1000 Heroz for iphone/ipad - Custom League: ILX

Red Lynx, maker of TrialsHD, presents an iOS game where each day you have 24 hours to do a different 20/30 second platform race. Getting gold is easy but you're competing against everyone in the world... including Mordy who has lots of free time.
http://www.redlynx.com/1000heroz
Hard to beat for a buck! Join us and let's talk trash.

So floaty! So obsessive!
Jumping on the car as it flies down the hill and off the ramp feels very important.

"floaty" is not something I even vaguely enjoy (hence my numerous anti-LBP rants). Cool idea though.

We are currently in the Ancient Age of Hungry Lizards.

to come:

The Hungry Age of Famished Farmers
The Idyllic Age of Wood
The Nasty Age of Shivering in the Dark
The Age of Uncomfortable Boat Journeys (ANTICIPATING!)
The Age of Happy Motoring

i'm not down with it if it's a hindrance but in this case the floatiness IS the game though

the clip on the website didn't make it look like my cuppa. Looked "negative floaty", but I'll take your word for it,

It's a lot of fun. Also -- I will beat all of you.

it is 99 cents

Mordy, I wish there was a way to watch your replays

i'm such a putz: i bought the iphone version for my pad.
figure it's worth another two bucks given that i plan to play the shit out of this for about the next two years or so.

yeah, replay recording or shared ghosts would DEFINITELY help. I have no idea how people are getting sub 15 second runs on this map.

http://i56.tinypic.com/95zbzp.png

http://i53.tinypic.com/2v31yfd.png

For posterity: Day 3 ILX board and my <3 score on global board.

TIMES, man it's about TIMES

u can post the Times :)

just to mitigate the embarrassment a little, I downloaded/played that level about 8 minutes before the deadline. In the future, I plan to elevate myself to "weak/mediocre" level

basic question - what are the stars for?

scoring? like if you just play the shit out of the game, you can boost your score regardless?

Hate you all for making me play this.

How do you guys have so much higher scores despite not having much higher times?

Just by having more attempts I guess? So you could probably make a case for low scores and fast times trumping high scores and fast times.

can't wait for tomorrow's level - i really suck ass at this one. i can't even get the gold, whereas i got the gold relatively easily with the first 3

maybe if egga concentrated less on getting laid and more on controlling her wild flip-flappin', i'd have a gold time by now

btw bri11iam is this guy

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what the hell i got stuck in a bridge

I'm josephcotten.

Damn yall got busy

Afaict scores are only correlated to times.

yeah, seems like that to me too. which again begs the question, what are the stars for?

dang mordy

Spent a looong time on >20 seconds but eventually got the hang of it a bit. I see that I'm already back down from third to sixth though.

haven't seen a decent ilx competish since desktop dungeons v. 1.0000million years ago, this is nice

even if the game controls like trying to fart in a jar

first place! (with a mere 22 hours left)

Day 3 Run Results

http://i51.tinypic.com/14cfnzq.png

*wins "within a second of mordy" bonus prize*

so close

man i am just the worst at this

I think that was day 4 actually. xxp

i can't imagine this'll last but...

http://i53.tinypic.com/2myp2iw.png

Wow, nice time!

There are 12 people on the ILX leaderboard for today...that's pretty awesome!

Dayan83, you put up a hard fight but...

Day 6
http://i56.tinypic.com/2ci6uy8.png

i'm not even sure i played that one!

How come Mordy's cavepeople have jetpacks.

Hate you all for making me play this.

― JimD, Friday, June 10, 2011 7:33 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Dayan83, you put up a hard fight but...

game recognize game

ps i have like no fucking idea where you got that extra eight-tenths of a second

I really really hope they add the Trials HD killer app: video replays of the top runs.

fck this game

~restarts~

See yesterday's I understood, it was just about hitting that squidgy rubber ball at the right angle so you got a boost over the next part of the level. Didn't manage to actually do it (without then fucking up something else minor) but at least I understood it. Today though? No idea, it's just a straight run with a few annoying pebbles to dodge, isn't it?

its all about landing the last springy branch in between the mound and the bridge

unless you can somehow clear that mound?

top bitches

no one, this one is all about the momentum you get as you climb the hill after the first bridge and fall into the breezy cave zone. i've only been able to nail it a few times, but that was when i jumped ahead of most of you suckas

fck this game

~restarts~

OTM

question related to this map - and this is a question that i believe was first asked by aristotle - do you guys do a little jump off of the first rock and land on the right edge of the second set of rocks, giving you momentum to slide across the bridge and work your way up the first hill? or do you just run over the first rock, run over the second set of rocks (no jumps), and then land on the other side of the bridge before heading up the first hill?

