Fire Totem Arena's Forum Posts

  • Hi,

    When i did my last game i found two main troubles that maybe have been solved in the last months or i couldn't find a solution.

    1) If i've already created a big amount of levels, each one on a different layout of course, and i want to add a new layer to all the layouts at the same time or just reorder the layer structure i used for all of them, how could i do it?

    2) Is this: https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/594/building-a-global-user-interface-ui still the way to work with a UI layout? I usually draw them by code, but just wondering if there's a new cool way of doing it more graphically.

    Thanks!

  • Hi Jay, dunno if it's the best way but this is how i do it:

    I have a global vars "setSFX" and "setMusic" that i set on or off.

    For game sounds:

    For every sound of the game i just use a condition:

    So when the user clicks or touches the audio button i just change the value of that global var.

    For Music:

    I use the music file like a sound effect, not like music (don't remember exactly why). When i start playing the song, i tag it as "Music":

    So when i want to pause it, i pause that tag:

    *It doesn't appear in the image but i also change the value of global var "setMusic" to on/off when player clicks on disable/enable Music. Although we can pause/unpause music just using the tag, i also like to have the status recorded in a global var, so later i save it to cache to remember player choices when restarting the game

    When i want it to resume i do the same with "resume tag".

  • I've noticed that some of you see a black screen instead of loading the game. I've changed the loading method so maybe the problem is corrected, if at some point you can try to reload the game after clearing your cache, let me know if the problem is fixed here or with a private message.

    Is something more related with html5 and the browser than with the game itself so i can't do much more,. You can also try with a different browser or updating chrome.

  • Thanks guys.

    Dimitrios, i just like to have free versions of all my games, and for me, a game with ads is not free.

  • Hey guys,

    I've uploaded Key & Shield to Scirra Arcade so you can enjoy it on your browser for free. You can also get the Play Store version: Nomanis Crew.

    New Scirra Arcade

    https://www.scirra.com/arcade/adventure-games/key-shield-902

    Google Play (Nomanis Version)

    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.firetotemarena.nomaniscrew

  • Yeah, i tried and it works

  • The most clear and perfect answer i got in a forum.

    Thanks dude.

  • Hi,

    I'd like to know how can i change the black background color outside the game area when the game itself is not covering all the browser/mobile screen. Instead the black color i'd like to have a repeated image.

    That should be done inside Construct 2 or changing the exported html?

  • Uhmmm well most of file size are images and sound, just compress it all you can (you can use https://tinypng.com/). I use spritesheets and all the common stuff we all do, just optimizing all i can.

  • The Beachy Pack — Now for sale in the Scirra Store!

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    <p>Cool music pack with 6 short-medium length songs (each one with its normal and looped version). Funk/Bossa/Reggae style perfect for your games!</p><p>Product created by Fire Totem Arena.</p>

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  • Nice to see your comments and ratings!

    About the visible controls, i just make the games with the less UI elements as possible. It could need more time to get familiar with it but the final connection between the player and the game is more pure this way, based on feelings and movements while the eyes just look the gameplay. Dunno if this is the best way, is just the way i design.

    Tetriser, i'll note that option for the player to change game controls for my future games.

  • I've noted that the version of Key & Shield i uploaded to Scrirra Arcade (http://www.scirra.com/arcade/addicting-action-games/17047/key-shield) doesn't let links to another page work. For example, in the Main Screen, if you click on the facebook button that should link to the studio facebook site, it doesn't work while the same version of the game uploaded to other sites works correctly.

    It's not a big problem as it doesn't affect the game itself, but you know if there's any restriction with this in the Scirra Arcade or i have to do something different?

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  • Which Android version you have? it's just available for 4.0+.

    About what you said in your Scirra Arcade game version comment. I'm planning to make the game material available in some way for the rest of Construct 2 developers, so you can create similar content, but dunno exactly how yet.

  • Hi,

    I'm publishing a html5 project for mobile. When i test it locally on mobile browser it loads correctly, but when i compile the html5 code and upload to my public folder of Dropbox to test it, it shows the loading and when it finish it gets stucked on a black screen. This happens on the Android mobile default browser, if i load the publisk link on mobile Chrome, it works.

    It also works on Android default browsers for Samsung Galaxy S5, older versions doesn't work.

    Anyone knows what could be happening?

  • Thanks for the info Odd, i'll keep that in mind for next projects. Key & Shield is already in Kongregate and i just want it to be free and specially accesible for the Construct 2 community, so it's ok.