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I just finished playing Egyptoid 2, after downloading it earlier today. The download was easy, but I had a slight problem with setting it up. I thought I had it installed correctly, but then I got beaucoup messages saying nasty things about my graphics capability. I read the Readme again, and figured out that I had to Install the game in the same folder in which I unpacked it. I thought the Readme was a little unclear, but I figured it out

GAMEPLAY: I thoroughly enjoyed it! I hadn't played a breakout-type game since the original DX Ball, so it took me a while to get comfortable with Egyptoid. The paddle movement is all in the wrist and your reflexes, but there are so many bits of bling and magic falling down that deciding what to catch and what to avoid will take a while. I was glad to be able to choose the game speed up front, so it wasn't overwhelming.

MUSIC: The music set a good background for the game. I could always hear it, but it never got in the way of playing the game. I found the default volume setting to be appropriate.

GRAPHICS: Wow! The basic background and the changing rooms and levels made for an enjoyable time. The overall effect of the game, between graphics, music, and effects just really worked for me.

NEGATIVES: I would have really appreciated a pause button and a way to save a game and come back to it later. Since I didn't know how to stop it I just kept playing it through to the end. The instructions were pretty thin, even when I looked them over after the game. I still don't know how to pause it and save it to finish another time.

CONCLUSIONS: I really like the game, and would go buy it if I didn't get it free here. Because of the negatives I would rate it as an 8 out of 10. I would definitely recommend it to friends.


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Ah DX Ball, that takes me back. I'm sure it's now freeware. I think the developer converted it to freeware when he released a second version. Great game. Thanks for your feedback. :)

Last time around, I downloaded this game and it locked up at the end of the first full stage (where it would normally give you the screen with the "continue" at the bottom.) I just get the blank papyrus screen at that point, and nothing to click to continue. I thought maybe it was because I was now running Win7, and a few years ago when I originally downloaded it, I was on Vista. Hoping the issue had been solved, I download again. It's still doing the same error, even when I try to run in XP mode. I hope they can get this one fixed eventually. I miss playing the game and I wouldn't take the change of purchasing it with the error still showing up. I have an Intel Core i7 running Win7 on a HP laptop.

Good game, great review, all we need is pizza on the side and a bowel
of popcorn and I'm set! A song for gotd downloaders - The Lion Sleeps Tonight - http://archive.org/download/TheLionSleepsTonight1939/LindaSolomonTheEveningBirds-TheLionSleepsTonight1939.mp3
A good gotd dude downloads a hundred things everyday!!!


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This one is WAY better than the original Egyptoid. I love how it lets you carry your weapons, (although not any special balls), into the next level. Thanks for this this game! Although, I do it as an epic time suck, lol.

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Whiterabbit-uk, your reviews has been excellent and so very valuable to all of us here, thanks! Wile you scoring is respectable in 5 categories, your total score could be better if the categories were weighted. (my 2￠)
Example:
Game play —— 8 (2.4/3)
Graphics —— 7 (1.4/2)
Audio —— 7 (1.05/1.5)
Replayability —— 8 (2/2.5)
Originality —— 6.5 (0.65/1)
Total = 7.5 out of 10.


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Hi Ceto, actually I meant to weight the score ages ago, but never got around to doing it. I agree that some of the categories such as originality and audio tend to lower the average score. I'll try and remember next time. (I have to take morphine as well as use fentanyl patches, which tend to make me very forgetful.

Upon attempting to run it, I received a bunch of /date/sound/*.ogg file bad (quite a few). After that, it loaded to a white screen. Running windows 7 on a newer laptop.



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Delete the game, then try to re download it. If you continue to have problems, try installing the demo from the developer and swap the sound files from the demo to the giveaway version Make sure you install to a different place.

Sounds like the game was somehow corrupted via the download. No one else has reported this problem. Try rebooting your modem/router then re-download the game and install

Thanks for the game!

32 Screenshots?

If you have any problem installing the game, you can always fast-click through the screenshots to create an animation.


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:)

For people who downloaded Royal Envoy yesterday, I fixed my problem. I posted solution on the game's post.

