In my previous update, 0.84.. I had mentioned that I was aware of a rare situation that happened with me where sometimes I'd only deposit 8 balls before advancing to the next level.

..This bug has been described to me and I'd like to thank Steam user Mellow_Online1 for bringing the bug to my attention. Knowing "how" a bug happens is the biggest part of finding the fix and now that I know how the bug was happening, the fix was quick and easy to implement. Thanks Mellow_Online!

The bug could have been used an an easy exploit to advance much quicker through the levels than intended as once learned, a user could advance a level having only deposited 4 or 5 balls, thus creating huge time bonuses and crazy high scores! They would have made depositing those first 4 or 5 balls much harder twice as fast in abusing this bug as an exploit however.

This update, 0.86A fixes that bug and a follow up scoring patch will award players with a new way to score bonus points that should balance out any advantage a player who might have previously abused this bug as an exploit to score higher than otherwise would have been possible scores.

ALSO, I WANT TO POINT OUT THE FOLLOWING DISCLOSURE OF USING MY GAME ON STEAM IN THIS SAME ANNOUNCEMENT. IT HAS NOT HAPPENED YET, AS NO SCORES LOOK TO HAVE BEEN MADE USING ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF CHEATING…

HOWEVER, IF ANY SCORE IS EVER POSTED THAT RAISES ANY SUSPICION ON MY PART AS THE DEVELOPER AS BEING A SCORE ONLY ACHIEVED BY USING A CHEATING OR HACKING METHOD, THAT SCORE WILL BE DELETED WITHOUT ANY QUESTIONS ASKED OF THE USER POSTING SUCH A SCORE. MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES OF SUCH SUSPECT SCORES COULD RESULT IN A BAN FROM EVER BEING ABLE TO POST A HIGH SCORE IN LASER BALL. SUCH DECISIONS ARE FINAL AND BASED ONLY ON MY GOOD JUDGEMENT AS THE DEVELOPER OF LASER BALL.

Basically, don't "cheat" to try and post a high score, pretty simple. As sales have seen an increase for Laser Ball lately, I want to make sure that I put this disclosure on record so it can be referred to later if there is a time I need to delete any suspect scores posted.

Thanks for playing (and reading) everyone!