That looks really cool! Good luck on getting the demo done :)Thanks! As for the head thing, I liked it better with it like that (so yes, it is intentional). Do you think that I should change it?
One question, why is it that when you hit your head on that platform that you continue to go up after you get out from under it?
Wow nice! And yeah about what Meishe said, I was wondering that too. I think you should change it so it won't continue going up after hitting his head. Maybe do like Mario and have him go down immediately.Well, I will try it. But yeah, I've been backing up my files on my computer, so I don't think that I'll have to worry about that ;).
Also do a lot of backups in case, not just the Axe backup tool but also on the PC, in case.
Good luck! :)
Awesome :) I remember building the first scrolling Graviter using your engine ^^Thanks. I do realize, looking in retrospect, that my engine was inefficient. If I remember correctly, though, I did that to keep a more stable framerate, though it probably just unnecessarily slowed things down. But, that's one of the reasons I'm rewriting it.
Just a note, the way you did it in the source code you released was kind of inefficient, because it drew every single tile instead of just those that would be shown in the frame, so I used squidgetx's method later on.
I've seen what people are planning for the contest, and I'm impressed, especially by all the physics-based games. My game (for the most part) has no physics, but I intend to make up for that with artwork and level design. Good luck everybody! :)
his games has physics, right?
Thanks everybody! Oh, and I'm sure your platformer will be awesome jhgenius. :)Very nice! It's looking quite mario-esque to me. =)
Just a small update here. I had a RAM crash, which put me behind a few hours of work. Grrr...
...but I recovered and have taken proper precautions to make sure I don't lose any code again. Also, I've now got more collisions working and I've been optimizing. Here's my progress, with a screenshot, of course.
Thanks everybody! Oh, and I'm sure your platformer will be awesome jhgenius. :)Looks freaking awesome, Axe's backup feature is incredibly useful and safe.
Just a small update here. I had a RAM crash, which put me behind a few hours of work. Grrr...
...but I recovered and have taken proper precautions to make sure I don't lose any code again. Also, I've now got more collisions working and I've been optimizing. Here's my progress, with a screenshot, of course.
To stabilize the framerate, don't draw the entire map. UseAlright, I'll try that. Thanks!
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Don't draw the entire map, only draw what's on the screen. It keeps it fast and framerate constant, because it draws the same number of tiles each time. And yes, keep the values in the for loop like that. It seems one more than you would use but you need to draw the tiles offset.
My speed worries are over, thanks to optimization in collisions and the code leafiness gave me. It looks like it will run in 6mhz! In this update, I've gotten orb collecting and enemy collisions working.
I now am done with the final level design of the first act: Razor Forest. I'm hoping to make levels similar to the ghost houses in Super Mario World, in that they will try to make you get lost while playing them. I plan on being especially cheap with some of the later levels. >:D
On another note, I tried using crabcake, but Axe told me that AxesOn and AxesOff were invalid. I had to to compile it as an app in this case, because it crashed otherwise (it's over 9,000 bytes in size). Was there something I was doing wrong with crabcake?
I'm on the fence about this. How is level navigation going to be set up, IE will there be a world map a la Mario 3/Super Mario World/ Donkey Kong Country? Will levels be replayable once beaten, and if so would it serve any purpose? How many total levels are you looking at? Overall though, I think I am leaning towards being able to save. Perhaps upon exiting the game?I don't think that I'll have a world map, simply because there won't be enough levels for one (each level is going to be 2000 - 2500 bytes). Plus, size constraints would make a world map hard. I've actually been considering a kind of a minimalistic autosave, which would just let the player start a level from the beginning of the level he stopped playing on (he could always choose to start a new game, though).
Sure, but I have a 83+, and all with my progs, it remains ~10 KBCouldn't you just archive your programs to free up some RAM, or do you not have the archive space?
I would absolutely love to see this project come to fruition.Don't worry, it will. :)
Couldn't you just archive your programs to free up some RAM, or do you not have the archive space?The 10 KB were my remaining archive space... My RAM is empty because of all my RAM clears :D.
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or something, and a program could be made to write the tilemaps. It's obvious and straightforward, but it works.
An option could be included to load custom tilemaps as data likeI'm a bit confused about what you're trying to say...Code: [Select]1,1,1or something, and a program could be made to write the tilemaps. It's obvious and straightforward, but it works.
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Alright, I have an update. I'm working on a title screen right now. What you see below is a work in progress, so let me know what you think.This is looks good. Great work.
Along with that, I have finished the first two levels. I have a screenie, but I should warn you that it is HUGE (over 9mb). It shows the paths through the first two levels and every room in them. I wouldn't recommend looking at it if you would like to figure out the way through the levels by yourself, which is why it is a spoiler. If you do look at it, please let me know how my level design is. :)Spoiler For Spoiler:
The only main thing I have left is level design, along with a few finishing touches (such as saving and improving the effects and transitions). I will have a full game this year, and I hope for it to be very competitive. I would like to wish everyone the best of luck with their projects as well.
So is your entry finished? That would be great! :D Also, a level editor for external levels would be a nice addition(perhaps when the contest is over ;)).It's pretty much done. I just need to make some final touches.
I tried this game for the contest. Very good game, I was confused by all the doors but the graphics and the gameplay are great!Thanks. It's the point of the game to be confusing... I like really hard games (as you can probably guess I am a fan of a lot of the old NES platformers :)).
TLOZ do you mind compiling AXLE for Ion? I can't use DoorsCS anymore :/I can't get to my calculator at the moment, but the source code is included with the .zip file. All you need to do is include crabcake and it can be compiled to work with whatever shell you choose. I compiled it for DoorsCS because I figured Doors needed more exclusives to compete with other shells, and I truly believe that it is a superior shell.
Sorry leafiness0but I get invalid token I anarchive all and still wont lead me to where the error is but Iam still tryingYeah, that was a problem with Axe, not my source code. I didn't have time to update my source code for 1.0.0. :/