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Thank you Brendag4. :)

I'm not a big fan of "breakout" type games but this one I do enjoy. Installs and works on both of my laptops running win7. Graphics are awesome on this version, enjoy the power ups makes the game interesting. Took me a bit though to figure out how to exit the game. I finally hit the escape key, which brought up the menu, with a save and exit option. I might have missed the exit button on the screen though so if I did please excuse my blunder. As always excellent review Stephen.

~Wildspirit~


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Glad you like it Wildspirit. I highly recommend Acky's XP Breakout, it's got all the elements you'd expect in a breakout, including hidden levels and a space ship that travels across the top. Also Hyperballoid 1 & 2. The first one has over a thousand levels, all of which are beautifully rendered. The second one comes with a levels editor. Also try Incrediball: The Seven Sapphires. The graphics are a little dated by todays standards, but it's still a superb 3D breakout (In my opinion one of the best 3D breakouts next to Action Ball 1 & 2. There' another one that I've forgotten the name of (temporarily), which has an incredible 100 levels each of which looks totally different from the last (brick types etc). Will mention it if and when I remember. I have a registered copy some where, but all my back up discs have been boxed in preparation for the house move. Finally, Reflexives Ricochet Infinity is also an excellent Breakout, with over 64 thousand custom made levels which are accessible in game. there's loads of variety in this game.

Zu früh gefreut - Version 1 lief einwandfrei doch Version 2 stürzt dauernd ab! WIN 7/64


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Haben Sie versucht, spielen im Kompatibilitätsmodus. auch sicherstellen, dass Sie das Spiel mit Admin-Rechten

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cHEZ MOI LE JEU SE BLOQUE IMPOSSIBLE DE FAIRE BOUGER LA RAQUETTE


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home GAME STALLS IMPOSSIBLE TO MOVE THE RACKET

Check to make sure you have the latest graphics drivers and direct X 9.0c. (from the developer of your graphics chip and Microsoft respectively). Also sounds like you could be having memory problems. firstly try turning off background programs using the Task Manager. If that seems to help I suggest you download either Razers Game Booster or Wise Game Booster. The former is a good one, I've not experienced the latter (Wize). Bqasically they turn off un-needed background programs from the system. also you can configure the program to turn off non system programs that may be running in the background for example many of the giveaways we've been given here and elsewhere. The beauty of using a Game Booster is that you can turn it on and turn it off at the click of a mouse button.

translated to French:

Assurez-vous que vous avez les derniers pilotes graphiques et Direct X 9.0c. (par le développeur de votre puce graphique et Microsoft respectivement). Sonne aussi comme vous pourriez avoir des problèmes de mémoire. Tout d'abord essayer d'éteindre les programmes d'arrière-plan en utilisant le Gestionnaire des tâches. Si cela semble aider, je vous suggère de télécharger soit Razers Game Booster ou Wise Game Booster. Le premier est une bonne chose, je n'ai pas vécu ce dernier (Wize). Bqasically ils s'éteignent programmes de fond non nécessaires du système. vous pouvez également configurer le programme pour désactiver les programmes non du système qui peuvent être exécutés en arrière plan par exemple de nombreux cadeaux que nous avons été donnés ici et d'ailleurs. L'avantage d'utiliser une Game Booster est que vous pouvez l'allumer et de l'éteindre au clic d'un bouton de la souris.

After reading the description one might expect an adventure/strategy game, maybe with some HOG elements. But it's a classic Arkanoid-type game "ghosts" serving as teleports that transfer the ball between parts of the screen and "spells" are additional weapons that blast some shapeless clouds through the screen destroying everything on their way. The graphics is good, the gameplay challenging enough to require some waking up (unlike, say, Strike Ball 3, also offered here some time ago, which beats every Arkanoid hands down in terms of graphics, creativity, originality and "wow" factor, but is too easy to complete). I like this game (and have never been a particular Arkanoid fan), so if you don't hate Arkanoid, it's a keeper.


