Hedgehog Launch CONTEST!!!
I’ve never really felt the need to beat other players at my own game. Maybe it’s that feeling that “I created the game, so I shouldn’t really be a contender at it.” But now I am thinking to myself that maybe once, just once, I could be best at my own game, Hedgehog Launch.
So I am issuing a global challenge.
Post a video to youTube of yourself beating my high score and everyone else’s on a single-run for Hedgehog Launch. Record everything from launch to score tally. I want to see of you can beat my score, and if you do, don’t worry, I’ll be right behind you to beat yours. I’ll update this thread as things change. No, don’t post images… I don’t trust your Photoshopping skills.
Winner with the single highest-scoring run (out of everyone of course) gets stickers, balls, pens, business cards, and whatever else I can fit in a manila envelope that’s sitting around the office. I’ll ship it anywhere as long as it’s legal, including you Australians who dominated our last contest. And if I end up winning this I will happily take the prizes for myself.
Official Rules
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You must play using the “Hedgehog Launch” game found on armorgames.com, unmodified and in it’s current working condition.
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Post a link to the youTube video confirming your feat via this thread. The video must account for everything including the launch sequence (the pulling back of the hedgehog launcher) to the tally of the score for your launch. Please make sure your video is decent quality, I will reject video that is poor quality, stutters a lot, or is ridiculous in some manner. You can record either via a good screen recording software (need free recording software?) or a handheld video camera. Please do not send screenshots or still images.
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Any indication of cheating will be detected. Don’t do it. We have ways of finding out. We reserve the right to take away a prize in the case that cheating has a occurred (ask us if you are unsure what cheating is).
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The one player with the greatest amount of money for a single-day run will be declared the winner.
- The current leaders will be updated in this thread as entries come in.
- If you have any questions feel free to ask in this thread or email me at John@armorgames.com!
- Deadline is July 31, at 11:59 pm PST.
Side Note:
I have come to terms with the fact that people annihilate my scores. The difficulty of my games have always been based on my own ability to beat my own games, and I use that as a measure to tweaking the difficulty up or down. I would think I would have an advantage over the common player since I wrote the code and know every single nuance from the get-go, but maybe that is not the case. Many people come back immediately after playing my games and destroy all my high scores on their first playthrough. Very disheartening, I assure you. Time to claim my revenge.
CURRENT CONTENDERS:
Silverfire: $937,345.50
Gabriel: $857,556.00
Chuck: $459,000.00
Maxil: $446,212.50
John: $312,606.52
Mmm, stickers, balls, pens, business cards! I want a BR squishy ball, seriously D:
I also have a YouTube account with many videos of flash games, so I’m in for sure.
So we can pretty much take as much time and everything as we want to get the upgrades. All we have to do is try to get an even more ridiculous amount of money in one time than you did? It doesn’t have to be on the first launch or anything?
yes…thats cool!
ok, ill try this..315k on one day sounds hard to beat but ill try
i want the squishy ball :O
any chance of adding a free play mode so you don’t have to worry about accidentally going into space?
Right now, it’s tedious just getting started for a competitive run. Especially with the super harsh penalty for going to high: loss of current run AND loss of ALL purchased items. Not really worth the effort.
***Note: Yes, I managed to go into space twice, while attempting your challenge, before giving up.
everyone wants a squishy ball
I think I might be interested. I just had a 355K run, but I didn’t record it (I don’t have the means to record things with…yet) and it was on the wrong website.
I just got 365K but didn’t record it. Oh well, the trick is to use your radar! Use as little fuel as possible. I focus more on hitting the pads rather than collecting coins. Get a high altitude but don’t go into space! Go immediately back down a little. All of this and a little luck will get you a good score. Fun game
humm prety cool but i wouldeve put better graphic’s if it was my game
Hmm… This should be…. FUUUUUUUN.
It looks like it’s time to try again on the challenge for the best. I’ll have it uploaded asap. And for all you aspiring for victory, good luck.
Hi John!Its me…i know your cats name mvhahaha,i want a squishy ball!lol
I won’t put it on youtube but Iwill try.
oh btw beating 312 k is possible though you ma not believe this without a vid witch i don’t have. I got $597997.40 Total. I wasn’t playing to beat it just to see if it was possible. Also it was in under five min.
genkiller, i’m trying to load my video up… it’s taking a long time.. but i expect the winning total to be over a million.
