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Remember, kids, pause features rock!
well, as i stated it was a very long night, so let's say an evening and a night then ;) but i did know how to work with it before (i'll have to put it as demo, just to find if someone is able to decrypt it... but it's risky for me) anyway, i think it works weird enough not to be easily decryptedQuote:
I have to say excellent job on making a password system that works, how long did it take you to develope it?
Good stuff!
What puzzles me is there's high hit, but no low hit (as far as I remember that' how you wanted it to be, but still low hit might be useful sometimes...)
thanks rabbitkiller. yes, i'm thinking about adding a crouch+attack animation... not sure though...
anyway, i just updated the demo!
it can be found here in a dedicated (and small) page. so feel free to look around. main addition: the password system. cool! feel free to test all that out.
thanks!
great game (even though i'm not a big fan of platform games).
One thing: Can you only buy one item in the shop at a time, or is this a bug? I had 21 gold left after buying the water, but I couldn't buy life, which cost only 15 gold.
mmmhhh... this might happen when you pause the game during the money being "smoothly decreased" (i don't know how to explain that, but basically when you buy an item, your money decreases slowly instead of suddently...) SO, when you pause during that period of time, and unpause, the money isn't decreasing anymore, BUT your real amount of money is saved.
in your example, it might show 20 hearts, but in fact you have 8... anyway, as soon as you grab another coin, it shows correctly again. yep, i'll work on that.
did it happened that way? else it's a very rare bug, because i didn't stop playing, buying stuffs all around (started the game with different values as well, like 999 coins). always worked for me :confused:
I think it was something on my side. I didn't pause, but everything started getting really shakey and rigid, until I left the room.
Oh. Another SMALL bug. Nothing serious. I killed a spider, and now I can't get the gold!
yep, i need to look for that too. the coins can get stuck inside walls sometimes... nothing too hard to fix
anyway, about the problem in the room: did the slowdowns appear when you was jumping, like big slowdown until you land again? i had that twice and thought it was the computer doing some other calculations (i have always too many things open at the same time)
when I jumped, the char stopped in mid air, until I let go of the spacebar. When I walked, he would give one step, and then freeze, until I let go of the arrow key, and then he'd stop anyway.
thanks for the infos, it happened to me twice (i played a long time, you cannot imagine how long it takes to play everywhere). this is really a weird thing... and i really don't know what is causing it :confused:
apparently it happened to me only when a room contained text if i remember, but as you noticed it's a very rare bug. definitely weird...
I had fun playing it :)
I do actually think the difficulty is well balanced : i gave it a kick go the first time, then quit the game, but the second time, i went throuh the whole first level without too much difficulty
If i had a complaint, it would be about the slightly too slow animations, and the really forgiving controls that make jumping not too realistic, but i guess that's the point of the game - those two-ways plateformes are a really nice touch, and true, i also love that disapearing bridge you made :)
( i actually think this one could be tougher though, as it is possible to cross it with aiming the solid pillars )
The Sword idea is excellent - i really does add some challenge in the game and varies the gameplay :)
I showed it to several friends, and Kid Icarus (i don't know it myself) came instantly to most of them, so i guess you can be proud of the job done !!!
OMG lux, you are still around here! great! :D
ha, that bridge was too easy? don't forget to visit some other rooms, the challenge is... more challenging there ;) nothing too impossible so far, but i have some good ideas for later levels...
you are the 2nd person to complain about the jump scheme... i bet it's not because of the jumping code, but the "i'm more standing than jumping" animation, no? if so, i planned to draw a better one...
Yep - posting less, but still peaking from time to time :)
About the jump, i think it would be both : adding supplementary animations wouldn't hurt for sure :)
About the jumping code, when i was saying 'forgiving' i was meaning that the amount of control you have on your caracter while he is in the air seems greater than normal ; it seems to me that the caracter is more "slightly flying" than jumping actually ...
but that's not nessecerly a critisism : it is also part of your gameplay, and fits well in the game, so i'm not sure you should change it - i was just giving a neutral feedback about it :)
I was amazed when You told me about the technic You've done Your maps. The first Up-scrolling-level was ok. It showed me something Your "engine" can do. But when I (finally) entered the maze... I was shocked (in positive meaning of course). It looked like a real commercial game.
I must say, Marmotte You little devil, You've done it again! :D
Actually, I didn't figured out, were maps still dynamically loaded at the start of each level (world) or not, but looks like very, very (very) potential game AND game-engine.
