John

what I was trying to say is: This is playable, it’s just not the usual “flash” playable – its based completely on the original game from 1992. The controls are identical for flight and I probably did a very POOR job in explaining HOW to fly.

My point is, I’m going to make it very challenging and engaging. I totally agree with you to the extent that I want a large number of people to play it, but I draw the line at making the game a typical “flash” game just so someone can use they’re drawing tablet like they do on all the other flash games out there. And that’s EXACTLY my point. The game’s hard, no doubt about it. But to everyone who’s wrangled the controls – I’ve given them some REAL sense of accomplisment I think.

If you ever played BattleField 1942 with the Desert combat mod, you remember the helicopters. NO body could fly them for the longest time and you’d hop in and just pray you didn’t knudge the mouse left or right until you were over your area and then you bailed out. But then, someone finally figured out the controls, and then laid absolute waste to EVERYONE on the map, even the tanks. When I figured out how to fly the choppers, I was completely stoked and I wouldn’t trade that skill for anything nor those 3 months of complete domination in the game.

So, I do want to be open to making the game playable and fun, but also seriously rewarding. Not 5 minutes on a coffee break fun – hours of hoping your boss doesn’t walkin as you waste an entire day kind of fun

great demo!

thanks,
bill