Crazy Fun, and Trying to Figure Out Zen Mode

[The Law]

This game has been SO much fun! Really loving it! Much more satisfying than Zenblade, and at a lower cost! I'm currently #1 in both classic and arcade (humblebrag), but I have a question for those at the top of the Zen mode leaderboard...

HOW?!? I consistently get 320-340 every single time, while the high score is just under 1K. I'd love to go for having the #1 spot for all three modes, but I cannot figure Zen mode out. Do you just have to stab every fruit and only get 10-fruit combos? I'd love to know the secret.

[Ma Long]

I also get around there most of the time but cant see how its possible.I would ask the devolper if he could lend you his secrets since he holds the spot right now. Love the name btw


http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198018604052

[The Law]

Originally posted by OG Ip Man:

I also get around there most of the time but cant see how its possible.I would ask the devolper if he could lend you his secrets since he holds the spot right now. Love the name btw


http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198018604052

Thanks! I did a lot of name-swapping, but this one has stuck for quite a long time! I'll see if he will add me to his friends list, lol.

I wanna be "that guy" that's at the top of every mode. :P

[SCRAMBO]

I can't remember getting that score.. so it might have slipped in while i was developing. i'll remove it and see how high i can get when im back at work!

Goodluck in getting top spot.

[The Law]

Originally posted by SCRAMBO:

I can't remember getting that score.. so it might have slipped in while i was developing. i'll remove it and see how high i can get when im back at work!

Goodluck in getting top spot.

Oooooh, okay! I knew it was impossible! I was thinking that, even if you somehow 10-fruit comboed every single piece of fruit, there was just no way to get a score anywhere near 980. Thank you!

[The Law]

Okay, I see that the ACTUAL highscore is 547. That's MUCH more reasonable!

After playing Zen mode a bunch more, I've hit 422 as my personal highscore (currently #6 on the leaderboard). I've learned three important things about this mode:

1. It seems SUPER dependant on your luck getting good throws. If the game just keeps giving you a single piece of fruit, you won't be successful. Although 422 is my highest score by a good margin, I believe I just kept getting large, quicky-thrown lines of fruit.
2. That having been said, you HAVE to combo as many pieces of fruit as possible. You have a very limited amount of fruit, unlike the other two modes. You could get a high score in Classic without comboing at all (since all you have to do is make sure you don't miss any fruit) and Arcade is a bit more focused on keeping your streak going (getting that drumbeat started and not letting it go away is the most important thing to focus on). No fruit should be outside of a combo in Zen mode.
3. Timing/speed seems to be a huge factor. I noticed that a lot of waves were thrown the MOMENT I sliced the last piece of fruit that was in the air. So I started slicing fruit faster, and it seemed as though the waves came faster as well. Knowing this, I believe that slacking (waiting to see if more fruit is coming, for instance) will drastically lower scores. As soon as you know that no more fruit is coming for that wave, slice all of the fruit that is in the air. This is tough, since slicing too late means wasted time, while slicing too early means less combos. Also, avoid bashing fruit away, since the next wave usually won't start until that one fruit lands.

Hopefully tomorrow I can use this knowledge to take the #1 spot. :D

[REPresenh]

I try Fruit Ninja for the first time. It's pretty fun...i think it's more fun than Zenblade because of the many fruits and combos. I think i tried about 4 times in Zen and got rank #4? That was impressive.

[The Law]

Originally posted by REPresenh:

I try Fruit Ninja for the first time. It's pretty fun...i think it's more fun than Zenblade because of the many fruits and combos. I think i tried about 4 times in Zen and got rank #4? That was impressive.

Seriously? Wow, I do think I remember your name on the board. I want that last #1 spot so badly, but this mode feels so much harder to improve at. I wish the current #1 would come in here and tell us how he did it, haha!

[Woody]

Hey guys. When developing the game, we can sometimes break things like the game timer. That's probably how this one was achieved. We are going to block leaderboard entries when developing so we don't skew the leaderboards anymore. Thanks for pointing this out though.

[The Law]

Originally posted by Woody:

Hey guys. When developing the game, we can sometimes break things like the game timer. That's probably how this one was achieved. We are going to block leaderboard entries when developing so we don't skew the leaderboards anymore. Thanks for pointing this out though.

Ooooh, I did notice that the top 3 (even after that 980 score was removed) were all devs. So all of those scores will be removed too? Even that 547 score seems insane.

[Woody]

I'll check that one on Monday when back at work. But the classic ones are legit. We even filmed it during the battle with uploadvr. Was super fun.

[The Law]

Originally posted by Woody:

I'll check that one on Monday when back at work. But the classic ones are legit. We even filmed it during the battle with uploadvr. Was super fun.

Oh yeah, I believe those (since I beat them :P). Was sad to find out that two different people took my #1 spots for both classic and arcade, but I knew that I'd have to fight for those. My classic score got OBLITERATED, though.

The Zen mode ones just seem crazy. REPresenh has proven that I could improve, but I'm still skeptical about 547 (and the next couple of dev scores) being legit.

[Woody]

No worries. I'll just remove them and make them re prove themselves if it's legit. Thanks

[😒]

Originally posted by SCRAMBO:

I can't remember getting that score.. so it might have slipped in while i was developing. i'll remove it and see how high i can get when im back at work!

Goodluck in getting top spot.

Dev hax confirmed.

[The Law]

Originally posted by Woody:

No worries. I'll just remove them and make them re prove themselves if it's legit. Thanks

Yeeeeeessssss, thank you! Love you, Woody!

[Woody]

Ok removed my score but no idea who rocksockm is so don't want to remove a possible legit score. He isn't a dev on my team but might be from Halfbrick. I'll still check it out tomorrow.

Tip: don't let the last 1-2 fruit go to waste. Skewer it. You can then use it in combo and it makes the next wave spawn faster.