hey, thanks for the feedback :)
I've made many changes which should improve the experience, so please try the latest version and let me know how far you get, what you'd change :) cheers!

MoonPine: I haven't reduced the enemy's hit points, but it should be much easier now to build speed and damage, and I've fixed the conflict you mentioned

latest exe:
http://www.redprodukt.com/testing/PlasmaPig_beta07.exe






Main change stuff:
- graphical improvements
- difficulty curve adjustments
- can press and hold to boost even when triggering switcher circles
- music
- err, lots of game tweaks I can't remember to list

thanks!

Love the pig in the starting screen hehe..... i think the game would be so much better if it was faster, and levels were bigger with smaller spheres and more pigs to guard! but it looks awsome but needs a tad more polishing.

thanks for the comments!
game released!
http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/PlasmaPig

changes:
various menu updates, useful stats, updated graphics
balancing changes including:
more enemies
enemies have less health
enemies do less damage

which should make for more franetic but not more difficult gameplay (i hope)

This is probably my last test version before release, so if anyone has any last feedback, get it in now! I really want to hear how you find the difficulty curve and general experience, and what could use the final polish


Blodyavenger: I love the pig helper idea :) thanks! will see if there's time to add it, if not maybe in an update!

karpatzio: I've made it a bit faster now for you :) I think if you reach max speed (full white bar) it goes pretty fast.. there's a speed boost power up too to get you there even quicker :)

[Edited by - RedProdukt on September 13, 2010 6:58:13 PM]

hi all! just a quick update to let you know I've uploaded the final exe to The Great Games Experiment:
http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/game/PlasmaPig

thanks for all the input!

looking forward to getting the next game to the point where I can share :)