Challenges and fun stuff!

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Challenges and fun stuff!Ballisticsfood03/05/2008 - 10:05

Having already played this game more than is good for me, i've come up with several challenges and fun things to do. Most of the challenges are relatively easy, some are diabolically insane. Some of the fun things to do are fun, others are utterly, utterly pointless. Here I aim to document (and get others to document) any challenges/fun things to do that they can think of.

RULES
Rule 1: If posting a challenge, please dont make it about finishing level x with y balls left/time left/sanity left. Think of something inventive and silly.
Rule 2: Try not to break Rule 1

My challenges

Here we go with some silly challenges.

1: Stabilise the spinning thing on Chain.

2: Get to the pipe on Fisty's bog without using balloons.

3: Make a constantly rolling ball on tumbler (then imagine Indiana Jones running away from it).

4: Get each and every one of your green gooballs underwater in Regurgitation Pumping Station. Try not to think abbout them drowning while doing so for an extra challenge.

5: Get some gooballs to the end of Fisty's Bog without them being connected in any way to Fisty (so no gooey tongue).

6: Pull all the gooballs out of the pit in Regurgitation Pumping Station at the same time. None can fall back into the smelly pit, and all of them must be moving upwards at the same time.

7: Make a free floating raft on Impale Sticky.

Fun Stuff

Disclaimer: Stuff may or may not appear fun due to personal preference

It is possible to make a spring out of green gooballs using the following steps:
1: Create a triangle out of gooballs. Try to make it as equilateral as possible.
2: Carefully put another green gooball in the middle of the triangle. It should start to go towards the bottom of the triangle.
3: Just before the middle gooball flips around to the underside of the triangle pull out the topmost gooball.
4: Watch your springy thing fly.

Fancy some goo fishing? Follow these easy steps:
1: Rescue some gooballs from the pit on Regurgitation Pumping station.
2: Create a stable structure above the entrance to the pit.
3: Drop any free gooballs back into the pit.
4: Using gooballs from your stable structure, create a line of gooballs down into the pit. This may result in slight structural collapse.
5: See how many gooballs your 'line' rescues.

Finally
If you have any challenges/fun things to do of your own feel free to post them. Also feel free to post any thoughts on any of the challenges, whether you've finished them or not, and any other challenge/fun things related stuff you can think of.

Have fun
BallisticsFood

Re: Challenges and fun stuff!Pwon Pwon03/05/2008 - 12:15


I still think the greatest challenge is unzipping after getting your penis caught in a quick zip up...  Although there was that game called Ninja Gaiden Black... but no, the zipper is definitely more challenging...  :o

**(SPOILER ALERT)**

Actually the greatest challenge would be to try and finish the last level of Chapter 1 without using any of the balloons!  :-\

Re: Challenges and fun stuff!toompie03/06/2008 - 03:23

fisty's bog no baloons was fun.. third try and i made it, will try some more though. as i don't think it counts if zero goo cross :-D

Re: Challenges and fun stuff!Ballisticsfood03/06/2008 - 06:35

Hehe. Getting to the end of fisty's bog while balloonless is indeed fun, and I'd say even getting to the pipe is an achievement.

The ahrdest one, IMO, is the free floating raft. I did it once by accident, but ever since then i've only been able to do it for a few brief seconds...

Anyways, another challenge!
Wake up all the sleeping gooballs on Ode to the Bridge Builder without first building a bridge.

Have funs!

Re: Challenges and fun stuff!Ballisticsfood03/06/2008 - 13:00

Here's a couple of images that I managed to capture.


There. Proof that it is possible. You can get to then end of Fisty's bog without being fastened to the frog.


That particular picture didn't stay like that for long. See the one gooball on the raft? He crashed it into a wall. (Damn those drunken sailors!)

Re: Challenges and fun stuff!Marius08/25/2008 - 16:07

Since it's more fitting here than in the unusual ways to beat levels thread:

Try making this:


Also, the fact that your raft floated into the wall wasn't caused by the goo, but by the very strong current in the water flowing to the right. Goos and structures alike all float to the right quite fast.