My youtube vid of my 446k, 4min run is now live!
lol, I’m going to get owned so fast..
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EbGScxJzU-w
Well, it took a while… but! here is some hedgehog-fu.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49BNGNkEXFU
My first contest I participate and I’m going to win… $857556.00 in 06:41:06 … I’m uploading the video…
So, here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JAFvimq6EU
$857556.00 in 06:41:06
ha it wasnt over a million it was 900 somethin thousand
amazing.
“including you Australians who dominated our last contest.”
I feel special
I was an Australian in the top 5 or so ;P (iirc)
Aw do I have to post my vid now?
It’s sitting on YouTube right now, but don’t want to submit it yet in case you guys get ideas/shock/whatever
Yeah, it’s over 1 mil. But, er, “a bit”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slBL4-bg-T4
Just $459,000, and it was more difficult than I thought
I was concerned about escaping into space, too, but I tried to follow the technique in the video above, and it has worked for me.
heh, obviously i’ll have to work on a 2 million launch won’t I Sp?
I love it but i cant get good enough graphics in myvid i also got into out of space on my 3rd TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hm…score to beat: One million. And I think silver’s gonna get 2 million. Ah whatever.
bloody good score…I’ll see if I can top it
Is using a program like CPUkiller that slows down your computer (or just opening a few dozen youtube videos to do the same thing)allowed?
Well I got 361284.90 which is enough to knock john off the scores :). Of course, SP is going to knock me off soon enough too. I’ll upload the video soon.
Ok, uploading my entry!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24PgafTl0No
It was not as smooth as I would have liked and the stupid camstudio made playing it a little weird to play so forgive the color shifting thing that happens in it. it seems to flash while it plays and looks kinda like it’s skipping but it’s really not
though I did have to speed it up 2X just to get it onto youtube
Nearly 2 million, lasting more then 10 minutes, and I know I messed up at a few parts too, haha.
and yes I know I should have boosted to 4400 but I forgot :’(
If anyone manages to beat my score I will have to try again, after all this was only my first attempt at the score and I know I can do better ^^
Go Team Canada!!
OMG OMG OMG
I need to learn when to wait, just trying to post a new video I just made topping out at just shy of 3 million >.<
Hey, is it against the rules to have a computer that’s way too slow cause I do and I can’t help it!!!
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Ok, up and working ^^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQWiM9MWp74
I actually sat down and watched my first one and it is very dry so I added music to this one, haha
2,940k, almost 13 minutes long, 2X speed compressed
And not sure if some of you will notice, even though it happened by luck I do have a max height of 4490 exactly.
Still has that weird color bleed thing going on but it’s only to the background for some reason. what is up with that?
And I apologize for the post spamming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CjaYU24N5Y is my score of 361284.90. Now to work my way up the list :).
Aw stuff this. Here’s my video. 3 and a half mil. Go knock yourselves out.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mLKtNuSPh7c
566304.75 and slowly moving up the ranks :). Video as soon as youtube lets me. Now to beat 857k
Wow… 3.5M? I did 1.2… I was going to post, but I give up…
my friend got 572k yesterday…too bad i didnt have my video camera with me
Using Sp3000’s strategy, I made it to 1.2 mil. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2lwf_KARw0
Ow, man! On 7/8/08, I recorded this comment on Kongregate:
“Woot! One day total: $401.75 collected, altitude 3622 ft., runtime, 5:58.87 = $522,909″
But it was long before this contest began, so longer before I found out about it. So of course, I didn’t record it.
I think that this conclusively proves that all of you need to find better ways to spend your time :/
uh… 3.5 mill… oy, before i even try to make a video, i need to try to get there without one ><
Put me on that goldurned leaderboard! It’s not $3.5 million, but it’s big.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtdMrfG1kYM
Well, I don’t think no one’s gonna go near that record, yah know. I doubt I’ll win cause someone’s already close to that
Random Fact: If I had gotten 4490 as my max height, I’d have gotten an additional 150k. Yeah, every single multiplier helps, and that one’s just x1.8!
So, really nuancing your pull so you get the most possible height without ending up in space really makes a difference, hunh? I’ll have to mess around with that.
1.15mil
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zSy5guzrgHU
1.1 M
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zSy5guzrgHU
Well if we only look at the scores that are on the list at the top, I could be first.
