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2015-04-26T19:12:00.000+01:00

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New forum!!!

2011-03-11T17:24:00.000+00:00

Since our last forum is getting spammed down and HowToK never is on, so he can't fix it, we're moving to a new forum with lots of admins/moderators and no spam!!!There are also many new, daily updated guides there, which gives you everything you need to know to hack all badges.

So make a new user and join the new, improved forum!

Btw, read the big post on the top saying "Important, read me!"

This forum will never be spammed and is perfect for all badge hackers!

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2010-12-31T12:00:00.003+00:00

Real life is eating me up, and chances are you won't be able to find some of those newer badge games on the blog in time - don't panic just yet. Remember to visit our prolific community of "Cum one, cum all, Cumgregate." where experienced dedicators are always around suggesting hacking ideas even before those lovely badges have shown up!

SandStorm Racing

2008-09-19T21:31:00.007+01:00

Well there has been a long time since last post, dunno why, maybe the writers just give a s*** or the don't have time. But now you guys get a small little post for Sandstorm Racing

Wasteland Profits Badge (easy – 5 points)
Earn 5,000 credits

Controls of the game can be a pain for someone or very fun for others.
But the points is like always to get first so you can buy upgrades with the prize money.

Hot Runnings Badge (medium – 15 points)
Complete all 10 tracks

Many people complaining that we don't write how to hack the games so this is how you hack it.
Well only left to say is that we/I are sorry for not making posts, but I will try put up at least 1 each week.

Rating

4/5 stars. Funny, challenging, but to short and some bugs.
Recommend it for like 10 minutes of time waisting.

By: lol xD

Open Doors

2008-07-09T17:57:00.006+01:00

Open Doors is yet another puzzle game where you must twist your brain to complete the game.
Very simple, but still a pain to play through.

Door Keeper Badge (hard – 30 points)
Game completed
The game play and game is easy to understand, but games like this is just boring.
Why make a game when there is hundred others which is better?

There are also many walkthrough's to this game, but the easiest way is to "Cheat"

Rating

I will give this game 2 stars as it have good graphics and a nice game play, but there are so many other games like this so...

By: lol xD

ELEPHANT RAVE

2008-07-06T11:30:00.005+01:00

Elephant rave is a cute little game for the people who wants some fast and easy game.
The controls are easy and the game is easy to understand.

Life, Love, Understanding Badge (medium – 15 points) Survive the rave
This can be some tricky since you never know where the "light's" gonna hit.
Another irritating thing is the "light blocks" which comes from the left side of the screen.

Rating

I rate this game 3 1/2 stars because it's short and funny.
Why i don't rate it 5 stars is because the screen is way to small

By: lol xD

Hedgehog Launch

2008-07-01T02:50:00.000+01:00

Hedgehog launch is a great little game that is incredibly addictive yet very simple. This game shouldn’t take very long to complete because you keep getting more money with each upgrade.

An easy strategy to complete the game is to first work on upgrading the launcher and rubber band. These two upgrades will allow your hedgehog to launch higher into the air and have the possibility to collect more money. After you are able to upgrade these further work on the rocket pack and the right or left launcher based on what direction you shoot your hedgehog. Use the launcher to send your hedgehog faster further right or left adding to the multiplier. Finally work on the E-rocket. This add-on will allow for your hedgehog to be launch straight up. As you get more and more upgrades you will be able to get closer and closer to your goal of launching that little shit into space.

Pygmy Pioneer Badge (easy – 5 points)
Enter space in 50 days or fewer in Hedgehog Launch.
Honestly; 50 days to get into space? This should just be a free badge. You don’t even really need to try to get this badge.

Hedgie Glider Badge (medium – 15 points)
Reach space in 10 days or fewer in Hedgehog Launch.
This badge is a little harder to get, actually it is quite difficult, because you need to be able to get lucky with collecting money.

Minovian Hero Badge (hard – 30 points)
Reach space in 5 days or fewer in Hedgehog Launch.
This is very hard to get, another badge where you need to get lucky in order to achieve. Keep working you might get it. Maybe not.