Last modified Mon, 08/25/2008 - 16:18 by Marius
Re: Challenges and fun stuff!Ballisticsfood08/26/2008 - 05:12

Very true. Also a new one for the peeps on the beta2:

In the last level of the beta end up with one gooball attached to one balloon. It's far harder than I thought it was going to be.

Re: Challenges and fun stuff!Marius08/26/2008 - 05:52

Lol, it's not that hard. A far harder challenge is getting 13 gooballs on that level.
On a related note: guess what my highscore is for that level :)

Re: Challenges and fun stuff!Nic Freed08/26/2008 - 18:43

im going to try these soon, not sure when now that school is started, but when the full version comes out, i swear ill be calling in sick ALOT!!!

Re: Challenges and fun stuff!Ballisticsfood08/27/2008 - 05:21

[quote author=Marius link=topic=14.msg1487#msg1487 date=1219747957]
Lol, it's not that hard. A far harder challenge is getting 13 gooballs on that level.
On a related note: guess what my highscore is for that level :)


Tut tut Marius. What's rule 1 in this thread?

and Heres a harder one for you then: Finish the same level using only 2 balloons as soon as you pick up passengers.

Re: Challenges and fun stuff!Nic Freed08/27/2008 - 16:57

[quote author=Ballisticsfood link=topic=14.msg1501#msg1501 date=1219832473]
[quote author=Marius link=topic=14.msg1487#msg1487 date=1219747957]
Lol, it's not that hard. A far harder challenge is getting 13 gooballs on that level.
On a related note: guess what my highscore is for that level :)


Tut tut Marius. What's rule 1 in this thread?

and Heres a harder one for you then: Finish the same level using only 2 balloons as soon as you pick up passengers.

actually, the number 1 rule of this thread is to not talk about this thread :)

Re: Challenges and fun stuff!Marius08/27/2008 - 20:53

[quote author=Ballisticsfood link=topic=14.msg1501#msg1501 date=1219832473]
[quote author=Marius link=topic=14.msg1487#msg1487 date=1219747957]
Lol, it's not that hard. A far harder challenge is getting 13 gooballs on that level.
On a related note: guess what my highscore is for that level :)


Tut tut Marius. What's rule 1 in this thread?

and Heres a harder one for you then: Finish the same level using only 2 balloons as soon as you pick up passengers.
Oh right, sorry. Also: challenge completed.

*Tries with just 1 balloon after picking stuff up*
Okay... that might prove a little harder. It's kind of 3:48 AM right now, so I'll try that some other time :)

Re: Challenges and fun stuff!Macatttack08/27/2008 - 20:56

It's 7:00 PM here.  :P

Re: Challenges and fun stuff!Ballisticsfood08/29/2008 - 06:37

[quote author=Marius link=topic=14.msg1507#msg1507 date=1219888425]
[quote author=Ballisticsfood link=topic=14.msg1501#msg1501 date=1219832473]
[quote author=Marius link=topic=14.msg1487#msg1487 date=1219747957]
Lol, it's not that hard. A far harder challenge is getting 13 gooballs on that level.
On a related note: guess what my highscore is for that level :)


Tut tut Marius. What's rule 1 in this thread?

and Heres a harder one for you then: Finish the same level using only 2 balloons as soon as you pick up passengers.
Oh right, sorry. Also: challenge completed.

*Tries with just 1 balloon after picking stuff up*
Okay... that might prove a little harder. It's kind of 3:48 AM right now, so I'll try that some other time :)


Hehe. 1 baloon may well be a tad harder. Perhaps if you can roll it at speed off the edge?

Re: Challenges and fun stuff!Marius08/29/2008 - 19:48

My idea was breaking the thing down to just 1 edge, then carrying few of the goos at once. Haven't gotten around to it yet though.