Yup, that's the other thing that's old-school - there's no real change in levels.
Actually, there is quite a change in levels if your playing the paid game.
For each REALM there are 7 RANKS. Each rank requires 3 successful game plays to move to the next rank. After the 7th rank, you move to the next realm.
We have assigned each realm (except the first) to have a *magic* attribute that significantly affects game play and the look/feel of the game. Some of the *magic* is subtle, others is quite dramatic. For example, once you get out of the first realm, the next one you encounter will be completely composed of POWER STACKS. You will see them do things you never saw in the first realm (for examlpe, hitting a platform as you ascend the power stack will cause the platform to be permanetly deleted... also, once you get above the power stack, and into the structures, after a certain *time* the powerstack will completely disappear meaning that if you fall of the structures you have no way to get back up except by *possibly* using the waterfall (if it's high enough) or requesting a new game).
Each realm has such a modifier (except the first realm, which is novice). The demo games that come pre-built-in with the download are selected from the various realms (but by no means all of them) so you *can* get a bit of a flavor for the different game play.
The ranks also change between the 7... you will see different geometry added depending on which rank you are in, and other factors such as number of platforms, etc... also change. These are constant for all the realms (e.g., the same modifiers for the 7 ranks are identical, for all the realms, but the realms magic can also affect that constant).
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Actually, there is quite a change in levels if your playing the paid game.
For each REALM there are 7 RANKS. Each rank requires 3 successful game plays to move to the next rank. After the 7th rank, you move to the next realm.
We have assigned each realm (except the first) to have a *magic* attribute that significantly affects game play and the look/feel of the game. Some of the *magic* is subtle, others is quite dramatic. For example, once you get out of the first realm, the next one you encounter will be completely composed of POWER STACKS. You will see them do things you never saw in the first realm (for examlpe, hitting a platform as you ascend the power stack will cause the platform to be permanetly deleted... also, once you get above the power stack, and into the structures, after a certain *time* the powerstack will completely disappear meaning that if you fall of the structures you have no way to get back up except by *possibly* using the waterfall (if it's high enough) or requesting a new game).
Each realm has such a modifier (except the first realm, which is novice). The demo games that come pre-built-in with the download are selected from the various realms (but by no means all of them) so you *can* get a bit of a flavor for the different game play.
The ranks also change between the 7... you will see different geometry added depending on which rank you are in, and other factors such as number of platforms, etc... also change. These are constant for all the realms (e.g., the same modifiers for the 7 ranks are identical, for all the realms, but the realms magic can also affect that constant).
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