If you can’t seem to get that to work without cheating you can always use Ragnarok to freeze the number of days or change the amount of cash you have to buy whatever you want. This does make it capable to complete the game in one day but what’s the fun in that. Maybe a video to come on how to do it but we will see.

Rating:

Music Catch

2008-06-23T05:04:00.005+01:00

This game is a very interesting one for me. I first started off not liking it but as I kept playing I grew to like it more and more. The music is very relaxing and collecting the shapes is rather easy to do. Though as the music speeds up it makes it harder to keep away from those red shapes that unfortunately suck off half of the multiplier that you have been working hard to get.

Color Collector Badge (easy – 5 points)
Collect 2,000 shapes in Music Catch
This badge is very easy to get. If for some reason you can’t get this badge you must have tried to do it on purpose I set the bubble in the middle of screen and didn’t move it and still got over 2000 shapes. So seriously if you can’t get this badge stop playing flash games.

Musical Multiplication Badge (medium – 15 points)
Reach a 50x multiplier in Music Catch
This badge takes a little more skill. The yellow shapes are very easy to come by but you need to watch out for those red ones, they are a huge bitch. Occasionally a purple shape will happen by and it makes collecting very easy because everything comes to you except the red ones. So avoid the red ones and this badge isn’t very hard to get either.

Symphony of Lights Badge (hard – 30 points)
Score 2,000,000 points in Music Catch
This one is rather difficult because you need to have high multipliers but overall it is still pretty easy. Just keep plugging away collecting everything but the red ones and you will have all three badges in no time.

Rating:

I would recommend this game because it is short, pretty easy and the music is pretty serene.

If you are looking for a way to hack; score and multiplier are easily done through CE but I have a hard time believe that it would even be necessary.

WhiteboardWar: ChopRaider

2008-06-13T13:07:00.013+01:00

WhiteboardWar: ChopRaider is an original game where you must defeat the enemy before they defeat you. I really like this game because it's fun, and easy to play.

Flight School Graduate Badge (easy – 5 points) Complete the 2 training missions.
Many people complain that the controls isn't smooth enough for them and that's why the game only have a rating of 3,8.

Eraser of Evil Badge (medium – 15 points) Complete mission 8
This game is so easy that if you don't can do it without cheating really should go to a doctor so he can see if here is anything wrong with your head.

But if there is something about your head or you just don't want to play the game, this is how you cheat:
part1
part2

Rating
I rate this game 4 because i like it. It has good controls, is easy and fun. The reason i rate it 4 and not 5 is because you need to refill your bombs like 10 times on the last missions and that's really boring.

By: lol xD

Streamlined

2008-06-12T15:07:00.006+01:00

I have to say that Streamlined has to be one of my all time favourite games. Even if it IS one of the hardest impossible badges.

Music Survivalist Badge (hard – 30 points)
Don't die in Streamline
Complete the game. Nothing else to it. Seriously. It's harder than it sounds though!

Rhythm Prodigy Badge (impossible – 60 points)
Don't lose a single life in Streamline

Complete the game.... Without losing a life. A slower computer helps with this OR you can cheat

Personally I'd rate this a 5 star but considering our almighty master I'm rating it a 4.

Rating

Super Crazy Guitar Manic Deluxe 3!

2008-06-11T06:45:00.023+01:00

Super Crazy Guitar Manic Deluxe 3 is the sequel to SCGMD2
The different is that 3 is much harder and there is one more button to press. Although i really like the SCGMD games because they are great and you really can train your fingers when you play them.

First Picks Badge (easy – 5 points)
Unlock the first song
This really isn't hard at all just load up the easy songs and you can get the badge in no time.

String Theorist Badge (medium – 15 points)
Unlock 4 guitars
Many people means that this game is crap compared to SCGMD2
Only because there is one more button to use and that there is much harder. But for the people who complain there is good that Shinki made the two guitars: "minimalist" and "butterfingers" which is made for the guys who really really sucks.

