A: Glace needs to be moving at a certain speed in order to richochet off floors and walls. This means you've got to jump off higher ground, or run full speed at a wall in order to bounce. Keep in mind you need to be holding down the jump button in order to bounce on the ground. Once you get a hang of keeping your momentum you'll be flying all over the place.
Q: Why am I collecting these gems!?
A: They act as your score! In addition you need gems to unlock special playable characters from the main menu.
Q: What are the special characters?
A: You can see them from the "Specials" section of the main menu. Cactus Glace has a spikey coat which damages anything he touches. He also regenerates faster than regular Glace. Ninja Glace has a higher top speed, and slightly higher acceleration, but his real benefits are his unlimited energy and his increased attack distance. Robo Glace has a jetpack (press control to activate it). Combine that with his ability to stomp on enemies, and he's a force to be reckoned with.
Q: How do I save my game?
A: You don't need to. Your game is saved for you automatically at the beginning of every stage. If you exit a game mid-stage, you will start at the beginning of that stage when you return.
Q: Can I skip the cut scenes?
A: You can skip most cut scenes with escape.
Q: I completed the game. Now what happens?
A: Now you get a badge next to your game profile and the game becomes more challenging. You also keep your gems, so you can keep playing to earn more special characters. You can get a total of three badges if you're really good. Watch out for those sheep though...
Q: Glace isn't working and your support information below is no help. What can I do?
A: Log onto the Glace forums (There's a link on the official Glace homepage, www.GlaceGame.com) and let us know what's going on. We will do our best to help.
Q: Who are the people who made Glace?
A: Thanks for your interest. We are:
Tommy Visic - Project Lead, Programmer, Designer
Brandon Nobbs - Art, Design
Zachary Chavez - Music
Q: What was used to develop Glace?
A: Glace was programmed from scratch in C++. DirectX 8.1 is used for graphics, sound, and input.
Q: This game is great! How do I send you guys money!?
A: Keep your money! What we could really use, however, is some feedback! If you have the time, please send this to tommy@tommyvisic.com.
Support
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More support information will be added to this section as we continue to test and develop the software.
1. Visit the Glace Forums! There is a link at the official Glace website, www.glacegame.com.
2. Make sure you update your graphics card drivers!
3. Some software has been known to conflict with Glace, notably Windows Blinds. It's a good idea to close any unnecessary programs before running Glace.
4. Glace is the first game that Tommy has programmed/designed, and as such is a little "sensitive". For instance, if the game loses focus, you're out of luck, so no alt-tabbing (sorry!).
Release Notes
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GLACE 1.2
1. "Empty" parts in some maps were filled in.
2. The red berries that the blowgun Whickets shoot move slower and do not travel as far.
3. Glace (or anything for that matter) should no longer get stuck in tiles. The game will no longer allow time steps slower than 1/60th of a second. If your computer cannot run Glace this fast, you will notice slower game play, but should not get stuck inside tiles.
4. Related to above, Glace should no longer jump at different heights depending on the speed at which the game is running.
5. Players can now hold the down key to suppress a flop or superbounce (a flop is when Glace has the velocity to superbounce, but the player did not hold down the up key).
6. Some stats such as framerate and player position can be displayed by pressing backspace in-game.
7. A bug was fixed that did not allow some Windows 98 and Windows 2000 users to control Robo Glace as expected.
8. Glace now works on a wider range of graphics devices (namely on lower end Intel cards and various integrated devices).
9. The final obstacle in Lab Zone 3 was changed to make it a little easier.
10. The Henchbots hitpoints have been changed from 8 to 6.
GLACE 1.01
1. Ninja Glace has been reworked a bit. He can now "Insta-Bounce" by pressing control (even in mid-air). Ninja also throws beads slightly further that before.
2. Added sparkle effect to Glace when he is running fast enough to ricochet off of walls.
3. Lowered the attack rate of the wonderful Snow Whickets.
4. Fixed a bug that would cause Robo to be injured while stomping.
5. Corrected some grammar errors.
6. Max bounce height increased.
7. Go-bots (little sweeper robots in the lab) now drop a gem. However, the Go-bots at the final boss do not.
8. Fixed a bug that didn't allow Windows 2000 users to disable bead pick-up by holding down the space bar.
