't look for me too hard.

If I weren't stuck in the office with no forseeable free time this week, I'd be trying to pull my score away from you, James. :P

[James]

Ok, that's one block broken. I've been hovering around Furred Eye for days, but I think I can say that I'll be getting past it from now on, rather than it being me throwing tons of ships at it in the theory that I'll get through it eventually.

Level 27, Furry Frenzy, isn't that tough overall, but it's looooooooooong. You keep shooting, and shooting, and shooting, and shooting. And they don't stop coming!!!

So yeah, 15 million at last. Not bad, but if I really worked my scores in the lower levels I'd see that score a few levels earlier. Happy me anyway.

James

[MechDeus]

I wish there was different scenery...

2,650,963 - Demo, no clue about level.

[James]

Trust me, long about level 14 or so you begin to be thankful for no background distractions. Plus every level has different enemy styles with variations on the attack pattern, so I wouldn't notice if an elephant waltzed through my room, much less the background of the game.

James

[James]

New version of Gridrunner ++ available at the Llamasoft forums for those who own the game. It's the Arse On Fire edition done specifically for a Llamasoft party, and it shows a larger playfield with slightly spiffier graphics here and there, and all sorts of goofy new sound effects. It also adds some new game modes and is supposed to be a hell of a lot harder, too. Hit the Gridrunner++ forum to find out how to get it.

Posted here because it's primarily a Llamasoft board member thing and this is where those people who were old members might look, and it's being distributed more as a favor for the curious by a friendly Llamasoftie than as a new release for the world.

James

[elbarto]

Thanks for the heads up!

Got a nice new responsive mouse, but appear to have run out of free time at the moment.. damn

[James]

Well, at least someone noticed.

I was kind of hoping to add a third chart for endurance mode but I don't really think anyone is playing it enough. I play Gridrunner almost exclusively in endurance mode now, it's ridiculously addictive.

James

[K3V]

I was able to grab a copy of Arse on Fire and just got done with a quick run - man this is fast! Got into the zone a bit and scored 1,546,125.

Would've noticed sooner but I usually only check the main board at the YakYak forums. Gotta learn to browse around a bit I guess Thanks for the heads-up James.

[James]

I don't actually play the regular version any more, now that I've got my Arse on Fire. Once you've gotten used to the larger playing field and faster speed, not to mention the insanely addictive Endurance mode, you just can't go back.

James