Keyboard Hero Badge (hard – 30 points)
Get 36 award points
SCGMD3 is a very good guitar game which provides many challenges. The idea with a guitar game is not new, but compared to many other guitar games this is the best. Another thing with this game is that there are many guitars.

Up to 11 Badge (impossible – 60 points) 14 perfect songs
This is really impossible if you don't are spiderman, and i really don't think someone is spiderman either.

It can be very hard for someone to complete any of this badges, because their PC isn't the best, so this is how you cheat:

CE won't work since you would have to hack notes hit/missed and score.
And speed hack doesn't work either.

So your only option is this .Sol file

The game is very good, but i only rate it 3 stars because there are so many which cant play it because they don't have the best computers, which makes the game lag etc. But for people which has good PC i recommend this game.

By: lol xD

Ring Pass Not

2008-06-11T02:22:00.002+01:00

Well it looks like I will start it off as one of the new intern authors for this site by reviewing one of my favorite games…Ring Pass Not. Now I can understand this game can be a complete nuisance but I think that you should at least give it a try and play through the first bunch of levels.

As the game progress you need to be more mindful on what you are playing and when. This game is about strategy and you need all the Bonus Tiles you can get to get passed level 30.

Sand Sorcerer Badge (easy – 5 points)
Score 1000 points in Ring Pass Not

This badge is pretty easy because the levels aren’t very difficult. You should be able to easily be able to get the badge by the end of the first stage: Rings of the Sand Sorcerer.

Rings Not Passed Badge (hard – 30 points)
Complete all 30 levels in Ring Pass Not

This badge is much more difficult than the first badge. You will need to be able to save almost all of the Bonus tiles you can as well as be able to not be wasteful with tiles. There really isn’t an easy way to do this it is all about strategy.

Rating

Seeking for New Authors

2008-05-31T19:37:00.002+01:00

"Seeking for New Authors" - What does this mean?

It means "How to Kongregate" is seeking for new authors.

Wanna know more? Check out the announcement inside the Forum.

6 Differences

2008-05-28T03:40:00.005+01:00

"6 Differences", the sequel of "5 Differences". Unlike its predecessor, "6 Differences" is basing on photorealistic pictures, which somewhat adds a breath of freshness into the element of the game itself.

Trained Difference Spotter Badge (medium – 15 points)
Complete all 15 levels.

Another difference between the two games is that while "5 Differences" seems to be having a "question pool" for each level and thus generates slightly different puzzles every time, the stages in "6 Differences" are all fixed, so it actually becomes easier in terms of walkthrough writing.

Since this is frankly a relaxingly good game, I'd recommend you to try to experience it freely, and consult a walkthrough only when it has become stagnant for you due to some hard spots that make you feel like the relaxation is about to be burnt out totally.

Rating

For the musics and the deerman, I'd say it's worth half a star more than the original.

: Recommended

PlanetDefender

2008-05-27T02:25:00.007+01:00

"PlanetDefender" has the look of a decent game before one would realize it's still nothing more but yet another real-time crap.

Protecterra Badge (medium – 15 points)
Complete any difficulty setting.

While the game seems to offer diverse tactical choices upon first glance, the effective strategies are in fact very few; typically you'll be forced to cover your front area all in green with fortified bunkers, a few economic centers on the back row, and the rest of the blocks would be where you spam your weapons.

Apocalyptic Missile Commander Badge (hard – 30 points)
Complete the "apocalypse" difficulty setting.

Yet, the true reason that makes this game a huge pile of shits is that its author resolved into the lowest and worst solution of all to lengthen the "replayability" of the game - think about "Balloon Invasion" and you'll pretty much get the whole picture. So don't be hesitant about hacking this one, it's not worth the shit.

► Cheat

Final boss dicking the Earth.

Rating

Another lengthy survival shit.

Drone Wars

2008-05-24T10:15:00.006+01:00

"Drone Wars" is a pathetic concept trying to bring real-time strategy onto Flash which is deemed to be a failure.

Combat Ready Badge (medium – 15 points)
Complete arcade mode, then submit your score.

