I don't like the title, but with the creation of a Geometry Wars thread a few days ago (strange...) this will have to do.

The geometry wars that I released got so much attention that I decided that I am going to really make it better. At school it was like, oh that's cool, but it's too hard to play, so I got discouraged, but now I have all the old energy back.

Here are my goals:
- Try to eliminate lag
       So far I've cut I believe 20% of t-states in high traffic areas
- Add in the black holes
       Simple, just not done yet
- Add in achievements
       Also easy, I will use the standard xbox 360 acievements with score modifications
- 24 bit score
       Really really easy
- Better title screen
- Increase frame rate a little
       This is because the swirling guys are hard to hit, but this all depends on if I can kill the lag


Unrealistic goals:
- 83+ BE compatibility
       I don't think this is possible, (requires 250% increase in speed)
- Add in snakes
       I just see too much processing power
- Add in mayflies
       This just seems like ridiculous processing power


Here is the v1.0 that I released to ticalc.org.

Here are the standard achievements.

If you have any suggestions, I'm open to them. As well as cool ideas for achievements.

I also found a huge glitch with v1.0. The multiplier takes 25 for x2 then 50 for each after. It's supposed to be 25, 50, 75, 100, etc.
Nvm. My bad

I'm not sure how thepenguin's hardware checks work (how he checks if it's an 83+ vs an 84+(SE)), but it may also give the warning on an 83+SE, despite that it will work. I might browse the source code to see if it does that. (If I don't, someone w/a 83+SE can see for themselves whether this occurs)
Or thepenguin could answer himself... If it turns out that 83+SE users get the warning, you may want to either update the readme for your files or update the program to revise the hardware version check.
Edit: And yes, nice to see you working on this some more. Don't get discouraged! Good luck (However did I forget to say that earlier...)

I can't wait to try these updates!  ThePenguin, once this is done it'll be one of my favorite calc games out there.  Thanks for making such an awesome game!

edit:
Here's a copy of a PM between The Penguin and I over the 83+se compatibility:

Hi, I was told last night on irc that your games work on an 83+se.  Do they?  I would try it, but atm I can't risk a RAM clear.

They should. I forgot about that when I added in the no 83+'s. The only difference is the USB I believe so every thing else should work. Just press graph to bypass the little warning.

I've yet to try it, but he says it should work.

Sounds good Ztrumpet. I do not use my 83+SE a lot but it would be much more accurate than my Nspire for sure if I want to play.

It's common to forget about the 83+SE and I understand, though, because it was marketted for such short period of time compared to all other TI models (Early 2001 through Mid 2004) so now that 83+SE calcs are more rare and harder to find, newer community members often are unaware of their existence or they think those calcs run at 6 MHz and have no crystal timers

nice to hear ^^

Btw keep in mind if you had Gamepad-only support, then 83+SE owners would no longer be able to play the game due to lack of an USB port

Hopefully eventually I can get that to work. But lately I've been trying to get the game to work like the real one. I've increased the rate of fire, changed the points a little, and made the little squares easier to kill. With the little squares, they were basically impossible because of their size. So I made them 3x3 now and when you kill the big square, they get thrown 8 pixels away from where they were shot. This now means you can pretty much shoot where you are going with no fear.

Ya, that is one thing I just noticed. I cut the reloads from 6 and 9 to 4 and 7  frames, so that's about 50% more bullets on screen.

But I just had an awesome idea. For those hardcore players, you can go out one more square on the keyboard for 32 directions. Best of all, somehow, this improvement wouldn't cause keyboard glitching. It would also make this one of the few games that uses the on button, (or the only?).

Of course, I would never use fewer buttons lol. With this update I will be using 41/50 buttons.

The bullets themselves don't lag it. It only lags when the game gets crazy. The 35 bullets * 90 enemies is what lags it.