I was doing walk, walk, and then pull off the gas a little bit so I land right next to the bridge rather than right at the base of the hill in order to get a bit of momentum, but once or twice I had runs where I actually landed to the left of the bridge and somehow got across the bridge without slowing down (maybe because I slightly hopped without realizing it?) and got even more speed. But I couldn't duplicate that at all whereas I could reliably redo the first strategy.

I do the first, z s

dat momentum

aw man, just been practising with just running no jumping, and sometimes you land on the bridge and stop when you hit the end; sometimes you go too far and land on the uphill; but sometimes you hit the sweet flat bit jsut after and keep on going. so you get different results doing exactly the same thing? fuk dat,

due to some sort of bug (maybe?) in the game, the first time you do it, you're really slow and you don't make it across the bridge, but all subsequent attempts, you do. Weird. But if you just hold right as soon as the clock starts, you should get very similar results from run #2 on

hmmmmmm if i hold right *before* the clock starts, which is the only sure-fire way to get the same timing every time, then i go too far. but that is consistent i guess. still means that timing yr start makes a difference which is a bit grrr.

just had an epic run with 2 minutes left. #1 ILXOR FEVER

xpost to ledge

i should have added that in the middle of the leap across the bridge, you need to let up for a split second so you don't go too far

ffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuu

F U

you know, i ended up really really really hating that level

when does the next level go live?

The beautiful thing about this game is that there's always a new level tomorrow.

when does the next level go live?

― F U (cozen), Tuesday, June 14, 2011 6:19 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

i'm #1 so why try harder

gainin on ya

this one is floaty as hell

immortal results

http://i52.tinypic.com/33c3ng8.png

Are these gamecentre names btw? Going to start farming you all if so.

FU25

you've got 993 other days to be heroz, cozen!

so, I just joined another custom league with a few friends of mine. But now I realized you can only be in one custom league at a time. Can anyone check and see if i still show up in the ILX league, even though I have another custom league entered right now in the Options? (I'm ZS25)

if you finished the latest one, then no, you're not showing up

Dang, that's a bummer. I'll switch back to ilx league :). Thanks for checking

just collected 5000 *s in an attempt to regain my throne, no joy ;_;

okay, i'm in

is it poss to leap the boulder from the ledge, just after the springy twig and before the mound of rocks, to land on the right of the spring? (near the end)

think I have a good line but just cant execute it

that sounds impossible. might make a landing on the boulder at best?

feel there would be too much airtime even if you did make it.

how are we doing this level then

I've been doing two small hops, delayed jump off the first spring, miss the second short and then jump over it, jump off the crest of the downhill, run and jump miss the twig and land on the plateau just before the mound of rocks... don't have a line from there

should I be trying to hit that second spring?

game really needs ~replays~

that's my basic strategy. then run over mound, jump onto and off of boulder, then just run.

what do i know though, i'm fifth (or worse)

i've had hundreds of horrible runs, and one miracle accident run that got me to 18.04. i have no idea how it happened, but i managed to hit the sweet spot on just about every spring (including the second one)

sond's time is unholy

I don't like what this game is doing to us all.

I feel...so...cold

damming I know sond's time is beatable. gotma really slow first section on my ghost

they should release trials ON IPAD

that would destroy my life (if i bought an ipad)

local maxima are a big problem in this game.

I feel like I should be more into this game than I am, but once I have what I consider a respectable score I stop playing. I think the fact that you only have one day to get your score actually prevents me from obsessing too much over it.

Kind of feel like that, except "what I consider a respectable score" is starting to mean "as long as I'm inside the ilx top ten". Really am getting almost zero enjoyment from it though. When I finally manage a half decent run I never think "woah, nailed it", it's always just "well that was a slippery lucky mess".

:) close one!

cozen, were you hitting that second spring? because that sounds like madness to me

another downside is if you get busy, you miss out on all the runs and there's no way to get back in the leaderboards!
Always tomorrow though...

Wow, thirteen person league, huh?

I'm in the global top 20! Appreciate it's mainly down to it being less than 4 hours in, but this is still easily my best level yet.

I can't touch the #1 so I am proud to hold #2 for the next few minutes anyway

Also I can't imagine Trials begin good on the ipad, I need my analog stick for that!

Deleted this today. Sorry!

Apology accepted

(captain needa)

The guy who took one hit and quit it

Dang this is one tough gold.

so has anyone figured out how to jump up and over that v first pillar, instead of dropping down by all the stupid branches

nope, i was wondering if it was possible. whoever has 16 seconds on this thing is obviously thinking outside of the box

it's gotta be possible!

It is possible. But the problem is that I haven't even matched my high score with the up and over strategy.

Oh wait maybe it helps a bit.