The so-called "real-time strategy games" typically spiral down into a build-amass-rush situation, a.k.a. swarming tactics, if the balance between units and races weren't well considered and designed on the developer's part. Apparently for Flash games whose industrial culture does not allow an extensive development time over a single title, such fine-tuning is very well impossible, which means real-time strategy games on Flash are most often horrible craps with no strategy depth, and no sensical background stories at all.

Drone Warrior Badge (hard – 30 points)
Fully upgrade your mothership and reach wave 30 on survival mode.

So you might ask what the fuck do the freaking designers do with the levels if there are no stories? Simple - a "survival mode" with limitless levels solves everything for the frigging developers. How cheap. And much more cheaper are those fags who actually think this kind of deteriorated garbage is "wonderful to play with".

► Cheat

Rating

This is unambiguously a rubbish. You win with your numbers yet you lag with your numbers - what kind of crap is that?

Music Bounce

2008-05-19T17:04:00.024+01:00

Puzzle games are not solely about puzzles; it's also about designs, and artworks. An innovative concept may be successful in keeping the players at seat through the first dozen of levels, yet if the designers fail to tease the gamers with new, extended elements continuously during the course of the gameplay, gradually the feeling of monotony and boredom will emerge and reign despite the initial positive impression. Quite self-explanatory, the above is a reference to the subject of the article - "Music Bounce".

Sensing the Beat Badge (easy – 5 points)
Complete the first 5 levels.

As aforementioned - the game begins with a little bit of startling and attractive taste, seeing its interesting combination between musics and block-breaking balls.

► Level 1 ~ 5

Feeling the Rhythm Badge (medium – 15 points)
Complete the first 20 levels.

Yet as the game progresses, intuition should be able to tell that shits are about to come by - no more fresh elements but just keep getting bigger and huger.

► Level 6 ~ 20

Solving the Melody Badge (hard – 30 points)
Complete all 50 levels.

And finally - you'll see that it comes down to a point where you can no longer tell if it's the levels that are really getting annoyingly difficult or it's the fucking repetitiveness of the game that's making things more irritating.

► Level 21 ~ 50

However annoying it may be, we always have ways to simplify the job if you wish to.

► Cheat

Rating

The game came with a concept of intriguing elements, yet in the end missed miserably a great chance further expending on top of its own potentials. There could be blocks of different lengths simulating different note values, or balls of different speeds representing different tempos; however all the crap its developer could only think of is to place more blocks and balls. At the end of the day, "Music Bounce" pathetically proves itself to be nothing more but just another clinker like "Hexiom", becoming one among many that pave the way for the true masterpiece that has yet to come.

Chronotron

2008-05-13T11:02:00.007+01:00

At last, we have some decent puzzler under highlight - "Chronotron".

Paradox Shmaradox Badge (easy – 5 points)
Survive an early encounter with a potential paradox in level 6.

Puzzles that combining the elements of time travels and causalities together are nothing new at all, from the earlier days of the memorable "Day of the Tentacle" to casual games as recent as Cursor*10, we've all seen plenty of them already. Yet, the intrinsically curious and bizarre nature of the theme makes it a worthwhile direction for talented designers attempting to come up with some innovative and inspirational creations that can impress people with new ideas, proving the depth and complexity around this theme.

Teeter-Totter to the TARDIS Badge (medium – 15 points)
Complete the easy, basic, and medium levels.

For "Chronotron", the clever part is most likely about the existence of paradoxes; they exist because you are required to return to your starting point (i.e. the time machine) to create a next incarnation, and with your past selfs not immune to new changes around their environments, paradoxes can happen. Some less ingenious developers may regard this as a kind of "potential glitch" and seek to rid it of by, say, altering a few game rules, but for "Chronotron", though minor glitches out of the said causes do still occur some of the time, under most cases these paradoxes have been just successful in seasoning the whole game with further brainstorming fun, all reasonable and intriguing.

Flux to Be You Badge (hard – 30 points)
Retrieve the Flux Capacitor.

Completing this game should be a joyful experience for the majority of players; if you are unfortunately not one among which, below are some general tips you should keep in mind when facing a new level:

First things first, check out what exactly each button controls; some buttons may only become accessible after several reincarnations - do so nonetheless, or you could miss some important pieces of the whole picture, especially as the difficulty increases.

