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    Dylan Responds

    By Nerfgun | 10.Aug.2008 @ 01:07pm
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    Being the swell guy that he is, Dylan replied to my email (in the previous post) about the difficulty levels of his games:

    Hello Ryan,

    Heheh, your mail almost made me lose my tea all over the PC keyboard.

    You’ll be pleased to know that one thing we will add to Monsters in an upcoming patch is a difficulty setting menu – you won’t be able to use the online ranking (that wouldn’t be fair) but you can advance on any difficulty you like… even expert (which yes, is harder than the default setting). The patch will be free.

    As for Eden, well… that’s way too easy a game to make it any easier, surely???!
    At least in co-op you can reach out and catch your betrothed if she falls, the veritable juliet to your romeo so to speak.

    However, we do have lots of ideas for the expansion pack as the controls are too much fun to waste on just one set of game rules. I’m sure we will try and add a more namby pamby mode for the “lighter” people out there. ;-)

    Regards

    Dylan

    So there you have it. And now he has shamed me into improving my technique in Eden.

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    14 responses to “Dylan Responds”

    1. TheBBPS.com » Expansions Coming for PixelJunk Monsters & Eden, on August 10th, 2008 at 1:44pm typed:

      [...] can read my original letter here, and his actual response here. What’s also kind of amazing is that I wrote it to him at 1:25 am my time, and he responded [...]

    2. Rollin, on August 10th, 2008 at 4:26pm typed:

      Hey Nerf, wanted to point you to this possible (or impossible) name coincidence at MSNBC. Check it out. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26080744/

      Also: i did not know you were part of the BBPS. Cool. :)

    3. Deviation, on August 10th, 2008 at 6:01pm typed:

      He can shame all he wants, it doesn’t change the fact that the PixelJunk games can be truly punishing. What’s worse is how addictive those rainbows are in Monsters… I keep playing the same level over and over and over again, always losing when there are only a handful of monsters left. It drives me insane – and, quite frankly, it drives me away from the game.

      It’s been several months since I’ve played any PixelJunk Monsters, though I’ve invested a bit of time into Eden, which is wondrously pretty, even if it does get really hard later.

    4. Nerfgun, on August 10th, 2008 at 9:55pm typed:

      Yeah I knew about the MSNBC blog before, Rollin. They’ve only been running it a few months so I feel I have precedence. Plus, their logo is lame and tiny. Not a bad little column though.

    5. Legendbyname, on August 10th, 2008 at 10:47pm typed:

      Probably the best open letter I’ve ever read. My betrothed won’t even go near Monsters from watching me play the same damn stage over and over again. It’s almost impossible to move on to the next stage while you have the waves memorized to get a rainbow.

    6. Addicted Gamer » Blog Archive » Find PixelJunk Monsters too hard? Help is on the way., on August 11th, 2008 at 10:31am typed:

      [...] look into adding the ability to play the game on an easier difficulty. Not too long after Dylan replied: Hello [...]

    7. PixelJunk Eden and Monsters to Receive Expansions : Endsights: Shedding Light on Video Games, on August 11th, 2008 at 4:20pm typed:

      [...] [Citizen Game] Filed Under: All [...]

    8. The Video Game Spectrum » Blog Archives » PixelJunk Monsters “Namby Pamby” Patch, on August 11th, 2008 at 4:33pm typed:

      [...] Dylan Responds [citizengame] Posted in Features, News, PS3, Playstation Store | Trackback | del.icio.us | Top Of Page [...]

    9. Deviation, on August 11th, 2008 at 10:50pm typed:

      LOL, you’re on Joystiq now! Well, your BBPS post is on Joystiq, anyways.

    10. Easier Settings Planned for PixelJunk Monsters and Eden | BLOG-GAMES.com, on August 14th, 2008 at 2:43pm typed:

      [...] Dylan Responds [Citizen Game, via Kotaku] Share and Enjoy: [...]

    11. PixelJunk Eden and Monsters getting updated « PlayStation LifeStyle, on August 15th, 2008 at 11:53am typed:

      [...] You can read Dylan’s full response HERE [...]

    12. cusman, on August 21st, 2008 at 3:02pm typed:

      Dylan Cuthbert has always replied within 24 hrs to me including nights and weekends whenever I have emailed contact@q-games.com

      Generally I email to give positive feedback or to ask for features or expansion packs :)

    13. MediaTechNews.com » Blog Archive » PixelJunk Monsters, Eden Updates Info, on August 26th, 2008 at 8:28pm typed:

      [...] Source [...]

    14. PixelJunk Monsters “Namby Pamby” Patch | MonsterVine.com, on August 17th, 2009 at 10:29pm typed:

      [...] Dylan Responds [citizengame] Share and Enjoy: [...]

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