Brainpipe (windows, osx, psp, iphone)

Shadowcat on 30/12/2008 at 05:03

Success! :) :)

But no big score bonus.

74,697 for 100 glyphs.

Inline Image:

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1275/brainpipe100glyphser6.jpg

Shadowcat on 30/12/2008 at 09:41

Starting at levels 4, 5, and 6, I did glyph-free runs through to the end of level 10. Each of the three runs garnered me a little over 30,000 points (between 30,100 and 30,600).

There's definitely an error margin, as I've seen variation in my travel scores for a given level and difficulty, but I don't think it would be enough to change the outcome (I'd get about 3,000 extra points starting on level 4, going by my example runs), so I think that level 4 is probably optimal.

So a perfect run from there would definitely top 100,000. Just not by much. Of course, the final plunge can net a good few thousand (I know I got around 6,000 one time), but I'd say anything more than 110,000 for a final total would be pretty outrageous :)

James Sterrett on 30/12/2008 at 23:22

Wow - nice run!

Supposedly, points for travel time are affected by using slow-time (the left mouse button), but I'm not sure how other than it's a penalty.

Shadowcat on 30/12/2008 at 23:37

Inline Image:

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/369/brainpipe101537ew1.jpg

I needed the bonus to get there, though. Looks like I score less in the tubes when I'm getting glyphs than when I'm not. Maybe the slow-down carries a penalty? (edit: Confirmed before I even asked! That must be the whole "game beyond time" effect :)

James Sterrett on 30/12/2008 at 23:50

:wot: :thumb: :D

Congrats!

Shadowcat on 9/1/2009 at 10:25

For anyone who tried the demo, and wondered what the later levels are like, Iikka has posted a gameplay video on YouTube:

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q13Y-Q9Yt-Q)

The brightness/contrast in the video seems really excessive for some reason. The demo is obviously a better indicator for that :)

Shadowcat on 7/7/2009 at 07:14

For the Steam fans:
(http://store.steampowered.com/app/35800/)

"Available for 20% off until July 13th."

Shadowcat on 6/10/2009 at 07:14

Sweet. Ever since I got interested again in buying a hand-held, I've been thinking that Brainpipe would be absolutely perfect for one. And now, (http://www.digital-eel.com/) hot off the presses...

Quote Posted by Digital Eel

(http://handson.com/) Hands-On Mobile has just released the demo for the PSP version of Brainpipe! [...] PSP gamers, be sure to teleport (http://kotaku.com/5371444/psp-attack-of-the-minis) here to read more about it.

Also --and let's keep this one close to the vest for now-- there is an iPhone version of Brainpipe coming and it's coming soon

It's not (http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Our_Games/Free_Games.html) free, but at US$5 it's close.

I actually can't find a damned thing about it at handson.com (not sure what's up with that) but you can read more about the PSP version and see a gameplay video at (http://blog.eu.playstation.com/tag/brainpipe/) blog.eu.playstation.com.

twisty on 6/10/2009 at 11:54

That's perfect. I was playing through the demo again the other day thinking to myself that I would just just love to see this game on my iPhone. A definite purchase for me.

Shadowcat on 30/11/2010 at 11:19

It's weird, but I'm pretty sure Digital Eel never posted anything else on their site about mobile Brainpipe, so I assumed it had hit some unexpected snag, and never made it to retail. But no, it's available on PSP and iOS, and it's ludicrously cheap -- $3 and $1 respectively, according to this:

(http://www.pixelsocks.com/2010/11/23/review-brainpipe-a-plunge-to-unhumanity/)

(I tried to find some better links than the ones on that page, but I presume that those of you with these devices will have a more convenient way of finding the game...)