Your knowledge of monkeys is impressive. This is a thread for a mod where you play as one.

Get that portable Spelunky mod I can't be bothered to find the link for right now.

What Wonkyth said. They're both excellent games for completely different reasons.

If you're trying to fall in spikes, that usually works.

It bears mentioning that you can knock off a clinging monkey by flip-hanging.

The entire first page of the comic I badly need to resume is my response to this topic.

I already played to win. Somebody else get this back on track!

I dislike the spring shoes. Maybe I would like them better if they reduced fall damage.

Incidentally, this seemed like a better perk for spike shoes/spring shoes combo in TLS. Thanks for reminding me! I'll update it in six months.

You're right, I don't understand. I don't understand why, in the entire time Spelunky's existed, that you're the first and only person who's ears bleed because of the UFOs. I don't know what the problem is, but it seems like you're the only one who has it.

Sorry if that sounds mean.

Tomb Lord's attacks may be more devastating, but his movement pattern is much simpler than a UFO's, and he doesn't actively seek out and chase the player.

On the subject, I was listening for the sound while playing Spelunky the other day, and I really didn't notice it being much louder than anything else. If it's loud enough to hurt your ears, maybe you just have the volume too high in general?

How the heck did all these bots get in?

 

Death #1: Restless Dead level. Found the Black Market entrance, saved the Damsel, and got a cape. Mistimed a jump and landed in a spider web next to a spear trap. Not even sure how.

Death #2: Died robbing the Black Market. Used a ManTrap to set off a Shoppy, freeing up most of their items without angering them, but was still eventually shot anyway.

Death #3: Died fighting a Giant Spider. Fell on top of it, but passed through it instead (thanks, hit detection!).

Death #4: Died stealing the Crystal Skull. The Ghost came from the inopportune side of the crypt, and I failed to slip past it due to the Climbing Gloves I found moments earlier.

Death #5: Frog'd.

Death #6: Killed robbing an armory. Didn't know Shoppy recovered from Pistol shots so fast.

Death #7: Killed by a Shoppy on the first jungle level. I'd robbed a shop on the previous floor, and couldn't escape in time.

Detah #8: Was running too fast in the caves and landed in spikes when I thought I was quick enough to clear them.

Death #9: Killed by a Shoppy in the Black Market. Stomped on a Caveman with Spike Shoes inside one of the shops, and sure enough, the corpse landed right on Shoppy's head.

Attempt #10: Success! I stole a Jetpack on Level 2 and totally got away with it. I found the Black Market and bought the Ankh (no reliable chance of stealing it), got a full satchel of sticky bombs in the ice caves, reached the City of Gold, yeti blendered the cultists to get 99 HP, trashed Olmec, and made off with $1,029,175. It took 46:42, I killed 97 foes, and rescued 9 Damsels. I wish it didn't take finding the best item so early on to pull it off, though. -_-

I'm only good at it in TLS, where a well-timed jump can net you one carryable item and anything picked up by touch.

Considering how dangerous UFOs are, I'd say it's a good thing they make a noticeable sound when they start moving. It never really bothered me, though.