CycloManiacs

Heh, I was playing this earlier. Kinda hard really, and I never managed to get to the second boost level. And am I the only one that thought the other bicyclists were a bit too fast?

I guess I'm just a bucket of whine...

Alex: once you get a few new bikes unlocked, and upgrade your speed/acceleration... you'll be a master in no time.

My question is... has anyone beaten the Haddock? I'm stuck at 64 achievements on Kong. I made a thread on the forums there, and it seems that nobody has been able to beat him. I can consistently get to the "half pipe" obstacle around 24-25 seconds into the race, but I lose so much speed/distance trying to get up the right side of it, I get overtaken. It seems that you NEED to get a boost before reaching this point, but there just isn't enough time/distance/speed to pull off enough tricks without being overtaken earlier. At least, I haven't been able to come close in 100+ attempts.

-Tass

*gasp!*

Tasselfoot can't do it? It must be hella hard, then.

ehh... okay but not enough to hold my attention for too long. the secret to winning (or coming anywhere close to it) that took me a while to figure out.

Hi all.
Thanks for the review of our game.

Tass, I've uploaded a new version with an easier Haddock. You're right, it was way too hard :-)

Plus, you can now unlock a Haddock costume. Who can say, hand on heart, that they've never wanted one of those.

Cheers,
LongAnimals

I could overrun the haddock (beat it on first try, mabe luck), but I don't get how to do a sneaky start. (and that piano annoys me)

to do sneaky start, just start the race, DONT press any buttons. and just press up just before the "GO".

I have all the medals now accept the ones on the moon, AND the piano chase one. Please someone tell me the secret of completing the piano chase level, I'm a completionist and if I don't finish that level I can't continue to the moon :P

I really want to play this game, and I get as far as having chosen my character. Then the race seemingly begins, but all I see is a black screen and the Pause/Mute button. Any ideas what could be wrong? And yes, I have the latest Flash player installed.

Other bikers are hackers, if I crash I get sent back to the last flag but oh no, they're fine to carry on.

how do you sneaky start in Sunset City: Car Park?

Is the moon race winnable? I can boost nearly permanently, but I can barely get in the top 10.

BTW, secret to this game:

[Edit: Spoiler added ~ Kayleigh]

Long: glad you addressed the Haddock... but I think you made it too easy. It's now, by far, the easiest of the 5 bonus levels. The Haddock wasn't even on the screen for 90% of the race. Whereas the other 4 were all right on my behind the entire race.

Got 70 achievements. Got a video that will be up soon showing some of the harder ones.

-Tass

Has anyone had problems with the 5th race at the outlands. It is still locked for me even though I have the penguin.

Completed the game...

but I just got

By

Darn it

"How come nobody bikes on the moon anymore?"

This is why I love Jay is Games. Not only do you review the most interesting games, but your writing is so damned entertaining! =)

Is there any possible way to get in first on the moon? I am sir colin with a level five boost, and then, I see the final flag, and do a victory jump. Nobody else is on the mini-map, and I suddenly die when I hit the ground.
Seriously, what's up with that?
You may want to make it so it is possible to WIN before you post a game

Really, really fun game! Farty pants just killed me! :D Not sure if I rate 4 or 5 stars yet. (so few games got 5 stars from me!)

The only thing, in the physics, that bothered me was that you lose speed even if you land on a down slope, like if the wheels have an enormous rotational inertia.

Now, I love the songs! (are they made specially for the game?) But a couple of them seem way off the game mood. Too slow or depressing.

How do you get Sir Colin? The game says that if you don't crash on Outlands: Zig-Zag, that will unlock him, but I've done that several times with several bikes, and it won't work. What's up?

Nevermind, Colin's profile, and the Achievement List are wrong. Colin is unlocked on the Glacier.

Mostly fun, but at times it seemed the achievements were the main point of the game, rather than having fun racing/jumping/etc.