I've not bothered with trying for that up and over more than a couple of times. Beginning to wonder if it's possible to skip the swing ledge bit entirely though.

i've been up there too but i can't see how it helps

maybe if you just hit every blob and bounce your way through it

I cut about a second off my time going over, but I think part of it was that I nailed the second half for once. I don't think you need it.

actually hate this level, too much pfaff not enough flow

roll on next level

yeah by far the worst so far

I will disagree because it's the first level I got a good score on. Haha

Stop moving your big fucking head

i guess i'm not very observant, because i just now noticed the whole Hall of Records on the main menu screen. it's pretty cool!

Gold 9800
#158/20,442 Global Ranking
185.53 distance run
1704 restarts
170.4 avg. restarts per level (!)

and this should be most interesting for the purposes of this thread:

http://i55.tinypic.com/6pnguu.png

didn't realize it was keeping a cumulative ranking for all of us. time to get even MORE SERIOUS

7300 gold
181 avg restarts
190 miles run

8619 gold
382.5 av. restarts!
140.78 distance run

need to cut down on those restarts then.

holy crap @ mordy's gold

I plan to buy a villa w/ it and retire from this game.

you've got 990 dayz to go. then you can retire as a true heroz

have officially reached the "YOU FUCKING CUNT" screaming stage ;_;

"have you forgotten?"

Currently leading by a massive 0.001 seconds. Wow.

Wait, I can't read times apparently. Still, didn't think that was going to last.

It's quite close now between the clear leading group of Sndrngrbot, Jospehcotten and ZS25 in the cumulative rankings.

I don't think the other two have played today so it won't be that close by tomorrow.

Unless they forget. :X

i've been too busy to play the last few days. I only got 3-4 runthroughs today before i had to put it down. however, on day 993, when i'm the only person in the entire world who is still playing, i will be laughing maniacally at the top of the rankings

obv if i'd been playing from day one i'd be all over yo asses.

I finally got an iPhone back and proceeded to get this game because of this thread. Its killing me. Im first on the ilx group today yay me and all my free time! Also ledge otm

Ok, I'm going crazy on today's level, I really don't know how i'm supposed to do a 20.3s run to get a gold star. I'm like .5s away from that time!

i have no idea about this one either, i'm not even under 21s and already out of ideas.

yeah, i gave up on it pretty quick

Apparently you figured it out sonderangerbot ^^. I was driving all day long so I didn't get a chance to crack it. Anyways today's course is a lot more to my liking.

Best showing yet just now!

think this might be the first time i've gotten gold? and on the second complete run /braggin

The app keeps crashing every time I open it. Anyone else have that? I can't play this anymore :(

Try deleting the app and reinstalling it.

DAMN YOU SNDRNGRBT! can you not just let a dude win a level every now and then!

I hate levels where you have to successfully navigate a bouncy ball to keep moving forward.

I feel like I should apologize to yesterday's level after playing today's obnoxious level, ugh.

ha yeah you can have this one, ledge... didn't think it could get more annoying than the triple-branch whatever that thing is but i was wrong.

it's good when you get lucky on an obnoxious level, but yeah playability value in this is repeating and finessing yr previous attempts, obnoxious randomness spanners that up.

so it looks like we get a new level type (i.e. not stone age) every 80 days? bit of a long wait.

sonderangerbot is in the global top ten today.

well i knew it wouldn't last... you were ahead of me in the all time rankings before today's level so i felt i had to step up my game.

just started playing today's level and am i mistaken or did i see sndrngrbt go from nowhere to #1 with a bullet, with a time over 2 seconds faster than i was clocking in my first fumbling attempts? what the hell is your secret!

i'm afraid it comes down to too much free time. but i had sort of a breakthrough on today's level when i jumped across the platform in the beginning instead of bouncing off it.

Wait, did you pass my time? I was in the top 25!

iainif bringing some sick times lately!

top five yesterday, pretty crazy

http://i.imgur.com/qdjEu.png

This guy in 51st place is driving me insane.

The second age is about to start, I think!

lol the feeling's mutual i assure you. second age should begin day after tomorrow yeah, will be fun to see how much difference that makes.

gonna miss all the fun, won't be able to play for the next three weeks. oh well. at least i'll be in MADAGASCAR!

Seemingly hasn't changed much except now there are cannons, and my dude is a little better dressed.

i'm a lot more concerned right now about this komax74 dude, where the hell did he come from!?

Are you guys having any issues with the cannons? Sometimes they won't fire at all and I just run out the other side. Their firing distance seems completely arbitrary other than the fact that holding right is a good thing.

holding right and jumping i guess? they also seem to tilt completely at random, a lot of the time they just shoot you straight forward. can't believe we waited 80 days for this tbh.

This was cute:
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/01/will-you-marry-me-how-redlynx-help-put-together-an-unforgettable-proposal/