level 3-1

[Tzvi]

there is some gate that wont explode
there is a set of green buttons i press them right then i shot forward into the gate and nothing happnes

tried pushing forward back all kinds of combos nothing harms the gate

some parts of this game are not explain well at all
what am i supposed to do


google find a lot of hits of people stuck on 3-1
even after reading those posts i cant understand what needs to be done
something said about flying but no button makes me fly

all i can do is either press A or hold A on that special green button with lights coming out of it
both result in nothing

this son of a ♥♥♥♥♥ game is getting frustrating once ♥♥♥♥ is not explained


here i found a youtube video of this bug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDt3O0fkRho


Edit" ok finally made it to work by holding UP and then down on the green button with the lights coming out from it if you do it JUST right it will fire a shot that will blast the gate

but i must say this game mechanic comes with no explaining and it wont even work 80% of the time it has strange timing

[Marc Flury]

This level does confuse some players. If there's anything unclear about it to you still, here is the relevant part from our manual (https://thumpergame.com/manual):

* Press DOWN while in the air to pound
* Pounding thumps sends out a powerful shockwave
* From Level 3 on, some bosses have shields that can only be opened by a pound shockwave

[acegamer]

I'm at the boss on stage 3 and can't do a pound thump. I come out of the 3 curves and there is no small green dot after that to allow me to jump in the air so that I can pound on a bright green dot. The bright green dot appears right after I exit the third curve so I have no way to jump up and pound it. This is a very frustrating section and has me close to quitting the game completely. Is this a bug or is there a way to jump up without using small green dot?

[Marc Flury]

Originally posted by acegamer:

I'm at the boss on stage 3 and can't do a pound thump. I come out of the 3 curves and there is no small green dot after that to allow me to jump in the air so that I can pound on a bright green dot. The bright green dot appears right after I exit the third curve so I have no way to jump up and pound it. This is a very frustrating section and has me close to quitting the game completely. Is this a bug or is there a way to jump up without using small green dot?

Which boss? The first, second, or third one? There is no bug that we know about... I'm not sure what section you're on exactly, but maybe you have to do the pound before the three curves in this case? Whenever there are two "green dots" close together, you can jump from the first one and then pound the second one.

[Marc Flury]

Here's a video of someone playing through all of Level 3. You should be able to check out just the part where you're stuck to see what they did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LE69TSmvi6M

[Pico de Guile]

I just want to mention that the game does show you how to do a pound thump when you reach level 3. It took me 3 or 4 tries to do it. I was basically doing it correctly from the beginning but I just wasn't getting the timing down at first.
I wouldn't want this post to discourage anyone interested in purchasing this game.

[jiggyjosh12]

dude its kind of stupid you have to link people to a youtube video just to get past a part in your game that is'nt that difficult... This type of game is made to have no learning curve yet ihave to youtube something otherwise im just stuck... refund

[Flayra]

This is the same problem I have. In short:

To get through the blue arcs, you need to jump right before them, pressing forward at the same time so you're flying (just like when you're jumping over the red spikes).

You need to keep holding forward to break all the arcs, then pull backwards to land on the button that's usually/always proceeding the arcs.

[Zenthar]

This thread is really old and also kind of silly to read considering the game literally puts a giant joystick in front of the player's face telling them exactly how to do a pound. It does this several times in a row to make sure the player understands it.

Other than the game pausing itself,
opening a game manual and requiring the player's signature that they have read and understood the pound mechanic, I'm not sure how else the game can teach this more effectively...

[MicroBug]

Ok so I just spend ten minutes on the start of 3-1. The game tells you to press down (keyboard controls). After I finished the flying I would release space and repress it for the thump, which I found out doesnt work, like ever. I suspect this is the problem most people have here. You have to hold space from the start of the flying all the way until AFTER you press down for the shockwave. Hope this helps everyone who still is struggling here.

[Stove]

I was a little frustrated too, but I think I found it. Zenthar and Jmm0803a have it right. First, you need to hold down space/A (if you're on a joystick), for the entire time you're flying. Second, you need to land directly ON TOP of the button after the jump while pressing down and still holding space/A. This is unusual, because you usually are supposed to go directly over the button, but now you need to land on top of it to activate the shockwave.

Hope that helps, and devs, I'm really enjoying the game! Very unique!

[TF_Brain]

Originally posted by Zenthar:

This thread is really old and also kind of silly to read considering the game literally puts a giant joystick in front of the player's face telling them exactly how to do a pound. It does this several times in a row to make sure the player understands it.

Other than the game pausing itself,
opening a game manual and requiring the player's signature that they have read and understood the pound mechanic, I'm not sure how else the game can teach this more effectively...

Maybe because half the time the ♥♥♥♥ doesnt work, 1/4 you need to press down on the second to last and space on the last, 1/4 you need to press down on just the last. Its like 3 2 1 down, I press down O ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ K. Then I try it, and guess what, it doesn't ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ happen. But the game does say recommended for controller, maybe they know its ♥♥♥♥♥♥ on keyboard and just aren't fixing it.

[MicroBug]

Originally posted by thespectacularamazing:

Originally posted by Zenthar:

This thread is really old and also kind of silly to read considering the game literally puts a giant joystick in front of the player's face telling them exactly how to do a pound. It does this several times in a row to make sure the player understands it.

Other than the game pausing itself,
opening a game manual and requiring the player's signature that they have read and understood the pound mechanic, I'm not sure how else the game can teach this more effectively...

Maybe because half the time the ♥♥♥♥ doesnt work, 1/4 you need to press down on the second to last and space on the last, 1/4 you need to press down on just the last. Its like 3 2 1 down, I press down O ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ K. Then I try it, and guess what, it doesn't ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ happen. But the game does say recommended for controller, maybe they know its ♥♥♥♥♥♥ on keyboard and just aren't fixing it.

Ground pounding works 100% of the time for me and I use keyboard. Some things that might be the problem: trying to thump at the same time as pressing down (by releasing space to repress it), trying to ground pound on a space too far from the flying part (where your dude falls right before you get there.), not getting through a turn properly while flying makes you lose your flight...

My tip is once you are flying, don't push or release anything until after you press down for the ground pound at the next thump mark. (You'll have to do things if you are farther in the game and have to make turns while flying.)

The game's tutorial on this only shows the button to push Zenthar, it doesn't tell you everything you can do to mess it up. It took me a few trys to figure it out.

[Marc Flury]

It should work 100% on the keyboard AFAIK. The tutorial messaging could be clearer.

EDIT: some keyboards/drivers place a limit on the number of simultaneous key presses. If you have that problem in other games, then Thumper might be hard/impossible to play. But it should work for any gaming keyboard and probably 99% of players.

[tommyb1two3]

Hold SPACE and press the UP arrow over one of the tiles (plan this for when there are
two tiles after eachother - if they're too far apart it won't work). Keep holding SPACE and
press the DOWN arrow when you pass over the next tile and it will fire a shockwave that
will split the shield. If there are multiple shields, shoot them in quick succession otherwise
they will reset. Continue as normal and the boss will get hit. Continue until you reach gate.

[gameboybin]

I know i may be late. But here on better explanation.
Level 3-1
+ The first green tile and spikes. Just jump over it, just like from lvl 2
+ When you reach the second green tile after the spikes. Without releasing the any button, just press the UP button to DOWN, in my case the Joystick going from UP Position to Down position


The thing you guys keep messing up is that you releasing the Jump button. Make the bug Jump down instead of making the wave