Topic: Spelunky

[Cools!]

Sounds like a really fun game!

[idolminds]

Damn you, Tunnel Man! Shotguns don't just grow on trees, you know!

EDIT Oh man, I just had to ragequit the game. Trying the jungle levels over and over to get a shotgun for the Tunnel Man. I've gotten pretty good with just getting through the levels without a lot of dicking around. I check the shops in case they are selling the gun but otherwise I hope for one of the special levels where the dead live. If you get one and find the tombstone that says ASH and blow it up, underneath will be a shotgun. Honestly I forget if thats how I got my shotgun this run, but whatever...I had one. I've had them a couple times and died but this time was different. I was being careful. I was using my items to maximum effectiveness. I picked up the shotgun early and I was like...this is the run. 2-1 wasn't a problem. 2-2 I got hit once or twice but also wasn't a bit issue.

2-3 was very scary right by the exit. There was a tiki trap immediately on either side of the exit. If you stood on the exit door you would be hit by both. There also wasn't any place to stand to get near them without getting hit. So I shoot the mantrap nearby so I don't have to worry about getting eaten. I quick hop up next to the tiki on the only square there and....screw up my buttons and drop the shotgun and not the bomb. FUCK. Ok, do it again...testing those spikes. Drop the bomb but didn't grab the shotgun. Well...ok lets see how this goes. Bomb takes care of my tiki but also throws my shotgun...next to some other tikis. I manage to go fish it out and after faking out the other tiki by the exit...I'm out! Yes! One more level and the Tunnel Man will have his shotgun and I will have my shortcut!

"I can't see a thing!"

No....noooooooo....NOOOOOOOOOO!!!! A fucking dark area! Now I have to try switch between a shotgun and a torch through the level without losing my stuff...or try my luck going blind because there was no way in hell I was leaving my shotgun behind. I didn't set down my shotgun and braved the dark. I was doing ok, actually. Tiki torches were all over and they kind of light up, so I was just landing on them. Shooting in either direction as I did so, anything trying to come attack me got a face full of lead. I could do this! I think the exit is this way. I fired a couple shots to light up the area and didn't see anything that should trouble me. I leap. Onto spikes. Instantly killed, right near the exit.

Ragequit.

[Ace_O_Spades]

Haha dark levels are a bitch like that

Just wait until you have to unlock the shortcut to the temple... Not going to spoil what Tunnel Man asks for if you don't already know, but it's brutal

[Quemaqua]

Hahaha... damn man. I wish I had time to play this. I barely even have time to set my shit up in the house. Moving is the worst, seriously.

[idolminds]

Well my internet was out this morning so I spent some time in Spelunky trying to get that shotgun. Couple Living dead levels but those runs ended up failing or I couldn't find the grave with the gun. Bleh. But I got "lucky" on my last run. I got down to 2-4 with no shotgun, and 2-4 was not a living dead level. Sigh. But whats this? Near the entrance is one of those "boxes" with 2 chests and a shotgun toting merchant inside! I had a couple bombs so hey, why the hell not try right? I had just enough to blow a hole in the box to let the merchant out. Which pissed him off pretty good. The bomb blast knocked him down and tossed the shotgun away, but he wakes up fast and was knocking me around anyway. Then he grabbed the shotgun...it wasn't looking good. Then...nothing? Where did he go? Turns out he took a leap onto some spikes. So he's dead and all I have to do is carefully hop down onto the spikes and take the shotgun! In 2-4! I took that thing and was super careful the rest of the way to finding the door. Nailed it. Here you go, Tunnel Man. I hate you.

[Ace_O_Spades]

I got to play some co-op with a friend last night, it was a blast! No, seriously, he blew me up with a sticky bomb, that bastard!

I love the dynamic that co-op brings, it's easier in a few ways, like how you have the opportunity to come back on the next level if your partner can make it that far, but sometimes having two players leads to even more elaborate deaths. Hilarity ensues!

Can't wait for next week so he can come back over and we can play some more. Spelunky + Friends + Whiskey = Glory.

