Misc. Ramblings

[MercuryLime]

Figured it out: I can't believe I'm the first person to figure this out: I'm in science class, right? And in the book, there is a picture of a rare mineral called argonite, and it looks almost EXACTLY like a certain mineral in motherload... Argonite = Amazonite by changing r to m, g to a, and inserting a z. Wow.

Much better background idea: You know how the background is just a linear gradient? Well imagine this: instead of a linear gradient, add 2 copies of the ground, diminishing in size, and you can see the second through the holes in the main tile thing, and the third layer can be seen through the holes combined in 1 and 2. The 2nd ground would also be tinted; 50% brighter and then a tint the same as the previous gradient; 80% tint towards light brown on the 3rd layer. By making the layes diminish in size, they would also move faster, vreating a 3d effect. I may just make an example in flash.

Idea: Increase the high-score list to 200, also delete tanner8, who is in 1st, and beat the game in 1/2 martian day. :?

Dang, I forgot the rest. But this has been Skywire's (me) Ramblings, part 1.

[Dizzy_Klone]

Hmm, I actually know the argonite thing, but never really cared.

The 3d effect thing is a good idea, but that would make it even slower for people with poor computers. I mean, it's not choppy, or anything, but there is a big difference in the total speed compared to the good computers in the lab at college and the poor computer I am using at home. It was actually a bit overwhelming how fast it was on the good computers, and I only had the $2,000 equipment, lol.

Another thing I wanted to ramble about is why I have to wait for the game to download everytime I go to the website. I thought this was supposed to be stored in temporary files, or something. I have to wait like 5 minutes everynight. What is the deal with that?

[Tanner8]

WHAT! dont delete me! Just cuz i can play this game 10 times better then you can dosent meen u have to get all mad because u suck at it. ALright now. The reason it loads slow is possibly because of your ram or just CPU. When i get to the site it loads instantly for me because i have athlon 64 3200 processor and i soon want to upgrade from 512ram to 1gig. So thats probly ur problem :)

[Knilt]

Another thing I wanted to ramble about is why I have to wait for the game to download everytime I go to the website. I thought this was supposed to be stored in temporary files, or something. I have to wait like 5 minutes everynight. What is the deal with that?
Delete all the files in the Temporary Internet Files folder, or increase the cache size. That's all I know.

WHAT! dont delete me! Just cuz i can play this game 10 times better then you can dosent meen u have to get all mad because u suck at it.
Everyone knows you cheated. Just deal with it.

[Homer43]

ahahahahaha 1/2 day come on dude... dont even try to lie, bad spelling and grammar dont help your argument

[YbboR657]

Ok, another suggestion; how about an "Are you sure?" window if you hit the 'Quit' button?

I mean, you go to adjust the sound, and try to close the window, and lose your load. I've done it at least 3 times. :)

[iamnotreallygod]

Or, maybe amazonite is AMAZONITE!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazonite

Wow I must be liek teh ony pehson l33t enuff 2 figger it out!!!11!1

[Andralia]

Took me a wile to figure out that einsteinium (pardon me if i didn't speel that right...) was a real element... and a radioactive one at that... wouldn't carrying a radioactve elment make your pod... glow or somthing? It would make sense, that the radiation it theoretically should emit, should do somthing...

[YbboR657]

wouldn't carrying a radioactve elment make your pod... glow or somthing?

Radioactive elements like einsteinium, plutonium, and uranium, don't actually glow. Uranium looks like copper, and plutonium looks like steel.

Maybe a bigger concern is that carrying a radioactive element with the gold and silver would make them toxic and pretty much garbage. (IT'S A GAME.)

[MercuryLime]

Or maybe it could cause you to slowly lose hull strength...

iamnotreallygod - Amazonite in the game is not green. :P

[XTTX]

Or maybe it could cause you to slowly lose hull strength...

iamnotreallygod - Amazonite in the game is not green. :P
its got a little bit of green =D. anyways dang. i should really play some more i haven't even beat it yet. probably on 100 martian days. hey btw is there a way to check the days?

[Kyraeu]

Cheat and get on the high-score list? That would work.

Hey, maybe Amazonite is really Gold that got disguised! Like, get rid of the G, O, L, and D, and add an A, M, A, Z, O, N, I, T, and E. Yeah, that's it! I mean, it makes almost as much sense. :P

[MercuryLime]

Hey... No. xttx - I don't think so, they should add that.