MisfitBYTE's Forum Posts

  • TowerClimb is great, I keep returning to it. I'm going to try to dig up info on his commercial edition before I do a review on it just to have more to promote.

    Just downloaded Twisted Worlds, will probably my first review. Thanks. :)

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  • Hey, in recent months I've been using Construct C. to make response videos on bytejacker. That shows on hiatus now and I'm bored so I thought about doing my own game reviews but want to promote Construct in the process.

    Theres a lot in this forum but its hard to determine whats far enough along for a review, so if anybody wants one for their game give a reply.

    ps: If you're curious why, making videos with construct is a motivation builder for my own games.

  • A top-down shooter using a given text file to generate the battlefield and mp3s to spawn the baddies aas well as your life bar.

    http://gamejolt.com/freeware/games/shoo ... tica/4523/

    EGP ASCII theme, though it's not a console based game.

    I blogged my progress and frustrations again.

    http://gamejolt.com/profile/ykeeg-enter ... blog/5385/

  • That one is a battle system similar to Legend of Legaia. I know, no monster but I ran out of time. The other levels include inventory management, opening chests, "random battles" and such. And it's all in mocking fashion, not a real RPG. I'm planning on more levels, those are just chapter starters. Your comment gives me ideas though, thanks.

  • "Any platformers will be shot on sight." was said on the EGP January Inanimate theme webpage. So I had to make one.

    http://gamejolt.com/freeware/games/with ... load/4391/

    "with RPG elements" is an anti-platform puzzle game, poking fun at my own tendency to add RPG elements to my games. Admit it, you're guilty too. Use RPG trope to make platforming safe again. Seven levelsmade in seven non-continuous days.

    Read the short blog posts during it's creation here.

    http://gamejolt.com/profile/ykeeg-enter ... blog/5385/

    Feedback Craved.

  • That would be great, what I'm offering is an example of doing it event sheet though.. maybe with python.

    But I second the nomination for a plugin!

  • I had that, I just needed to use a Sprite instead of Tiled Background. Didn't think of that till your reply, thanks.

    ps, physics are fun! Thanks Construct creators and contributors.

  • I don't think Construct has that ability naturally, but it says on Tiled's sight that the info is stored in an xml. As long as the images are stored outside the program as well (so they could be loaded into Construct) I'm sure it can be done.

    If you're willing to upload a pack of the pictures including a screenshot of what the end product should look like, and the .xml file I'll give it a shot.

  • I put physics behavior on an object, ticked the Gravity setting on it and it just falls through my ground platform. I've checked both solid and platform for that object, then tried making it a physics object with Immovable checked as well. I'm just experimenting with physics so no idea where to go from there.

  • http://www.box.net/shared/6ls3xrax5r

    <img src="http://experimentalgameplay.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/37_Stop-Moving-Damnit.jpg">

    Arcade game where you play a dermatoligist thats popping sores on a nervous patient's face. Don't touch their eyes! Window skips around the screen, more so the higher your score, making things harder.

    Entered into EGP: Neverending Game competition..

    http://experimentalgameplay.com/blog/2010/09/neverending-roundup/

    I waited so long to post it here because I was going to put up a nice webpage with an image but I've had computer problems. The image is one taken by whoever played it for EGP.

  • Thanks, I knew that about the strings/variables.. I was just being stupid and thinking it was supposed to be a variable. That works perfectly, though I still need to use python to update the desktop to the new background. For those interested, here it is...

    //You need to use the ctypes module, already in python after 2.5

    + System: Start of layout
-> System: Run Script ("import ctypes")[/code:3i234jv2]

//Code from ROJO, thank you very much!
[code:3i234jv2]-> Registry: Open key "Control Panel\Desktop\" under root HKEY_CURRENT_USER
-> System: Set global variable 'OldWallPaper' to Registry.ReadString("Wallpaper")[/code:3i234jv2]

//Insert your path. It can be something other than BMP, 
//I've read otherwise while researching but it worked for me.
[code:3i234jv2]-> Registry: Write string "C:\Users\UserName\Documents\Backgrounds\BG_Name.bmp" to item "WallPaper"[/code:3i234jv2]

//Set the parameters to be called when updating the desktop
[code:3i234jv2]-> System: Run Script ("SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER = 20")
-> System: Run Script ("SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE = 20")
-> System: Run Script ("SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE = 0")[/code:3i234jv2]

//The actual call to update the desktop.
//Notice that I break the quotes up around the global variable and use the & to add more. 
//You either need to do that you get an error because its looking for a file path there.
[code:3i234jv2]-> System: Run Script ("ctypes.windll.user32.SystemParametersInfoA(SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER, 0, " & global('NewWallPaper') & " , SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE or SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE)")
[/code:3i234jv2]

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//All of the above was done under Start of Layout. 
//When the program closes, reset the path and update desktop again. 
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

[code:3i234jv2]+ System: End of application
-> Registry: Write string global('OldWallPaper') to item "WallPaper"
-> System: Run Script ("ctypes.windll.user32.SystemParametersInfoA(SPI_SETDESKWALLPAPER, 0, " & global('NewWallPaper') & " , SPIF_UPDATEINIFILE or SPIF_SENDWININICHANGE)")[/code:3i234jv2]

This doesn't alter settings for how the background is shown, I'll add that later today and repost.

  • I'm trying to set a wallpaper image using the Registry object, but first I want to save the location of the user's current wallpaper so it can be set back after the game is closed.

    So I do...

    Start of layout ->

    Open Key (Root = HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Value = '\Control Panel\desktop')

    Set global variable to Registry.ReadValue('Registry.OpenKey')

    That syntax probably isn't exact but I'm sure you'll see what I mean when you try it. My problem so far is that whenever I try to put in that value for the key to open, I get a message saying that the private variable or registry key '\Control Panel\desktop' doesn't exist and it asks if I want to set it, which brings up window to create a private variable if you say yes.

    I've tried it as

    \Control Panel\desktop\wallpaper

    \controlpanel\desktop\wallpaper

    \controlpanel\desktop

    ..pretty much every permeation I can think of those.

    Do registry keys have a format extension I should be using?

    Is the registry object broken (in the .84 build?)

    Is there something wrong with how I'm typing the key?

  • Its not visual programming like Construct or the Android, but it is a drag and drop interface builder and you do the programming in html 5/javascript. They've recently come out with a plugin development kit as well, letting you add functionality.

    https://ares.palm.com/Ares/about.html

    I have a Palm, so hoping some of ya'll give it a shot!

  • Draven, don't you have a post about coming up with an idea for a game that 'simulates' getting a virus that the player has to fend off?

    Has anyone here tried out the android app creator? How similar is it to construct and...you can't still program in javascript (thats what android uses right?) can you?

  • Thats awesome. I hope you post an app demo even if you do go commercial. Are you making it just for beat box or will it be usable as a regular drum machine?