Considering I'm a composer that no audio was a pretty silly mistake. I had two iterations going, one that didn't have audio in case the user didn't have the XAudio2 component and I forgot to keep the audio version up to date.
I know its too late, but heres an older one with the audio.
http://www.box.net/shared/xqcuui1enx
Arrow left or right to change between two "chiptune" style songs.
I'd like some comment on the music from anyone interested.
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As for closing the instruction window, was that because..again, I didn't explain what to do, it was difficult to get the mouse focused on the ribbon or something else went wrong?
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Btw, I didn't notice any issue with Pew Pew Lazor's performance and considering I'm on dialup thats pretty good.