Here are the December 2014 - Highscore Competition - Home Alone winners.


1st.
jerryaberry :
SCORE: 132,300


2nd.
Thebiguglyalien :
SCORE: 57,100


3rd.
mrkool078 :
SCORE: 54,700

jerryaberry : I owe you either 37,500 Viz or $25. Let me know which you want.

Thebiguglyalien : I owe you either 20,000 Viz or $10. Let me know which you want.

Davideo7 : I'll take the $25 on my PayPal account (jerryaberry@aol.com).

Congrats Thebiguglyalien and mrkool078!

Got to say I had a hard time getting into this one. Once figuring out the mechanics, mapping out every snowman location, and finally figuring out that only ammo is actually consumed during making weapons it became the best Home Alone experience I have ever had and a great overall Christmas game to play.

The strategy to get the max points is obviously maxing out the pain meter as quickly as possible so more houses can be accomplished. Noticing which weapons cause the most damage and also incapacitates the Wet Bandits for less time (so you can attack them again sooner) is the ideal strategy. My favorite weapons for this are the sonic wave gun, flashbulb grenade, and anything with coal.

jerryaberry : $25 sent. Yeah it's actually a good game once you take the time to understand it and it was fun watching some of your high score run.

Davideo7 : I'd like the $10 sent to my PayPal. I PMed you the email address.

jerryaberry : Congrats on getting 1st place!

Thebiguglyalien : $10 sent.

jerryaberry : During a practice run, I did get to 150K. But when I tried it in high score mode while recording, it kept glitching up and freezing on me when I had between 9-10 minutes left. Happened 3 times yesterday, and I got too frustrated to keep trying. I got another strategy for you that you may or may not have noticed. Yes, you want to beat the bandits as quick as possible. But remember that time doesn't go while in the weapon building screen. Another thing to do is to hit them with as many different weapons that you can make. You get 100 bonus points for every different weapon you hit them with. I kept hitting them once with a weapon, disassemble it, and keep making as many variations as I can with the equipment and ammo types I have. Once I have done that, I make go back to the strongest weapons to finish off quickly. That will give you about a 3,000-3,500 weapon bonus for each house. My next strategy is using the Tar trap. Definitely the best trap to use to rack up points. Unlike the other traps, it has unlimited uses and stays the WHOLE game. I draw the bandits to the tar, make them run past it, blast them with weapons, run to the other side of the tar, repeat. Again, another 100 points for each time a bandit runs across the tar. I do this while I am doing the previously said strategy. That always gave me at least an extra 3,500+ points for each house. Lastly, once I have gathered pretty much every piece of equipment from the houses, I go to one of the houses with a snowman right next to the door. I keep going in and out while waiting for the bandits to strike again. Knock over the snowman, grab the ammo that comes out (as well as an extra 100 points), go inside, go outside, repeat. Usually gets an extra 1,500+ points and a lot of different ammo while waiting for the bandits. Certainly beats trying to travel to different snowmen each time.

rcarter2 : Game glitches definitely ruin the experience, especially at the end of a run (how cruel). Thanks for the strategy, always good to hear your take on things. I actually tried the snowman trick (entering and leaving a house while targeting the nearest one) but it wasn't that successful. However, it looks like it was mere random chance that many were empty when I tried and I should have attempted that strategy a bit more. Also, in a few runs while collecting ammo from all of the dispersed snowmen I actually couldn't get more charge for the sled which obviously kills any run. I definitely didn't figure out the weapon bonus. Should be fun to give it another go sometime.