Tonight I was looking for a good game to play for a few minutes and then I realized, “Oh hey, I know one!”  Jumping into the cockpit, I quickly realized I was on a roll.  Check out the achievement on the far right:

The perfect mission: It is possible!

It was good to finally confirm that the final achievement—a full mission, with no player deaths—is realistically feasible in the current/final mission script.  As a side note, not a single mission objective target escaped either.  Having now done it, I think the Gold Leader achievement’s actually not that hard as long as you aren’t overly conservative with the powerups, don’t risk collisions by going after enemies that don’t matter, and take frequent brief shooting pauses to recoup a couple shield points.

More than that, it’s pretty great to have a game that I actually really enjoy playing and find replay value in.  I was pretty burned out on it after extensive playtesting for the last round of revisions, but however this turns out in the end it’s at least a game I really enjoy.