I also found a point where you can fall through the glacier forever! (If you go past one of the deep crevasses. I think at some point it gave me huge air time but I couldn't see what it was).

It seems like a couple of the cyclists are much much favorable to others,

for example,

Hmm, possibly my strategy of assuming all the bikers were the same wasn't as wise as I thought. Guess I'll be returning to this game, then.

I FINALLY got first place on the moon, and all I got was a singing haddock?
How on Earth does that make sense? (then again, that was the planetoid)

Grrr... I need help.

Did he make the haddock harder again? I just got to it, and I'm finding it pretty impossible. Already done all of the other chases.

@Leppy

I'm surprised no one mentioned the soundtrack. I LOVE the music. It's exactly the sort of laid-back Indie-rock stuff I like, I guess. Does anyone know who wrote/performed the music? Because bravo! :)

I can't beat the piano. :( I'm addicted to this game, unbelievably...

Power of posting. Now I have to get a 10 second single wheelie and 60 seconds of air time...ughhhhh...

I completed most of the game using only cycle king, mr. c, farty pants, and sir colin. Or at least, only really achieving anything with them. The piano level is killing me, though. Any tips?

So, I want to play on the moon, but can't beat the stupid piano.

How does one activate cheats on Kongregate? Can one? Without logging in?

As soon as I posted it, I got it. So nevermind me.
The trick is

Hi,

I have JUST beat the piano, and I do have some tips. Not much of a spoiler really, but oh well:

Cheers,
Marcelo.

I need the bowler brothers I cant do it

but i can beat the haddock you just need to keep going and have level 9 in all upgrades

I need help on how to get a higher boost level than one comment back soon.

There's a glitch it seems. When I pressed the cheats button on the main menu, it erased all of my saved game data. Has anyone else had this problem. Is there a way to fix it?

I was playing and I found after I got Ron, my boost became WAY easier to use.

I just can't make it to 5x boost on Outlands:Zigzag, even with a maxed out Sir Colin :( what makes boost work? It seems completely random to me.

I enjoy this game BUT...

I have the same problem as Loglamier: I was about 2/3 through and It erased all my progress. Starting over seems daunting!!

Help anyone?

Any hints on beating the Party Balloon race with Letter F? That's the only one I just can't seem to beat.

I have used Cycle king for the more mundane medals, like collecting the tokens.

@JIGuest, Here's some help for beating the balloon.

For those who can't figure out how to boost:

For the 10 seconds Rear wheelie:

EDIT:

RE: Getting the 3x, 4x, 5x Boost.

Justin is right; use Farty or Colin. All you need to do is stay put when the race starts and continually do stationary flips until you get all the boosts. Also, your jumps power increases when you're boosted, so you can pull of doubles and triples.

After you got your required boost, head for the finish line! I still managed to finish third in 'ZigZag' after getting that 5x boost!

I love this game! My favorite guy is Cycle King.

A couple things to know for newbies to the game:

1) Boost is automatically stored and used after the boost bar maxes; Boost gets generated when you do tricks. Front and back somersaults, front and back wheelies, and Air Time (staying in the air for over 1 second). Boost gets used AUTOMATICALLY, so in order to get extra boost levels, you need to do a bunch of tricks while in boost mode, which happens to be far, far easier than non-boost mode.

2) Each racer has obviously different bikes; The placement, traction, and weight of each players wheels differ from player to player.

The players with the 2 furthest wheel distances (and thus the hardest to control and use) are the Bowler Brothers and Mr. C - Neither of them are recommended for use.

The 2 players with the best traction are Billy Boneshaker and The Cycle King.

The 2 players with the least traction and fastest speed are Sir Colin and Ron. They also have the most unique wheel placement (other than, obviously, the bowlers and trikeceratops). Subsequently, Colin is also the player with most "death zones" (places a player can be hit and have to start from the last checkpoint.) Ron has the fewest of them, but happens to have such a narrow wheelbase that he's likely to tip over if not controlled properly.

