Solaroids News

It was a casual month on the Solaroids leaderboard for September 2020. Maybe everyone is settling into the change of seasons for those of us that don't live near the equator? Maybe we need to recruit some fresh pilots to up the challenge, maybe the pandemic is weighing on everyone, or maybe everyone is playing that Among Us game these days?

Raining all time champion Flu Orid skims through this month and takes 1st place. Probably didn't even break a sweat collecting a score of 45,715,435. Or maybe with one hand tied behind your back?

Another regular, morg556, coasted into 2nd place with a score of 25,461,215.

Coming in 3rd place is mochoaxx with 5,168,925. Welcome to the winner's circle.

Congratulations all, hope you have a great October, and let's fill the monthly board this month!



If the boards are filled, the top three slots get Solaroids soundtrack steam keys. Use it yourself, give it away, or sell it if you can. The soundtrack is no longer tied to the game, it's been freed from DLC prison.



Cheers!

Chad (kiates)

P.S. What is your #1 feature request for the next update? Let me know in the comments, or in the community under Feature Requests and I'll try to prioritize things based on which is the most in demand.

Sorry for the delay on the August scores. I took some needed time off and it overlapped the transition. I don't have a backup at this stage of the game, it's just me.



morg556 is back, taking first place with a monthly high score of 206,137,240 with Classic controls after a several month hiatus. Good to see you in the periodic boards again!

BLURR, who took first place last month, is back taking 2nd place with a score of 99,376,995 using their favored Modern (dual-stick) controls.

Rounding out the top three, philipmccaffer comes in 3rd with a high score of 3,114,600 using Classic controls. Of note is they also had a score of 14,067,190 on the Any Credit board, but I use First Credit scores for ranking each month, so scores achieved on the first play starting at Level 1.

Congratulations all!

Cheers!

Chad (kiates)

P.S. I released a demo of Solaroids on Xbox One this summer as a part of an online event, and it's still available! In the demo you can only play through Level 4 or 15 minutes which ever comes first, but if you have an Xbox One give it a try, a rating/review and let me know how it goes. Right now it doesn't support Xbox live, but I plan on submitting a patch that adds Xbox live support including global leaderboards, stats, and saves in the near future.

July high scores!



First place for July goes to Blurr, congratulations for your top score and new personal best of 190,476,485.

Harnulfson comes in with a close second of 186,6997,535, also another personal best.

Finally Yancy Fry places third place with a their personal best score of 36,474,095.

Thank you to all the familiar players as well as the new players this month. Congratulations and stay safe out there!

Cheers!

Chad (kiates)

June high scores are here!



Flu Orid is back! Not only taking the lead position for the month with there incredible score of 596,174,085, but reclaiming the all-time first position on the global leaderboards once again!



2nd place this month goes to Harnulfson with a score of 104,237,145 who's become a regular on the monthly leaderboards, rising higher and higher each time.

3rd place, and neck and neck in the fight for 2nd, goes to long time Twin-Stick Control Style player Blurr with 101,908,730.

Give a big congratulations to the top players this month!!

Cheers!

Chad (kiates)

It's time to announce the top scores for the month of May! I would also like to give a big thank you to all those that took the recently released update for a couple of rounds!




1st place goes to long time player Flu Orid with an astronomical score of 400,382,820. Welcome back, and great to see you in the monthly leaderboards again!

2nd place goes to Harnulfson with a score of 57,317,495. It was just last month that Harnulfson's top score was a solid 9M. Congratulations on the big jump over the last 30 days or so!

3rd place goes to Blurr with a score of 56,983,750. Neck and neck with Harnulfson. Blurr was also 3rd place last month with just over 6M, and using the modern twin-stick control style none-the-less. I mention this, because that control style has different ship and scoring characteristics to go with the more direct automatic thruster control it provides.

Congratulations to all!!

Oh, one more thing....

I've been thinking about putting some modest prizes up for a competition... some Solaroids shirts and soundtrack cards, but maybe a few other perks depending on the participation. Let me know in the comments if this is something you would be interested in participation in, or if this is a horrible idea.

Cheers!

Chad (kiates)