text: By Jay | December 15, 2005
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  I think that we need to have one spoiler...
  Thazi • December 15, 2005 7:48 AM
  Okay, here's a discussion of what I could see of the mechanics.
  You're not flying, you're falling with style. Your initial run-up is the only source of forward momentum you have. Being higher in the sky will result in you being pushed downward by a strong headwind - no loss of momentum, but you need to flap more to stay aloft. Hitting the ground, or a bird, even once will slow you down irrevocably.
  Haystacks, if you hit them right, will bounce you up in the air and save you from having to flap your wings for a few seconds, but they won't make you go faster. Your energy slowly recovers over time, but once it hits 0 it doesn't come back.
  Wings give you exactly enough energy for one more flap, so spending two flaps to get up in the air to grab one and three to avoid hitting the ground is not exactly an efficient move.
  Ben • December 15, 2005 2:34 PM
  catsmith • December 15, 2005 5:35 PM
  I don't seem to get anywhere. Clicking my mouse button does nothing.
  Nice game. I maxed out at ~220k. Can anyone explain why a well appears when the character finally runs out of steam?
  grant0 • December 15, 2005 6:55 PM
  To begin with, my high score is a not-too-great 212520 (number 102 on a Romanian gaming website isn't gonna impress many people, I'm afraid).
  As for the well, I'm not sure. Maybe they throw the dead body down a well? No clue. Does this remind anyone else of the story of Daedulus and Icarus? (Did I spell that right?) An excellent game, though I can't picture myself spending long enough at this game to got over 300000.
  Hint Follows. Not really a spoiler though. Amor Lassie, this is especially for you.
  When I started playing I always clicked too late and fell. I didn't understand why I sucked so much. Click when you are about three quarters of the platform. (I don't think that's a spoiler, is it?
  One more thing, as another hint:
  Hover slightly above the green line. You know the wavy one? Just a bit above it. The best place to hit a haystack is around 10 metres off the ground (it says in the top right of the screen).
  nushmutt • December 15, 2005 9:10 PM
  KT belle • December 16, 2005 3:01 AM
  I have the same problem catsmith has, the first click works, but then i can click with all my might but nothing happens.
  In Romanian mythology, Manole is the architect of the Curtea de Arges Monastery. As everything he built during the day, falled down during the night, he had to bring sacrifice to God. So, his wife was built between the walls of the monastery, and so he could finish the building. After that, he was forced by the ruler Radu Voda to jump off the roof of his construction with wooden wings, because Radu did not want anyone else to build such a beautiful construction. In the place where Manole fell, water began flowing from the earth. There, the fountain of the monastery was built.
  So that is, in short, the story of Manole. That is why he has wooden wings, that is why the well comes up.
  Jay if you need any help with the other games, please ask me.
  I didn't know about this website, so I am discovering it.
  I am now playing the "Divizia A" game which is football (or soccer, as you wish). (Pretty easy - arrows for movement, z for passes and x for shooting) If you guys wanna play football, please choose Steaua (I'm a big fan) and let me know the results.
  Vrei sa primesti cele mai noi jocuri pe email?
  Do you want to receive the newest games by e-mail?
  Jewlzeh • December 16, 2005 9:32 AM
  Ooh, fun x3 My highest score so far is 213,290 x3 I luffz those haystacks
  grant0 • December 16, 2005 5:13 PM
  Catsmith and KT Belle: so did I. You are almost definitely clicking too late. Click when he's about halfway along the wooden platform thing. Does that help?
  Rpodnee • December 16, 2005 5:40 PM
  catsmith • December 17, 2005 10:01 AM
  grant0 • December 17, 2005 11:32 AM
  Beat myself. Number 94 with 219560.
  grant0 • December 17, 2005 6:06 PM
  Another question for Adina (thanks for helping out so much!) although this may have nothing to do with Romania at all and simply be the style of art: any idea what the thing on the haystack is? Held in place with sticks?
  Catsmith: no problem. I was getting really annoyed too. jay is techsupport, always ready to help. ;-)
  grant0 • December 17, 2005 6:09 PM
  I like games that I don't have to plug in a mouse to my laptop to play, but it would be even better if you could play this game by clicking your space bar. I also quite like the art behind it, as mysterious as it is. The subtle changes as you fly are quite nice. Those birds are really annoying me though. Now I really must stop posting about this game; Jay must be getting tired of approving my comments again and again.
  Jim C. • December 18, 2005 1:00 AM
  Role • December 18, 2005 5:48 PM
  Tammetuk • December 19, 2005 8:25 AM
  This is one of those games that I can't put down, no matter how simple it is. =p I've gotten up to 249, but can't get past that. I figured out that
  you can pick up speed if you flap less often, and as others said, hang out right around the great. The wings give you a mini speed boost, but truthfully, I just leave those to luck instead of trying to get them.