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Comment by Patrick_Devine | Hacker News Reader

Sweet. Although, frankly, I can't believe how much time I've sunk into this game since seeing it on HN the other day.

It would be nice to fix the end game and add better ways of fighting the infernal Ferral Beast. Maybe a laser rifle factory?

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The Ferral beast is more easily defeated than you think, simply an iron sword plus a steel sword fairly easily does the trick. Add in a rifle and/or laser rifle and you can finish him off quickly every time.

You can hold two swords?! I always just used a spear and a steel sword. Feral beasts weren't much trouble.

Yes, ironically I didn't figure this out until I had already beat the game.

You know, I thought that, but they seem to get stronger over time. Maybe I'm just imagining that, but without bolas they often seem to be able to take me down. That's even with a spear, both swords and a rifle.

I never use the laser rifle since it's a pain to get energy packs.

Maybe you just don't have the health upgrade. Once you get 20 health per cured meat the ferral beasts are much easier to keep at bay.

Where did you get the laser rifle? I beat the game, went to every square on the map, conquered every suburb. Never saw a laser rifle.

Grepping through the source turns up that there's a chance of getting a laser rifle as loot when you clear a city, or when you clear a battlefield.

there is an end game?

I took off in a spaceship and dodged asteroids then it took me back to the start of the game. Did I die and miss something?

You didn't miss anything. There is no cool end, just a reset (sadly IMO).

However, "End game" usually refers to the gameplay at the end of the game, specifically in chess where you try to force mate with only a few pieces.

In RPG-style games, which this is... sort of..., "end game" generally refers to the point where you've built up your character to the maximum, or very close to it, and are now concerned with other things. It used to be known as the "elder game" in MMORPGs.

I somehow interpreted as if the character in the dark room had dreamed everything, and just woke up. And then the cycle start again. Seems fitting for the game.

Comment from the source file in the endGame function : // Restart everything! Play FOREVER!

>where you try to force mate

There is a word for that.

Not really.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=checkmate&allowed_i...

I don't think that's what he meant.

It doesn't have a ranged attack (as far as I can remember), so bolas should really help.

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