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    Spelunky

    Game » consists of 9 releases. Released Sep 01, 2009

    As a brave, but fragile adventurer, explore dangerous procedurally-generated caves to collect treasure and gain better equipment, before dying horribly and starting all over again.

    Duder Explorers Club (Spelunky Daily Challenge Feb 4, 2014)

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    #1  Edited By BeachThunder

    Well, I thought I'd make this topic today since I actually did well today :D Also, I don't do videos, but I do do screenshots:

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    #2  Edited By SodiumEyes

    So it turns out that bringing a Plasma Cannon to Olmec gets you a lot of money!

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    #3  Edited By amarriner

    Weird seed. I didn't get any bombs after the initial 4 so it was a lean run. Almost screwed up killing the shopkeeper holding the jetpack, opened the vault in the Ice Caves with mines and beat Olmec cause there was a mattock in his chamber. Really fun run!

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    #4  Edited By BeachThunder

    @amarriner: Yep, that Mattock was a lifesaver! It pretty much had the right amount of hits to dig an Olmec sized hole.

    Edit: BTW, a good Olmec tactic is to dig/bomb a hole that begins 8 tiles away from the rightmost wall of the level. That way you can line Olmec up perfectly with the very edge of the level, then make him move four tiles left in order to make him neatly fit down a 4 tile wide hole. Something like this:

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    @beachthunder: Ah yeah that makes sense, thanks! I usually don't have to worry too much as there are typically plenty of bombs, but this seed was so stingy!

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    Died while trying to grab the Plasma Cannon without any bombs. Got blasted with psychic energy in that cramped little space. That Mothership layout was rough... would have been easy if I had just a single bomb, though.

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    @suits: I did indeed. Don't remember where, but I remember bombs being pretty tight so I used the mattock I bought to open it.

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    I had a jetpack but then I landed next to an arrow trap that I knew was there and died.

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    #10  Edited By jayc4life

    I made it as far as the ice caves before goofing up on a jump I knew full well I shouldn't have taken (into the abyss). Was on 3-4 as well with just the compass and glasses, opted not to buy anything cause I figured I'd loot the Black Market, then I couldn't find the key for the chest. Bugger.

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    Knowing this daily was a dupe of 1/8, and knowing I missed the eye on 1/8 due to a lack of bombs, I played this one trying to minimize bomb usage. Unfortunately, I couldn't make it past the shopkeeper at the end of 1-3.

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    Taking the mattock made it harder early on, but it paid off in the end. I feel like it's usually better to take it over a shotgun. And wtf is up with some shopkeepers in the Temple not being hit by sticky bombs (at around 51 minutes).

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    Finally caught up with your avg jeconner ;)

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    @suits: v nice. i've been trying to maximize score, but it usually ends up killing me early.

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    #14  Edited By Dew

    I will never not buy the mattock on a daily ever again.

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    I unfortunately misjudged a jump and was eaten by piranhas.

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    #16  Edited By aajf

    Holy lack of bombs, Batman! Couldn't get to the chest on account of using my last bomb to reach the key, so no black market for me. Still got quite deep.

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    Two incredibly stupid mistakes in the caves did me in. This is my highest score ever yet I'm actually disappointed in the run, which I suppose means I'm improving. Certainly my average run is getting better and better, and even when I die early I'm doing well money-wise relative to others which is encouraging.

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    @aajf: nice run! I'm definitely going to start employing that tactic to rob a shopkeeper from now on. I went into the caves with 1 bomb and 1 rope and maybe some spike shoes and nothing else. It was a stingy seed without those shop items and not being able to access the black market.

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    @thedew: Thanks! I regret some of my early bomb use but that shop was just too tasty to pass up. It's such an easy trick, so long as the entrance to the shop is open enough.

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