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Your comment would make a brilliant 'In Brief' for my review. Thanks for your excellent feedback Joe

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Egyptoid 2:



In Brief:
Egyptoid 2 is reasonable Breakout (Arkanoid) game (named so after one of the first breakout games called Arkanoid), with slightly better graphics from the first in the series and when playing on hard, a little more challenging, but for an experienced breakout fan, it will still feel relatively tame. Still I reckon this is a worthwhile download if you've not still got it from tyhe last time this was given away (version 1.1.4)

Installation:

The game downloads as a 21.4 MB zip file that unpacks to a read me that contains the terms and conditions and a wrapped dual activation and set up module. Just for the newcomers amongst today’s users that means the game will be registered once it’s gone through the set up process, so there’s no registering the game with a activation code.

The game installs to C:\Games\Egyptoid 2\

There’s no shortcut installed to either the Start Menu/Programs list or the desktop, so you’ll need to create your own by opening up the installed games folder and creating one via the games executable. The games icon is an improvement on the original Egyptoid icon. The installed game is 22 MB in size

The game should work on all windows operating systems from XP onwards. (I’ve previously tested it on XP Pro with SP3 32 bit, Vista Home Premium SP1 64 bit and Win 7 Pro 64 bit, and with today's giveaway Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit and Win 8 Pro 64 bit). If you miss today's giveaway you can get it 24/7 from Gametop though it's known as Egyptoball. See end of the review for a download link.

Introductionl>:

Egyptoid 2 received a positive 76% of votes from 292 total votes back in December 2007 when it was first given away. There were 55 comments which you can read HERE. It was then given away again back in May 2008 where it received a positive vote of 80% out of 548 votes, with 86 comments which you can read HERE It was also given away October 2011 where it received a positive 87% from 385 votes and 49 comments. You can read those comments HERE. Finally it was given away last year June 2012 where it received a positive 82% out of 379 votes with 31 comments which you can read HERE

You investigate 7 deserted temples, find secret treasures, fight ghosts and escape from the evil magician traps. But you are lucky – you have an ancient army, called Egyptoid. Blending it together with the magicians symbols you'll achieve great magic power that none can resist!

Reference accessed HERE way back when.......... :)

The Gamel>:

You are a treasure seeker. A piece of ancient papyrus showed you the way to a lost temple that contained tombs of untold wealth and an ancient magical weapon called the Egyptoid. The Egyptoid will show you the way to the secret treasure and help you gather it. Scattered around the temples are forgotten magical elements that when combined with the Egyptoid activate ancient spells. Only when you’ve collected all of Anubis’s keys will you be able to enter the secret chamber to gather the treasures of the Pharaohs.

Basically Egyptoid 2 is similar to the original Egyptoid apart from some graphical enhancement’s plus of course a whole new set of levels to destroy. There are 17 bonuses, including the lightning cannon and the mega magic cannon, these two are the only additions from the first version of the game. Other bonuses that are also found in the original, but are slightly different from your normal Arkanoid are the three different levels of ball destruction from high, maximum and absolute. As with the first game there are also seven special symbols to collect. Collecting three of the same will give you magic spells that range from ‘the glance of Horus, Breath of Atum, Lightning of Hathor, Fire of Ra, Curse of Atem, Fireball of Oseris, and the ‘Pitch of Darkness’ that when added to the bonuses makes a total of 24 bonuses. The spells will be expended as soon as you collect the three symbols. So ensure your bat is in a suitable position to take advantage of the spells power. That is if your bat just so happens to be under an area of very few bricks you will not make the most of the spell. The spells are basically the same as those you got in the original Egyptoid apart from that the developers have changed the names around a little, for example the Fire of Ra becomes the Flame of Ra (and there’s a Fire of Aten,) and the Pitch of Darkness was known as Outer Darkness. Also the graphics are better. To boost your score there are lots of gems to collect.