With a clearer idea on your immediate environment at mind, time to deduce a way out of the contraption, a.k.a. puzzle-solving. Usually speaking, the more complicated it is, the simpler to ponder it in a backward manner, namely from the goal to the start. Also, due to the unique nature of the game, your first self commonly needs to go enabling some crucial passageway and has to stay the longest on the field.

Ultimately, if you are unable to predict or manipulate too much into upcoming events, just do things step by step and, whenever you spot anything going wrong, rewind and think over again. Do not be afraid of cloning yourself six or even ten times to do the job, sometimes it helps and sometimes it's just necessary. Last hint is for several harder stages, it is important to plan your route for an environment that yet exist but is going to be created by later selfs.

Causal Gamer Badge (hard – 30 points)
Complete the easy, basic, medium, hard, and bonus levels.

If regrettably you are not too good at this kind of things, the author's being very nice by offering a full video walkthrough of all 40 levels, which you can access right on the main menu of the game.

Rating

Despite numerous bugs of minor severity, the entertaining concept and the challenging content make this game worth your playing.

: Recommended

Warlords: Call to Arms

2008-05-11T13:53:00.005+01:00

When I first loaded up "Warlords: Call to Arms" in my browser, I thought it was from the same development team that created "Feudalism"; it turned out to be a wrong shot, but the striking resemblance - or shall I say the unbelievable similarity of the forms and factors of retardation within - just made such guess so genuinely true.

Field of Corpses Badge (easy – 5 points)
Score 100 kills during a single campaign.

I am never quite sure why shits like this that should go to sewage could constantly receive badges or highlights on Kongregate; maybe Kongregate likes shits, or maybe shits like Kongregate, I don't know. At any rate, I failed to spot anything about this game that could add the tiniest bit of positiveness to the brand that sponsors it. Intriguingly, the unreasonably high rating of the game on Kongregate seemingly suggests that Kongregate is being very successful in mustering an audience whose major portion is akin to Kongregate in terms of tastes about games.

Medieval Unity Badge (medium – 15 points)
Conquer all 25 maps with any race.

The only thing good about this shit pile is that it offers a wide variety of methods including .sol editing and others for the players to dick their heads towards total dominations, but the simplest is no doubt through a universal Flash trainer that can also connect to the servers of Kongregate, namely Katana or Niflheim:

[How to Kongregate] A Niflheim Demo on Warlords: Call to Arms

Anger not those of you purists for whatever reasons that are right now reading this article, below is also a thorough walkthrough, definitely legit, that will aid you greatly in your endless pursuit of the most purest gameplay:

► Walkthrough

Rating

Even cruder than "Feudalism", this is a game for true cunts and purists.

Castle Crashing "The Beard"

2008-05-09T04:38:00.005+01:00

'Castle Crashing "The Beard"' is a teaser (pun yes) on the upcoming Xbox 360 Live Arcade "Castle Crashers". Kinda confusing though, didn't see any castle crashing or being crashed. Duh.

Wool Whacker Badge (easy – 5 points)
Level up.

Yeh, just level up. You can do that right? Hitting the tombstones also helps.

Fulp Fiction Badge (medium – 15 points)
Defeat Tom Fulp.

Whoopee cheating time!

► Cheat

To access and modify the values of these variables, use either Katana or Niflheim:

[How to Kongregate] Castle Crashing "The Beard" Easy Hacking Demo

If you are new to all these, watch our tutorials on the right side of the page, under the "Highlight" section, above "Echoes"; they will show you how to hook these two universal Flash trainers onto the Kongregate server to send out your hacked stats for those nasty badges.

Speed Razor Badge (hard – 30 points)
Defeat Tom Fulp in under 4 minutes.

Stupid speedrun. Good for us that this can also be resolved through the same way as above.

► Cheat

Rating

Something fun? Probably. Something dumb? Certainly.

