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Dear James. What a brilliant little game. It plays very well, and the level design is perfectly matched to the player's abilities. Only problem perhaps is that it's too short. But honestly, if all games were this well made, the world would be a better place. Thanks!

Sure will

Well done! Can't wait to try the updated version.

I very much appreciate that a work-in-progress is free to play. These days, some developers (in the C64 community) seem to think differently about that. 

1.240.847.574 points in 1K mode. I am flabbergasted at how fun this game is.
But what are the flashes? Or the diamonds? How does the green multiplier work? How much do the wall targets yield? So many questions. 

I've had one game where the center pocket went from 2500 points to 2100. What does that mean?

Such an amazing idea again, I've loved every minute I've spent so far. Can't wait to see what else is in store.

Brilliant, brilliant game. As with Overload you have to spend a little time with it to work things out. Not quite sure what the purple squares mean, and how you earn them but I seem to be progressing.
Very well done game! The only proper Tower Defense game I know on the C64. 

As a great fan of Jeff's games, I wholeheartedly approve of this game. Or games I should say. It definitely has the same atmosphere, if a touch less steep in the difficulty curve, which is nice! But as soon as you get through the trainer stages, things really come alive. 
And thanks for allowing to quit the level announcement page. That helps to keep you in the zone :)

I played a serious round of overload for the first time today. Played a full hour, but only made it to 015xxxxxxxx energy. Still proud of my achievement.
The progress is slow at first, but when auto loading and firing kick in, is when the real fun starts. Trying to manage cooling, earning, dumping, buffing and expanding to reach your goal is a lot of fun. I was blasting a ton of lasers, a pool of cooling fans and all sorts of gizmos to maximize energy output. My energy yield buff was up to 19K but I didn't make it. Makes me wonder what else I can do.
This game has a lot of depth and I like it. Well done. And thank you for making it.

Fantastic game! The sound effects remind me of the old Videopac...love it.

haha..it's just that I hear it when I close my eyes now.

I beat Factory just now :) And I still feel like I've not seen all the secrets.

Question, is there an option to turn off the music?

Oh, I've now gone through the entire pre-amble. So sorry I skipped over that in my video. That's down to me being too hasty.

...and I have found one. Hmmmm

I could see one in the PIG-OF-GOLD area. I kept trying the portals there but they all shot me to the start (I guess that's where the exit will be). That means I'm still missing one...I'm so close.

Damn I was down to 2 potties. I found the gold pig secret..ran around for too long and I died :)
Nearly there!

Thanks, I read them. Very useful. Didn't realise about the steel pig mode and the chocolate! Good to know. 
It's a very enjoyable game. I'll be streaming more of it.

https://www.youtube.com/@TheHighlander71/videos

Almost made it...

I will stream some gameplay, hopefully tomorrow. I was knee deep  in some other code this evening. 
I love the game so far. Haven't gotten out of factory so far but it plays very nice.

Yess!! Bought!
Thanks..

ah I’ve waited this long. I can wait a little more 

Yes! Congratulations. Can't wait to have it in my hands...

Is it ever?

Congratulations. Must feel good.

Wow...2025 is the year it will actually happen!

good progress...nice nice

This behind-the-scenes graphics editing..it sounds interesting. You hardly ever see the actual creative process. Nice to read about it.

I've been eyeballing this game for a long time. Can't wait to give it a whirl.

Thanks, I will take that into account. No harm in doing another video when QIE IIo is released in its final form though. 
Frankly the entire Epic from BOH to MAH and KOG and all the others is a story worth telling. It's quirky and intriguing enough, like Jeff Minter's games but with more purpose.

This is one of the most enticing games series available. I have been contemplating making an indepth video about it....

Awesome, thanks!

Liking this game and would love it to be able to run with DolphinDos kernal active.

Also, a skip option on the dialog would go a long way as well :)

Me too. I read a post that the release was yesterday but I think that was an error.

Did I misunderstand that the full version of this game was released yesterday?

Awesome game. I understand it but I don't know why!! Got to level 19 on my first try. Thank you 

I played this in the arcade when I was a kid. This version feels good as far as I'm concerned. 
One little thing I did notice is that in the arcade version, when there's only the slightest wall left between the player and a monster you could still blow it up without it being able to reach you. For me that was a vital mechanic :)

This game and the series it is a part of is worthy of Jeff Minter-like accolades. It has that vibe.

It works but only when I turn off the turbo load/save routines off (@XF-).

Thanks Sarah. Really enjoying ZW2. I've definitely not beaten it yet but I'm really having fun with it.

Saving and loading of the settings with DolphinDos loaded does not work. After saving an empty file appears and a message "save ok" but the drive gives an error. Loading the save file gives a load error and no settings are saved.

Thanks! That helps. I think that's where my main problem lies: solving the first quest. I was assuming the game was saving my progress when it flashes the cartridge symbol. But I guess it's just accessing.