The 2 players with the most well-rounded and user-friendly wheelbases are The King and Spoke.

3) Coming in last negates ALL achievements you could have won, so avoid coming last at all possible cost if your trying to rack up medals.

4) Brake is the least useful skill, unless your intentionally going in reverse very often, which isn't always a bad thing.

5) There's 1 level of "-sault" for each level of boost; To my knowledge the only 2 players capable of achieving a quintuple somersault or back-flip are Colin and Ron.

6) Different terrain sets offer slightly different performance for players. Players with more traction tend to have an easier time on sand, while players with less traction have easier times on concrete maps. That being said, not every players follows this (for example: RoboJam should have high traction, but tends to be better for the Volcano than the Desert)

Hope this all helps :)

Viva la gigante

I hope that helps a bit.

How do you get the achievement get boost to level 3?

@FM4K
Actually, I have achieved a quintuple forward somersault with quite a few racers. Farty Pants is one I recall off the top of my head, but I know I have done it with others.

I was able to get six frontflips, it came up as (multiple frontflips) on the moon. Has anybody gotten 7 or more?

how do you activate cheats

I beat the game, and I got a singing haddock? Odd..Yet it is Platenoid...

@Valty, I got 8 w/ Sir Colin, but i used a cheat. Got 6 on Volcania though. (no cheat)

with elvis, got a 20 sec rear wheelie on moon stage *chuckle*

the piano: easy

Hope this helps ^^'
cycle king

how do you get a sneaky start?

Im stuck near the end of the game and cant get level 4 or 5 boost. Ive been trying to do as many tricks as possible during boosts but nothing seems to work. Can you anyone help?

Just finished the game, great game indeed!! Was addicted to it there until I finished it!!

Any ideas for a sequel?

i am stuck on sunset city i cant unlock it please help me

for the piano chase... just keep holding up. lean forwards as well, it helps you go faster. I just beat it on my first try, i didn't jump at all.

How has no one beat the Haddock? I beat him in 2 tries, easy. And by the way, the trick to the boosts is just to jump up and down and keep doing somersaults until you get the boost you need. This is only possible with Sir Colin or Farty Pants, though. And Spoke is the best at back wheelies.

On the Piano Chase Special, I was trying everything - leaning forward for the downhills and flats, leaning back slightly just before the uphills, memorizing where the rocks were so I could jump at just the right time to clear them, etc. Then I tried something simple and beat it on the first try.

Woo, a game I can complete for once.

Farty Pants seemed by far the best cyclist as he spins so quickly in the air and still has great traction. It's easy to keep the boosts going by bunny hopping and doing a front or back flip between jumps. My record was 7 spins by the way.

The only times when it's better to pick someone else is for the back wheely challenges when it's easier with a large back wheel. I used Mr. C for the 10 second single wheely.

The other exception is when going for the collection challenges. I found a well balanced cyclist like Dragon Bracket is slightly better for these.

All the chase challenges are pretty easy. Just get the upgrades and keep accelerating. All you really need to do is correct slightly to get good landings to keep your speed up from the small jumps.

How in the world do you get a "sneaky start?" Thats the only achievement I'm lacking and I cant see anywhere in the instructions how to get one.

how do you get to level, 3, or 5 boost. im really stuck and need some help. Also where do you enter the cheats?

just hold up and keep your balance, i did that and beat him first time!

Holy crud. Does anyone else get that

i beat the game! okay!

Sneaky Start

Level Whatever Boost

Planetoid: 15 Somersaults

I have beaten the haddock it was fairly easy, but i need to know who is the best character for doing wheelies???
For the haddock dont do any tricks just drive hold down the acceleration the whole time and hold the right arrow key as much as you can it gives you boosts..

who do you play to get ten sec. of rear wheeleie on the moon?

I Unlocked all achievement but I cant unlock 'the Bowler Brothers' please tell me suggestion....

Has anyone had problems with the 5th race at the outlands. It is still locked for me even though I have the penguin. ifacetimeapp