Nice work indeed
(the red bomb-monsters graphics didn't quite look like same style like everything others, but still wow what a game)
thanks a bunch, mate... would you be able to explain why though? i really want to know the difference between the maze world (that looks commercial) and the scrolling world (that looks less commercial apparently). maybe it's a bad new, but actually the game will be more oriented in scrolling worlds (let's say that the maze will be world 1-4, i'm working on the other ones right now, as well as mixing rooms after rooms and little scrolling parts.)Quote:
But when I (finally) entered the maze... I was shocked (in positive meaning of course). It looked like a real commercial game.
well, as i said my engine is very weird and marmottish. my array containing the tile properties of each tile (is it a block, a cloud, does the tile trigger an event, what event it is, is it a disappear/reappear tile, etc) is empty. map = []. then when the game loads a new screen, each tile (put manually in the timeline) fills the array itself. weird, huh? actually i'm not disappointed of not having a tile editor for that game, i like to move the tiles directly in flash too... but yep, it certainly doesn't sound like a professional engine, just an experimental one...Quote:
were maps still dynamically loaded at the start
well, not really lux. in fact when he jumps, he has the same _x movments than when you are walking (so, no "more" playable). but yes, i know what you are talking about, it's more playable than realistic. yes. maybe if i just increase the slide var during your jump, it will be more realistic... but i hope it will not ruin the gameplay too much. anyway, i'm very open to suggestionsQuote:
the amount of control you have on your caracter while he is in the air seems greater than normal
The scrolling part was great. I just thought whole game would be just yet-another-scroller. Never thought the "engine" would be so versatile.Quote:
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would you be able to explain why though? i really want to know the difference between the maze world (that looks commercial) and the scrolling world (that looks less commercial apparently)
I also like those shops and rooms. It gives more perspective.
Nice start indeed...
It's just extremely good! I've made it to the boss, but i lost my sword, and he was a *bit* difficult to beat without. I suppose it's impossible?
And I have a suggestion. What if you let a piece of heart or a sword upgrade be in one of the shops? Ofcourse with a price of 999 or sth, but it would be cool.
Keep up the good work marmotte! I'm sure gonna play through the whole game when its finished:) And make sure its big, at least 10 bosses;)
TeroLebe
thanks, i understand.
i planned also worlds with horizontal only scrolling, but i'm not sure yet for this one.
btw, i just adjusted the code so that i can do a mix between scrolling parts and room based parts in the same world...
T1ger
yep, the boss is very hard to beat without sword (but everything is possible), that water spot in the room is more than welcome. actually when i do the calculation with the actual variables, you can beat it after 140 punches! good luck :p
ok, more infos about the additional slots: there'll be 4 main bosses in the game (but remember that the mazes will be each 4 worlds, so yep the game will be long and HAHAHA hard!!!). each one will leave an additonal water spot (so total: 8). each time your sword is upgraded, and begins to launch power waves (included in that demo). NOW, about the hearts (did you find the one in the maze?), i'm planning to be "smoother", and just implementing that atm (so old passwords MAY be affected by that additional value): do you remember zelda? you had to find 1/4 hearts. i'm doing the same thing, that way i can put more rewarding bonuses everywhere (i just added some additional rooms in world 1-1, that act like small tuts about things like that)
i'm really happy that you enjoyed it, really...
ok, another thing about the game, i changed a bit some values in the playability. as a result, you walk a little bit faster and your jumps feel more natural, less "i'm flying". i'll post that on the site soon...
I've found the heart piece in the 1-2, but is there a sword upgrade? o_O me must find!
I love the level design too ;) does every door lead to somewhere? like the door locked in in the room where there's a door in west, a well in south, and lots of enemies that you dont have to beat to get through the room?
140 punches?? wow, i'm glad i died with purpose.. hehe..
I found a bug though, it has happened to me a couple times.
(hint to all: use opera, open the game SWF in a window, hit F11, and you have FULLSCREEN FORGOTTEN MYTHS! ;) (you should have a powerful pc though))
the answer is: yep :DQuote:
does every door lead to somewhere
apparently you are talking about the door leading to a secret and oooh sooo cheap shop...
thanks for the bug. it happened to me too, but fortunately you are never stuck. actually it's quite hard to reproduce, no?
btw, even if you find yourself inside a pile of blocks, you can still escape (the character is pushed outside a bit everytime)