[Contest] Osmos

[Jim Bauwens]

Nick, don't forget to localize functions you use a lot. This can give a big speed gain.

[Nick]

localize functions ?? how can you possibly localize a function?

[adriweb]

He means to make them local.

(not localized here as a language point of view)

[Nick]

i understand what he means i just don't know how..

[someone]

This link should help: LUA Performance

[Nick]

thanks, but i've already done all that

i did a little testing, and it seems like those 12 fps is more than enough to play. i increased the speed of the cells with 2.5 and now everything is ok (they were moving at a speed between 2*10^-3 and 0.2 pixels per loop, that's why it seemed so slow)

the only thing now is that i never really thought about grayscale calcs xs the black antimatter cells are really hard to see on the dark blueish background in b/w, so i'll have to find a way to solve that. also the difference between blue and red cells is hard to see in b/w xs but that's a sorrow for later, i have to make it work first

[lkj]

The graphics are great, but on a b/w calc it's a bit too difficult. I think moving is a bit too expensive anyway.
And that it crashes most of the time if you press an arrow key is a bit annoying.

Don't get my wrong, I think this is a great game and I like it very much

[annoyingcalc]

hmbug press the right arrow key, after you select intro and the game crashes, and btw fun game.

[Nick]

well, it has an error for every arrowkey press and enterkey press that does not happen in the menu part.
since i simply forgot to remove 2 lines of code (or to add about 20) it throws errors, i know about it

thanks for telling me, and thanks for the comments

[Jim Bauwens]

With Osmos on the calculator the initial moving speed is too slow, 1px/sec or something like that. This makes it less fun as you need to click a couple of times to move in a respectable speed (and losing lots of size). It works perfect in PCspire though ..

[Nick]

hmm, i'll change that in a later version. i did not test it with PCspire, i actually never thought of that xs i just did it with the student software and my calc of course, and it was reasonable imo..

it's sad how there are two bugs in it, it's really stupid how i forgot these functions, but yeah, they will be gone in the newest version i will release

[p2]

Nick, you definitely played too much Spore!
Spore Galactic adventures or Spore Creatures?

But it looks really cool!

[Nick]

Nick, you definitely played too much Spore!
Spore Galactic adventures or Spore Creatures?

But it looks really cool!

uh, what's spore? i don't know that xp
it's a clone of the real Osmos game, even the name is the same

but thanks anyway

[p2]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzaFrQUdgi0
That's spore

OSMOS = call-stage in Spore



EDIT:
I just notices it:
SOMETHING'S MISSING!!
The cells don't have biig eyes!! 
   <-----that's how they should look like!

[Nick]

haha, cells with eyes

well, it's a totally different ganme though, the osmos i know (and cloned here) is a game on itself (an android app, but now also available as computer game)