During the BETA, you can unlock the Episode for free. However, note that once you unlock there is no way to re-lock it (except deleting your game data folder at C:\ProgramData\InterAction studios\CIep1), so please make sure you sufficiently test it in its locked state first.
Episodes will not include any on-line functionality. The BETA version does require connection to the server, however (the official release will not).
Episodes use some new text phrases, which are (obviously) not translated yet. Translations will appear within CIU in the next update, so you can translate them there.
You can skip/warp around waves: Press SHIFT+keys 0-9, -, = to set chapter (from 1 to 12), or press 0-9 keys to set wave in chapter (from 1 to 10).
You can also press Ctrl+K to add 100 keys (only works on screens where your key balance is displayed). Try not to use this from the beginning. First play the game normally and get a feel about how easy it is to earn keys. An important part of the BETA is calibrating prices to reasonable values, and you can’t do that if you use this cheat.
I think it would be better to use the original CI1 splash screen for the “More chickens” menu, since all other games have that, while with CI1 is currently just an in-game screenshot, and the background blends a lot more in the menu as well.
I know the resolution is bad, the aspect ratio isn’t right and there is the title and copyright text which shouldn’t be there in this context, but couldn’t you just simply remake the image? I don’t think it would be that hard, and it will look much better and more in line with the other images in the menu.
Suggestion 2:
Why the chickens from the original game is bring used during the opening sequence? it should’ve reused the modernized-like ci2 chicken like that was seen in in-game and episode 2.
also, please make the earth to have animation (the rotation) probably adpated from ciu.
What about the Halloween/Christmas/Summer Edition, huh? It’s definitely not possible to have the 360-degree chicken model wearing pink in the standard.
Are you sick? CIep will never change the CIU default background into other CIU Background 1/2/3/4/5 (not in CIX Background)! Besides, the others have never heard of the terrible idea thing you said. They will object.
SSH was quite difficult, probably more than other episodes, though it wouldn’t have been so hard if i used missiles. Not sure what to do on the CrossHatch wave since it made me miss more than half the chickens in the later chapters, and I had a Muller. This is also the only time I didn’t manage to get the mission food medal, kind of hard with the movement restriction
Also the wave 90 boss was harder than the wave 100 boss due to its movement forcing you to dodge eggs under it often
key income seems to be roughly on the level of Ep. 2, though some medals are much harder to get
By the way, the old episodes had a score bonus at the end of the mission for the lives and missiles you had by the end of them (i think it was like 100k per life and 10k per missile), wonder if that should be brought back
Download the BETA from: https://universe.chickeninvaders.com/files/CIep1_BETA_v13_1_0.zip
