@ Bug Ah, that would do it!

Eh, if it's not something that can be fixed easily, it's alright. It's one of those odd system limitations that happen with games that aren't grid-bound. Annoying, but I think fixing it would probably cause more issues for everything else. :'D fwiw, Spectrail was always quirky in terms of hitboxes and deciding when you'd get a game over, even in the old Flash version.

That aside, I still appreciate you bringing the game back! ❤

[edit]So... here's an interesting thing I've noticed. Sometimes your character randomly decides to swerve slightly, even when you're not touching any keys. I'll see if I can grab a screenshot.

No screenshot yet, but I've noticed it tends to happen after you touch a colored block.

Screenshot

Glad to see Spectrail finally getting a facelift! I've noted what I found glitch-wise as well as my own opinion on a few aspects below.

See the Mallarcy's trail on the left. Are people calling this the push/drift glitch? I've found the reason this happens. Browser: Chrome Difficulty: Hard Occurs When: Occurs when you pick up a paint splotch and tap a directional arrow at the same time.

I hope the above glitch is fixable. I've smacked into my rainbow trails dozens of times trying to get paint out of a tricky corner.

I'm also convinced that the cloud hit boxes are bigger than they should be, but it could just be me. Considering this is a grid game I've always found it unfair that the clouds could spawn anywhere on the field regardless if they are perfectly in the grid or not. Trying to figure out where the line draws is frustrating, but I understand if the game is meant to be this way.

On another note, have the rainbows always been 500 points on hard? I feel like they used to be 300. It was a lot easier to break 1000 than I remembered. Maybe I'm just getting better o:

Thanks for the update and hard work!

i love that the games are making a come back! (next: hoping for new gamesssss eeee)

I haven't played Spectrail in a long time. I love the cute graphics. Works great on Opera. At least for me it did.

The game is even more glitchy for me and nearly impossible to play without reloading between sessions. "There was a problem starting a new game. You may be seeing this due to a poor internet connection. Please refresh the page and try again. If the problem persists, please make a bug report."

looking forward to it - i already gave up on the tubular tiles :)

good to see it will be back one day

Thanks for the updates!

I miss Tubular Tiles very much. It's been down for too long. :(

Oh, wow, what happened? Now it's lightning fast, haha. Those who are really good at it will be happy i think. The easy one has a good speed at which anyone can play without feeling it will take 5 hours. this is a big plus, thanks. The space between the tail-orbs is even bigger too, at least on medium, and on easy. That's a minus :(

A problem! I'm on the Spectrail high score table, yet I'm not getting the Spectrail high score achievement. Have one of the top 10 high scores in Spectrail! https://subeta.net/games/score_tables.php?game=32

I'm number 4 there.

I'm on the top ten scores as well and the achievement has not unlocked for me either (it's been about an hour since I got the score I think).

Also having that drift problem!

Edit: Now I'm getting the notification "You receive 10,000 sP for having a high score this month in Spectrail!" But the achievement is still not unlocked.

Thank you very much!! :D

it's been a long time since i've played Spectrail so i'm not sure if i'm accurate in saying this, but i feel like there is a bigger gap between the tail pieces, so it makes it a lot harder to play for a long time (esp when you gotta get 750 for the achievement, but i'm hitting my tail at 400)

[edit] lol i say this right before i get hella lucky and got the little rainbow prism and FINALLY GOT THE 750 ACHIEVEMENT

anyway my comment still stands. also have been noticing the weird swerve thing (right after you pick up a paint blob)

the achievement worked :) thank you for the quick fix!

Makes sense! Most games of snake are on a grid so I attributed it to the game of snake rather than the game that is Spectrail, my bad!

If it helps I've been playing it a bit more, and the mallarchy jumped off track when I picked up a blob but was going straight (no arrow keys used) o: I couldn't screenshot it as it caught me off guard but I'll try and get one if it happens again for better understanding if you'd like!

EDIT: Managed to screenshot deviation going in a straight line. What triggers it is picking up a blob and/or a cloud spawning?

The game works so much smoother now, and I think the speeds for each level are appropriate! The one issue I'm having is that the hitboxes are really funky/inaccurate. It's kind of frustrating to die without visually bumping into something. I also think the hitboxes on the walls-o-death could stand to be a little more forgiving, just since the edges are uneven--maybe the hitboxes could be within the walls themselves?

Also, would it be possible to prevent the game from spawning a death blob right in front of/next to the player? That's happened to me a couple of times and it's pretty unfair.