Waking Mars by Tiger Style, Universal, TouchArcade Game of the Year 2012

[Trysis3]

One of the best games I have ever played, and not only on iOS
and i have only played 15 mins

[touchchamp]

Originally Posted by smegly

You have to find those seeds or get them from a feran zoa. Acidic zoa only have one biomass as they can't be enriched. Feran are 30 and prax are 40. Your best bet for biomass is either making terrain acidic and planting praxes or enriching soil and planting halid zoa which are also 40 if enriched. Hydron zoa is 10 and only 20 if enriched. Ledon zoa MIGHT be more than 40 when enriched, but I don't think they are and they are usually unreliable in terms of impromptu seeding.

Thanks. GREAT help on biomass. How do I get a feran zoa to drop the seeds?

[smegly]

Originally Posted by touchchamp

Thanks. GREAT help on biomass. How do I get a feran zoa to drop the seeds?

They drop them over time the same way halids do, just don't be near a solid surface and miss the catch.

[orangia]

I actually really want this, never had a chance to pick it up. The art is amazing!

[touchchamp]

Originally Posted by smegly

They drop them over time the same way halids do, just don't be near a solid surface and miss the catch.

Guess I never waited long enough! Thanks for the help.
Btw
Best... Game... Ever!

[dnk]

Is there a way to turn off auto-show for the buttons on the left bottom corner?

I hate how the three buttons keep popping up after 1-2 seconds idle, so they're not there when I rest a bit, but then suddenly pops up when I want to go left. It's just annoying after a while.

[iVaro]

Originally Posted by dnk

Is there a way to turn off auto-show for the buttons on the left bottom corner?

I hate how the three buttons keep popping up after 1-2 seconds idle, so they're not there when I rest a bit, but then suddenly pops up when I want to go left. It's just annoying after a while.

Same. It is especially difficult to walk to the left.

I must say I picked this up when it was on sale and I'm sorry I never bought it at full price. Especially when spider is one of my favorite iOS games. I've learnt never to doubt Tiger Style again. Lol

[stooney]

First off, I am not a hardcore gamer. I usually get games that look interesting, play them for a while and then forget about them. It's very rare that I "finish" any game at all.

One of those rare occasions is Waking Mars. I just can't put it down ever since I got it and already sunk almost 12 hours into it.
And I was under the impression that I almost had finished it until I read through the postings here.

I never thought about "Core Power" but now I wonder why I only have 26 when others have 72?

I am at 84% now, others are almost at 110% ??

What am I missing here?
I've been at the Base Station, I found Octo and I thought I had been at every location there is.

But some people mention "The Helm" and I have no idea what/where that is?

Also there are absolutely no more of those plants that produce the explosives?
There were a lot of them down where I found Octo, but those blue thingies took over the whole place and none of the other plants are left.
(Forgive me, but I really have a hard time remembering the correct names of all those plants and stuff)

So what am I missing?
What/Where is "The Helm" ??
What to do next?

Grateful for any help ...

Stooney

P.S.: Here's my Map so far http://oi50.tinypic.com/w98igo.jpg

[touchchamp]

Originally Posted by macneice4

You haven't found enough rooms. My Core is at 72 and I am not finished. Has anyone found the 2nd fossil?

Can you only go above Core 36 (find more rooms) after you activate the machine at "The Helm"? I mean, I can't imagine find enough rooms to get to core 72. It took friggin forever to get to core 36! I'm only at 90.4% completion.

Also, what is the very last research for the Phyta (after Water Response)? It's the only one I'm missing.

[Gatada]

I really enjoy this. But it's not suitable for short burst of play, if I can't spend 10
minutes or more I play something else.

The characters and narrative is clever enough to not be annoying, and the story so far really works - quite engaging.

But I really dislike the hover controls. I would much more prefer a left/right tap to control left/right boosters, so tapping both sides goes straight up. Currently I'm forced to change grip whenever I want to hover, and my finger & hand cover the area I'm trying to approach.