[idolminds]

Just wait until you have to unlock the shortcut to the temple... Not going to spoil what Tunnel Man asks for if you don't already know, but it's brutal

Oh what the fuck? Even Dark Souls isn't this cruel to players.

[Quemaqua]

I would totally play some coop Spelunky with you, Jay.

[idolminds]

We totally should at the next meet.

[Ace_O_Spades]

Have you gone to any of the special levels yet? I did the Castlevania level and I think I'm going to try the worm level soon if I can get a kapala or find a shotgun.

[Xessive]

Awesome, this will apparently be coming to the Vita too!

Sony are really pushing the support for indie games.

[Ace_O_Spades]

So I opened the third shortcut and beat the game for the second time on the same run! Now I think it's time for me to shoot for Hell.

[Ace_O_Spades]

I had to turn off the music because it was starting to drive my wife insane. I now listen to podcasts or the zen garden station on Pandora. She said she had the 'mines' theme song stuck in her head for days.

[Pugnate]

You are married?

[Quemaqua]

That's what I was gonna say. Apparently much has happened since Kams took a vacation.

[Ace_O_Spades]

I made a thread in the general section to avoid derailing this thread.

Ps: Fuck this game, sometimes. It's so brutally hard, but I love it so much.

[Ace_O_Spades]

I MADE IT TO HELL! I MADE IT TO HELL!

DANCE DANCE DANCE DANCE

[Quemaqua]

And here I am having not yet made it past the first area. WHY I NO HAVE TIME FOR GAME

[Ace_O_Spades]

And here I am having not yet made it past the first area. WHY I NO HAVE TIME FOR GAME

Took me about 50 hours to do, but I suck at platformers.

[Ace_O_Spades]

Well, 50 hours later and I still haven't made it back to Hell... I did try doing a no-gold run though. Then I ran into a dead are restless, can't see a thing, rushing water level. Sigh.

[Ace_O_Spades]

Whelp, after just over 118 hours I finally beat Spelunky the hard way!

Feels good, man.

[Cobra951]

Wow.  I am not worthy.  I didn't get far in this game at all.  I didn't buy it because I couldn't get past the trial.  I don't have the patience anymore to keep chipping away at something that kills me so often.

[Ace_O_Spades]

Wow.  I am not worthy.  I didn't get far in this game at all.  I didn't buy it because I couldn't get past the trial.  I don't have the patience anymore to keep chipping away at something that kills me so often.

My wife called me crazy for neglecting our infant son to grind out a few more tries in Spelunky. WELL I SHOWED HER! UNBRIDLED GLORY IS MINE!

[gpw11]

I don't know why but I am just terrible at this game.  It's all about collecting gold and progressing through random levels, right?  I'm not sure I know what I'm supposed to be doing.

[idolminds]

Yeah, more or less. The goal is to get through the levels and reach the end of the game. The gold you collect along the way is a high score and also a way for you to buy useful items in the games shops. You could probably beat the game without collecting any gold, but its easier if you do.

[Pugnate]

My wife called me crazy for neglecting our infant son to grind out a few more tries in Spelunky. WELL I SHOWED HER! UNBRIDLED GLORY IS MINE!

Please pay closer attention to your child. The formative years will shape him for entire life. It is your responsibility he doesn't grow up to be fucked up.

[Ace_O_Spades]

Please pay closer attention to your child. The formative years will shape him for entire life. It is your responsibility he doesn't grow up to be fucked up.

Reading that again, it doesn't come through over text, but I was joking. I spent almost every moment I'm not working or one of us is sleeping spending time with my child. Thanks for your concern though. I've got this.



Beat spelunky co-op. Booyah.

[Pugnate]

Apologies. I debated whether to say it or not, but it is the third flippant comment you made regarding your child on these forums and as someone who grew up with parents who tried the best they could, but often were careless and didn't know what the fuck they were doing, I felt concerned.

I won't derail this thread any further and will keep my comments to the 'parenthood' thread.

This game looks good. It was on for a few dollars on PSN, so I got it for the PS Vita to review for my mag.