Doeo

2008-05-09T01:56:00.005+01:00

"Doeo" is a rip-off of the Japanese "Moai no Su" (literally "Nest of Moai"), originally created by Miyazawa Takahirou on 2005 in Flash, with an expanded version ported to Shockwave on 2007. If you've seen "Moai no Su" prior to your rencounter with "Doeo", you should be able to tell this is nothing really new or thrilling.

Rodoeo Badge (easy – 5 points)
Wrangle up 500 total pink Doeos.

You can probably go hit the wall with your nut head if you can't do this one, huh.

Profesioeo Badge (medium – 15 points)
Load up "easy" mode and score 30,000 points, and destroy the king in under 20 seconds.

If you can't do this one, it's a good sign you should either clean you mouse or just buy a new one. Or, yeh, go hit the wall with your dickhead. Or pussy lips. Or whatsoever.

New Doeo King Badge (hard – 30 points)
Defeat the king in "hard" mode.

Defeating the King is not that hard but reaching the final stage in hard mode might be. So again it's cheats' time:

[How to Kongregate] Doeo Made Easy - Yet Another Katana Hacking Demo

A more complete list of various useful variables, offered by several community members on our Forum:

► Cheat

Rating

Well, despite non-originality in concept, the content is still original and quite well-stitched, which I have to admit, hence I am recommending it for the sake of a 5-minute-fun, but not going to give it a score higher than 4. Also, some trivia about this game if you are ever interested.

: Recommended

Colorfill

2008-05-03T00:20:00.005+01:00

Drawing squares or circles to fill the screen up - you must have had plenty of these before already. Well you are about to have yet another one - "Colorfill".

Prismatic Rampage Badge (easy – 5 points)
Destroy 10 total shapes across all levels completed.

This one is kinda cheap. Just in case - by destroy it means to seal a shape with a color block that's having a different color with the said shape.

You're Doing It Wrong Badge (medium – 15 points)
Duplicate 3 shapes in a single level, then complete that level.

Also a very easy one. To duplicate, seal a shape with a block, both being in the same color.

Spectral Selection Badge (hard – 30 points)
Complete all 21 levels.

This game is being more sadistic than other Qix-variants in that the players are only allowed to draw straight lines, which can be so nasty when the field is just one big huge rectangular, and, unfortunately, such condition was purposely made into those bonus shits.

Well, good for us, there is a leak of some sort that can lead us away from such inhumanity:

[How to Kongregate] Colorfill Cheat - Making Flying Triangles to Disappear

Stumbled upon this one while searching for lives and so on.

► Cheat

Rating

Seems to be too generous a score but it just happens that the hue of the game pleased me somehow.

Onslaught 2

2008-05-01T20:10:00.013+01:00

"Onslaught 2" - nothing more but yet another tower defense cliché.

Bloated Defense Budget Badge (easy – 5 points)
Spend $100,000 across all games.

A fast and licit way to achieve this one is to replay the tutorial repetitively in which it gives some ten thousand of money for you to spend; but of course we are going after more explicit cheating - this does not like the kind of "Sonny" that deserves our respect.

► Cheat

PC Load Letter Badge (medium – 15 points)
Defeat 2,000 enemies on "medium" in a normal game type.

Well, there's no fast and licit way this time.

► Cheat

To the Extreme! Badge (hard – 30 points)
Score 1,500 kills in "extreme" mode.

If you are having problems with Niflheim specifically, I've got some time to create a video for it, finally:

[How to Kongregate] A Niflheim Tutorial - Hacking Onslaught 2

You need .NET Framework to make Niflheim properly working, which is the most common reason if yours are not.

By the way, Extreme Mode will only be unlocked after enduring over 200 waves in a normal game.

Rating

Yes, there are some fun values, but the fact it begins to lag a fucking lot when the towers and creeps starting to occupy the screen just dwarfed and destroyed all the enjoyment. Like I already mentioned inside the Sonny post, there are some that are suitable for Flash and some that are not, and apparently here is just one another vivid negative example; the game basically went semi-frozen with a horribly low framerate when it ended up like this for me:

Reminded me of a good old game called FreeSpace 2:

O those memorable days. Duh.