If we look at the comments…
Here’s my first attemt to get the high score. Its not amazing but one of the top. http://youtube.com/watch?v=8oKUJ15r_7o.
314 K.
Ok so all I to prove I got over 1 million is a screen shot, how do I video it? Just set up a web cam?
great game just got over 100k iam into contest so i wont post a link
good luck and have fun all.
So whats the deal, is Armorgames staff usually this slow or do they heart Silverfire this much due to ass kissing?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=bf9t_7VbctU 1.9 mil
aww, I got 950k, so I’m not going to post the vid cause you guys already got 2 mill omg!
Not really a contest entry — “only” $875,000. But I thought folks might want to see my idea of The Perfect Launch. As I suggested in my last post, I messed around with the launcher pull until I got what I feel is the optimum pull. You’re gonna say “No way! He’s headin’ for space,” but rest assured, I’m not. If anyone can beat 4478 feet, without going into space, I’d like to know about it. And if three launches between 4460 and 4478 are any indication, I can now do it consistently.
And some people say this game is all luck and no skill. Bah! I say, Bah!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dVzAkbhuRo
Might as well put in my 2 cents.
Little over 4 million and about 14 and a half minutes. Filmed on a bit higher speed to make it fit on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7As9zsIUYQ
Edm, I hear ya bro, best I got was 4490 I just launched at a 45 degree angle and improvised as I got up there.
I have a new entry.
$6,126,270.22
16:05.90 minutes
The footage is in 2 parts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV05rGII974
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuG3JmMN5-A
YAAAY DragonSoul beat me XD
To your credit, it wasn’t easy. It was pretty fun though.
Did my second entry get posted? It says the comment is awaiting moderation.
Yeah, I saw your 6M launch. Only have one thing to say.
IT’S OVER NINE THOUSAND!!!
You people are really good. The best I can do is 582K. I can’t enter because I don’t have a webcam.
I filmed it with CamStudio, the program linked under (free recording software) in the contest guidelines. Just had to tweak the framerate a bit before the video was useable.
Yeah, my strat basically is…
1. Parachute for an extra 3min or so of run time each drop.
2. Make it back up using platforms.
3. $5 coins FTW.
My strategy is:
1. Launch as high as possible
2. parachute and collect coins
3. minimize fuel usage by tapping button softly and having good aim
4. create lanes of launchers by staying in roughly the same vertical zone
5. At 1.5k altitude scoot a bit left into the lane you created and look for yellow launchers -repeat 1-5 until out of parachutes
6. try to stay in the air and conserve fuel while collecting as many coins as possible
7. when fuel is almost empty, boost to maximum velocity either left or right
I think coins are actually more important that given credit for. From what I can tell, collecting coins helps spawn more coins, and possibly extra platforms. Did anyone else find it suspicious that there were three types of coins as well as three types of launchers? As well as a slight bit of lag when collecting masses of coins.
The longer the game went on, the more platforms and coins I noticed all over. This is the reason that parachuting and creating lanes is so important.
That’s pretty much my strat Dragon
Lulz, good job
Yeah, I actually thought that you were going to beat the $4.2m run. That’s the only reason I tried again.
To rephrase the last post:
That’s the reason I submitted a new entry.
[...] Oh yes, we have not forgotten about your entries for our dashing new contest! [...]
I could NEVER get that much cash
this is terrific
it’s a record
beat that 802k with less time
there was a guy who got 3 million!
There was a guy who got 6 million!
I got 677k using Dragon Souls strategy (But I didn’t know that’s what he did.) I could have got about 3M but I’m not patient enough.
Was there a winner? The leaderboard hasn’t been updated since the first time I hit this page.
i could have won that contest hands down with a score of 1,501,026.00 no lies no hacking i have a picture i wish i could add it. you can in the forums
(time = 46.00 h. elevation = 44.70 money = 730)
got 107k but didn’t record
got to space on day 8!!!
I just pulled a 5.5 mil score and i’ll try to recreate it for youtube, but frankly after 20 minutes in the air it gets boring to watch.
UGH!! Why can’t you trust me?!? I got 26m on a 32 minute launch and a height of 104k!! Look at these pictures! I swear to god they’re not photoshopped! You can email me and call me if you want!
MY TOP SCORE:1,272,920.40 CENTS…IM NOT KIDDING