[PyroMenace]

as someone who grew up with parents who tried the best they could, but often were careless and didn't know what the fuck they were doing, I felt concerned.

That fits the description for just about every parent I know. Not saying that's a bad thing, I'm just pointing out its parenting in a nutshell.

[Pugnate]

haha OK... I guess on some level that's every parent.

My parents fought a lot in front of me and did some childish things that really messed with my head. My father was also mentally and verbally abusive to a psychotic degree, because that's how he was raised. Growing up in an environment like affects your instincts and you have to be self aware and unlearn a few things.

[Ace_O_Spades]

Apologies. I debated whether to say it or not, but it is the third flippant comment you made regarding your child on these forums and as someone who grew up with parents who tried the best they could, but often were careless and didn't know what the fuck they were doing, I felt concerned.

I won't derail this thread any further and will keep my comments to the 'parenthood' thread.

This game looks good. It was on for a few dollars on PSN, so I got it for the PS Vita to review for my mag.

Third flippant comment? The only thing I can think of that was flippant was this. My post in the parenthood thread is truth telling about a situation that a large percentage of fathers go through, the stress of adjusting to being a parent. This stress is compounded by the fact that many fathers take a while to feel any kind of real loving connection with their babies, because the first few months are so stressful. That's not flippant, that's honest. I'd love to be able to lie and say that being a parent is all sunshine and roses, but that's bullshit. Doesn't mean I'm a bad father, or that I'm harming my kid. Just that there's a learning curve. Things are getting much better, and that came from spending so much time with him and being a stay at home dad for three days of the week.

In any case, like I said, thanks for your concern, but I've got this. It is kinda shitty feeling judged from two posts I've made cracking jokes. Guess that's what I get for making these kinds of jokes. People in general don't have much of a sense of humour about these kinds of things, and from your response it looks like you brought some of your own baggage to the situation.

Anyway, moving on. You should definitely get Spelunky. It's an awesome game.

[Pugnate]

Relax. I am sure you will be a great father. Obviously you are giving your son as much attention as you can, which is great. Don't let someone you met on the internet make you feel shitty.

Yes, although I don't attack every father on OW, or the internet, I am sure some of my apprehension has to do with my own stuff.

As I said, I did get Spelunky.

[Ace_O_Spades]

A few things I've made some progress on...



Got that freeloading punk bitch Tunnel Man up in that nook



Made it to 4-2 on a no gold run before the RNG fucked me in the ass



I am a terrible speedrunner, but this is my PB through the halfway split, just over 2 minutes!

[Pugnate]

I play this game on my Vita constantly. So addictive!

[Pugnate]

So is no one on PSN playing this? I am the only one doing the daily challenges regularly it seems!

[gpw11]

So, this is one of the PSN free games this month and I've been waiting on that instead of buying it.  I'm all over it.  I played it on PC and kind of got into it, but not really, this seems like the way to go.  Still doing PSN challenges Pug? 

Also, I think I need tips.  Can't clear jungle for the life of me

[sirean_syan]

Just be ready to die and start building a ruleset for yourself. Things like:

1) Look/crouch before you jump down levels
2) Never just smash a pot
3) Keep an eye on the ceiling for spiders

As you get a feel for it you'll start to decide how stingy you want to be with bombs and ropes. For me I generally won't use a bomb unless I can get to a chest with a single one. Spending money is more a matter of preference, although putting priority on bombs is probably not a bad idea as they'll get you out of a lot of bad situations (especially in the jungle) and critical to making the bosses beatable.

If you want to start really making a dent in the game, you need to maximize the change for getting items like the shotgun and jetpack. For that, you need the black market. To find that, you need to open the locked chest in the mines (there is always one in levels 2, 3, or 4) to get the detector. Then you need to wait for it to tick in somewhere during the first three levels of the jungle. It will tick faster the closer you are to the entrance, which you will usually have to bomb out. There are other tricks out there to getting the critical items (for example, shotguns are always below the Ash headstones in zombie levels), but the black market is necessary to really beat the game.

I need to get back to the game. I've gotten super close to the real ending but never pulled it off.