Sonny

2008-04-27T12:20:00.000+01:00

Yo, fantastic "Sonny"!

Escape from White November Badge (easy – 5 points)
Fight your way off the starting ship.

From the first moment the jazzy yet elegantly drawn "Sonny" splash screen contacts my eyes, I know "Sonny" must be a special game. How special it is, however, is something that turns out to be far exceeding all my possible anticipations, and perhaps imaginations, about the limits of games that are on the Flash platform of the present day.

There are 4 zones in "Sonny", which should not be bad to know at first; I thought it should be 5 at least so was kinda unfulfilled when it just ended like that.

► Spoiler (Zone 1)

Sensei Slayer Badge (medium – 15 points)
Defeat the ghostly samurai boss.

The appearance of "Sonny" doubtlessly pushes forward numerous boundaries that were previously known to be "look, things can only go this far for Flash" in the industry. Of the most spectacular is the all fascinating visuals and audios; it's not very much related with technical limitations but more about the time the developers willing to spend on it, or even something more basic - that whether someone with the right sense of art could be put in charge of the job - yet the graphics along with the musics are two major outputs the game would depend on to excite the players' sensations.

The art design in "Sonny" is a complete success.

The secret in the graphical designs of "Sonny" is the extensive usage of rich and bright color gradients, which makes the game all brilliantly vivid. Plus, landscapes are created out of simple yet alacritous shapes and lines, while details about the appearances and poses of characters are all carved into some very tiny levels. Cooperating every outstanding visual factor together, it becomes the source of magnificence which gets to be convoyed in the form of sheer beautiful scenes and interface we see in "Sonny". Not to mention the almighty battle musics, especially the boss battle one which is so heatedly ablaze; it's just even better than the average of commercial retail games! Sometimes they hire a whole lot of symphony orchestras and can't even do half better than this! Further supplemented with decent and full voice acting, the visual and audio works of "Sonny" have been successful in making up some excellent cutscenes and storytelling moments.

► Spoiler (Zone 2)

Alive Monsters Badge (hard – 30 points)
Complete the story events.

One thing smart about "Sonny" is that it knows to choose the kind of presentation style that is most ideal for the platform the game is running on, yet managed to accomplish this endeavor in a miraculous way, in which the optimization is achieved without yielding to certain compromise, thus keeping the fun value of the game sound and intact. Well, in a plainer way of speaking, "Sonny" knows how to make itself attractive without being a system resources monster.

Turn-based RPG itself is, in essence, one of the countable few genres that will be handled better on Flash over the others. Obviously the key is all about performance and processing time, for example one should be able to easily imagine point-and-click adventures being another prominent instance that is most proper for Flash (see all those escape-the-damn-room games around), while shooters on Flash always suck a big time because they either have to be laggy (suffering from excessive real-time processing) or stupid (yield to game performance by taking away advanced entertainment features). The fact "Sonny" does not opt for a real-time system but a turn-based one implies that it was given birth towards the right direction.

Voiced conversations occurring during the battles make "Sonny" being able to provide a far more fluid experience of immersion comparing with other typical Flash-based RPGs.

Yet, the term turn-based nowadays is quite often linked with some not so favorable impressions like outdated, outmoded, even perhaps superannuated, and modern indie turn-based RPGs - like the Max Mesiria series and the MARDEK series - usually propagandize themselves as "in the feeling of NES/SNES style RPGs", being very much pound of this, which I would reason is why "Sonny" comes to be such a huge impact (no exaggeration as it's currently the highest rated game on Kongregate and likely on other Flash portal sites as well upon its debut) - "Sonny" utterly toppled our past recognitions about turn-based RPG on Flash, that could be of one which is beyond a linear leveling up progression, beyond mazes and town maps where your little protagonist should run on, beyond histrionic NPCs that roam aimlessly around in circle repeating the same few duologues over and over again. Certainly there may be various games already in existence containing some of the concepts above, howbeit "Sonny" is without any doubt the first to incorporate all these elements in a delicate manner, ennobling the entirety up onto a higher plane, high above all previous attempts and actual creations of Flash RPGs.