With respect to playability, I found that I had to set it on the most difficult setting to make the game even slightly challenging. As it suffers the same as many 3D arkanoids in that the ball does seem to travel incredibly slow. This would be an ideal game for those who are new to this genre as well as younger children. If you like 3D arkanoids and want more of a challenge I would suggest checking out the games I’ve suggested in the section at the end of this review. The first one has been amongst my favorites for a few years and the second one is much better than its predecessor Action Ball Deluxe and is now free from MyPlayCity 24/7 (Actionball 2). Apart from Actionball 2 you’ll also find several more excellent arkanoids over at MyPlayCity including hyperballoid 2 (watch out for toolbars being installed) which has a levels editor. Alawar did have a download link for community based levels, but I’m not sure if that exists any longer.


Video:

#You can see a video of game play HERE

Conclusion:

In my opinion this version is better than the first one in the series. If you were not in the enviable position of getting it free today and had the choice of buying either one, I’d definitely buy Egyptoid 2.

With respect to playability, I found that I had to set it on the most difficult setting to make the game even slightly challenging (though I have been playing these games for more than 30 years (starting with the very first one); because it suffers the same as many 3D arkanoids in that the ball does seem to travel incredibly slow. This would be an ideal game for those who are new to this genre as well as younger children. If you like 3D arkanoids and want more of a challenge I would suggest checking out my suggestions below. Acky's XP Breakout and Ricochet infinity have been amongst my favorites for many years.


Scoring:

Game play ------- 8
Graphics ------- 7
Audio ------- 7
Replayability ------- 8
Originality ------- 6.5


Total = 36.5. which equals 7.3 out of 10.

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Problems:


If you have any problems installing or getting today's game to work please go HERE for help, there's a list of FAQ's with answers.



If you are posting late in the day I would also suggest posting in the main giveaway forums in the game discussion section. If you’ve installed the game but it won’t work for some reason, it should still be registered, so someone may be able to help at another time.

Unfortunately if your problem is actually installing it then once the giveaway period is over there’s nothing that can be done until the game is given away again (though that isn’t guaranteed). Though, so long as you have the download, sometimes its still possible to activate an hour or so later. (It's been reported as long as 3 hours)

If you do miss the giveaway, or find it won't work, it’s always worth checking out the free games sites as sometimes the games we get here are also available for free from them. MyPlayCity has the most with over 600 games to choose from. Today's game isn't available from MyPlayCity or the other free game sits though you can ghet the first one (which was given away some weeks ago, from Gametop. they have changed the name to Egyptoball. There are two other ewgypt themed breakouts over at MyPlayCity called Egypt Ball and Egyptian Ball, the latter is an excellent physics based breakout with cool brick physics and some novel power ups as well.


Please do remember that these free sites have the potential to install toolbars and change your provider. MPC is quite aggressive at the moment. Every time you start a game up, you will need to uncheck the checkboxes if you install the MyPlayCity version.

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More Games





If today's game doesn't take your fancy then check out the game discussion forums and the free games synopsis. We’ve posted a couple of thousand free games over the last three years, many of which are excellent alternatives to their commercial cousins. I've posted around 15 games over the last week as it's now five years since I started the Free games project (now called Good Games to Grab).



All of the major game distributors such as Steam, Impulse and GOG all have some sales with savings as good as 75% in some cases.


Steam has some excellent games on sale at the moment with between 50% to 75% off Focus Home Interactive's entire catalogue of games, plus the usual on sale items, totaling over 100 games. There are some excellent bundles including the Sherlock Holmes bundle,. Game of Thrones Bundle and the Divinity anthology to name just a few.

Today's 24 hr deal is Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army for only £2.99 (70% off)


You can check out all of the main distributors deals via the Didematic Site


If you are interested in Indie Games check out the Indievania site for great deals (and some freebies to) on obscure and new indie developers who've put there games up for sale. All money goes to the developers. Included on the Indievania site are alpha stage games like Kenshi which are well worth buying at a lower price than the eventual release price. (There's nearly 240 obscure and little known indie games, though some may be familiar like 'Xotic' and 'Inside a Star Filled Sky', both of which are now available on Steam. You could also visit Kickstarter that highlights new projects.


