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.jpgI 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:
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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 :)
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:
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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...)