► Spoiler (Zone 3)

Zone 3 | Stage 18 ~ 36 | Gadi'Kala: The Great Plains

After you are done with Sensei Ishiguro - remember to collect the full set of the trophies - you will be traveling into the Great Plains. Same as in the Ghost Beach, you may want to familiarize yourself with local foes, also earn some experience and money in the training fights before proceeding forward into the main battles.

Under normal conditions, Level 11 or 12 is more than capable to cope with earlier fights in this region, and Level 15 or 16 is where you will likely be ready to face the boss of Zone 3. If you are already on a high level with decent equipment, yet continue to come across some demanding moments during your battles, the problem is most probably with your ability tree. Re-Spec your ability points and have a thorough consideration on how to redistribute your points appropriately to match your new stats and new foes. For Strength-oriented characters your focus of development should no longer be those skills of lower ranks (with Electro Bolt being the exception) but on Coup De Grace or Master Strike; for Magic-oriented ones, Electro Bolt is still pretty much a useful skill, though the rest of the development can be really diverse, largely depending on your own play style, being the aggressive or defensive or supportive type, etc.

With that, if you are still experiencing annoying times, it's must likely something related with your strategy and wit. Say if you are facing an enemy currently with an HP of 1100, and you have 1 Coup De Grace on hand which could deal around 900 points of damage, 1 Sunder with an immediate damage of 250 points, and 1 Magic Bolt of 300 points, apparently you will want to use Sunder or Magic Bolt on your opponent first, then finish off the battle with Coup De Grace coming in during the next turn; if you are being not so clever and invert the order, you'll very much likely see the enemy healing a great lot or even calling up Intervention, lengthening the fight into an unnecessary stage - actually, I am talking about the "strategy" to confront Galiant the Paladin in here, though I really think this is only some common sense. With a Coup De Grace dealt in a nice timing, it is not impossible to get rid of this paladin within 2 turns. As of the grotesque Baron Brixius, well it's just too obvious you need to keep the Paladin from falling to have the job done.

"Wooh, scratchy bitch!"

Illuminator Badge (hard – 30 points)
Defeat the shadow boss in the fourth zone.

Although the accomplishment of "Sonny" is one that significantly surpassed previous expectations of, not only the players but the industry as well, on the possible extent of Flash RPG, "Sonny" is still one that was made by human and is not free of flaw. First - it's too damn short! But it is also very nice for the development team to choose quality over quantity, for which I wholeheartedly salute. Second, there are some glitches - ranging from tiny issues of graphical layer orders, to interesting leaks such as one that can grant you all four Kongregate badges within a blink; however if you are not operating a pair of sharp eyes and are not tempted to meddle with things in a way that is unintended by the game design, the game would appear to be just near perfect for you.

► Spoiler (Zone 4)

Rating

Last time I was so much shocked and awed by a Flash game - and the only time before I came to know "Sonny" - was some time before 2000, when I came across Pico's School. It might be hard for some of the younger audience to catch, but back at that time, Flash games were all of monotonous content and never meant to be more than a 3-minute-relaxation; Pico's School changed all these for everyone. Its scale, length, interface and details are huge impacts of that era, and I never forget that kind of excitement, totally immersed by shocking agitations of wondrous miracle. And I never thought this could happen once more, with so many Flash games these days exploring seemingly almost all possible possibilities already, with so many Flash games seemingly being so good... But it is obvious to me now, that they were all not good enough.

"Sonny" is creating history, right now on this moment, setting already a glorious milestone along the continuing road of the ongoing development of Flash games, that is going to be remembered by the industry even after a decade's time. It is so fortunate for me to enjoy this game without missing it. The only reason it is not made a ten-star is that I want to leave it for "Sonny 2".

: State of the Art

You Have To Burn The Rope

2008-04-18T18:40:00.005+01:00

"You Have To Burn The Rope"!!!

You Have to Earn the Badge (easy – 5 points)
Defeat the Grinning Colossus.

So stupid, I like it!

Rating

Hilarious!

: Recommended