Check out the Game Discussion forums for details of the latest Indie bundles. there's at least four on the go at the moment (Indie Royale/Indie Gala, Groupees and Bundle Stars. Most of these bundles cost around $5 or less. Click HERE


The latest IndieGameStand deal is Adventures of Shuggy, a dungeon filled platformer, with local coop . The game comes with a DRM free download link, a Desura key and a Steam key. If you pay above the average which stands at $1.34 at the moment (08.29 GMT) you also get the sound track. The deal ends Monday morning 5am GMT when a new IGS game will be available. :)

You'll find IGS HERE

Similar Games available for free

You'll find loads of Arkanoid/breakouts HERE, HERE (Giveaway forums) and HERE (Caimans – almost 200 2D and 3D breakout games)


You can also download today’s game every day for free over at Gametop as well as several others such as A-Ball (which is also known as Nuclear Ball), Geometry Ball, Scaraball, Cosmoball plus others, though you will get your browser opening every time you shut the game down. Thankfully this is one of the games they have had for quite some time so there’s no tool bar or home page tick boxes to bother with, but just in case they've changed it since I last checked make sure when you are installing the game that you watch each step of the installation wizard.



You’ll also find quite a few breakout titles over at MyPlayCity HERE, that now include several of Alawars breakouts such as all of the Strike Ball games (Strikeball, Strikeball 2 and Strikeball 3), as well as one of my early favorites called Actionball Deluxe and it's sequel Actionball 2; oh yeah and not forgetting the second Hyperballoid game, which in my opinion was a big improvement on the original despite the first one having a massive number of levels (over a thousand) with gorgeous graphics called (not surprisingly) Hyperballoid Complete Edition (or if you purchase it from Big fish Hyperballoid Gold edition) - the down side w.r.t. the original, was that even with the speed up power-ups, the ball used to go too slow for me, (however; GMMan did create a speed-up mod for me); there's also previous giveaways (though not Alawar games) such as Egypt Ball and Egyptian Ball as well as several others that you can download for free. I recommend all of the Alawar titles especially Hyperballoid 2 (Which has an editor for making more levels - there may be custom made levels to download via Alawars site, but I've not checked in some time) and the original Actionball Deluxe (the sequel also has upgradeable power-ups) and Strikeball 3 (The third in the series is similar to the earlier Magic Ball games {Magic Ball 2} but with better graphics and power ups that are also upgradeable, plus the game is slightly more challenging than any of the Magic Ball series (which for some reason Alawar decided to change the name from Magic Ball to Smashball Frenzy)). Unfortunately the best (IMO) arkanoid/breakouts such as Ricochet infinity, Acky's XP Breakout, Reaxxion and Shatter are not available for free via any of the free game sites apart from illegal ones. You can purchase Shatter from Steam for £6.99, though during the big sales over the summer and Christmas period and maybe thanksgiving you can get up to 75% off. Both Ricochet infinity and Acky's XP Breakout have editors and for the former thousands (literally well over 60 000) of downloadable levels for free. There are also free level packs for Acky's XP Breakout, but not to the same extent as Ricochet. you download the levels for Ricochet directly from the game and can upload your own creation from the game as well (which probably explains why there are so many - all the levels are graded for game play, graphics etc and get a score of A to D with +'s and -'s (for example B+; though the best of the best are starred as well)



The deals over on Steam include a free weekend playing Orion Dino Horde with 75% off if you decide to purchase it (£2.99). The witcher franchise is also 75% off this weekend, plus there are loads of other excellent deals such as 50% off Don't Starve, 75% off the Total War Master Collection (includes Empire, Medieval II, Napoleon, Rome, Total War Battles: Shogun, Shogun 2,5Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai and Viking: Battle for Asgard. - it doesn't include any of the dlc's. to get all of the dlcs with this bundle you need to purchase the Total War Grand Master Collection which is almost £60 ). It doesn't include the soon to be released Rome 2 or the original Shogun and Medieval games. There's 50% off Insurgency, 50% off Wargame: Airland Battle, 75% off Arcania + Gothic Pack (Arcania, Arcania: Fall of Setarrif, Gothic 1, Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods Enhanced Edition, Gothic II: Gold Edition and Gothic 3). 75% off Of Orcs & Men, 75% off Blood Bowl, 40% off Remember Me, plus over 100 games ar eon sale.

Also there are over a hundred games on sale this weekend on Steam alone. If you pre order The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (£26.99 with 10% off) you'll get a bonus mission, a free copy of Spec Ops: The Line, (an excellent third person shooter, with gorgeous environments plus the whole collection of X-Com games (6 games) including the latest X-Com: Enemy Unknown (doesn't include any of the dlc's)

Today's 24/48hr deals are 66% off Thomas Was Alone plus 75% off the Fallout Collection (this pack includes the first three games in the fallout franchise).

For more deals check out the latest game available on IndieGameStand HERE
You can pay as much as you want but no less than $1. The present game is called Questrun. If you pay more than the average which stands at £1.75, you also get a second game called Skies and the music for Quest Run. Both games come with Desura keys as well as DRM free downloads and both are on Steams Greenlight list, so you may also get Steam keys later. This deal ends Wednesday morning 4am (GMT)


There's also quite a few decent deals over on Desura, Greenman Gaming as well as other game distributors such as Gamersgate and Gamefly. Finally, you'll also find a few indie bundles still live. You'll find details of all the bundles still available over in the first two pages of the Game discussion forums HERE These are the best way to get bargains as you can often get $100 plus worth of games for around $5 or less. (e.g. last November/December THQ sold their entire recent catalogue worth almost $500 for less than $6 and presently there's a Humble bundle Origin bundle - see below for details)

Check out the Bundle Stars deals for the best bundles around at the moment. There are at least 4 Bundle Stars packs still available, each with at least 9 or 10 games (all with Steam keys) for less than £4 for each bundle. Best of all, the latest Humble Bundle beats last years THQ bundle with several high profile games included in the Bundle (Battlefield 3, Medal of Honor, Dead Space 1 and 3, Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box, Mirror's Edge, Crysis 2: Maximum Edition, The Sims 3 + Starter Pack, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 Uprising and Populous (this bundle ends on Wednesday 28th at 6pm GMT). The Origin bundle would have cost you literally hundreds of pounds (or dollars) worth of AAA games, many of which are still current; and all for less than $5. Some of the games require Origin, others Steam. Some you get both Steam and Origin versions. This is an amazing deal, with First Person Shooters, Real time Strategy, First Person Horror, Racing (bikes and cars) and simulations as well as a beautifully rendered and executed parkour like game (Mirror's Edge) (Parkour is where a person runs and jumps over roof tops and other high places)





Please note that if you get any games from Gametop or MyPlayCity you need to watch out for toolbar installations and home page hijacks. Just un-check the check boxes. with MPC games you may need to do this every time you boot a game up unless you create a new shortcut from the installed executable.

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A Request for help:

Developers rely on good feedback to improve their games. If you download this game please take some time once you’ve played it a while to leave some constructive feedback either positive or negative. The more constructive feedback we get, the more likely developers are going to give more games away. The giveaway site already has a very good standing with the search engines. Developers want their products out there on the WWW, this site has the potential to do that. The game giveaway project gives away on average between 9 to 17 thousand downloads for each game depending upon what genre and how obscure the game is. That’s a lot of homes these games are being downloaded into and a lot of 'potential' cash that’s being lost by the developers. If we get better games because of better feedback, the community are likely to continue to benefit from the generosity of the developers. Satisfied community members are then more likely to visit the home sites of those developers and purchase games that they may not have bothered with before they discovered the developer via the game giveaway site, thus giving the developers more incentives to give away even more decent games.

Please leave some feedback once you’ve checked the game out. It can be positive or negative, but please explain what your reasons were for the feedback you post. You could also leave suggestions for improving the game, for example, this game could do with more block types for the levels editor, add more power-ups, describing the ones you think would be suitable, add some mini games (which seem all the rage in some arcade games now) or enable the user to be able to change the in game music easily.

Thank you in advance to all those who take the time to post a constructive comment.

Regards

Whiterabbit aka Stephen

Have version 1 from last month and like it! Thanks for version 2!